6 things I didn’t like about "Across the Universe."

1. Every Vietnam era stereotype compressed into a single boring plot.
2. Amid Beatlesque-named characters, they throw in a Rita but don’t sing Lovely Rita Meter Maid.
3. Eddie Izzard ruins For the Benefit of Mr. Kite.
4. Most songs have little to do with the plot.
5. It ain’t no Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – now that’s a Beatles movie.
6. Vocals and imagery are impressive but the movie is so lame it’s hard to get excited about them.