“Yesterday” - the Beatles movie

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The movie was a little predictable and a chick flick, but the music made up for it.

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It wasn't an original score. You can listen to Beatles songs anytime you want. You don't have to see this movie to hear the Beatles.

But predictable sounds about right what I expected. Cloying? Probably a dash of that too. And totally absurd. Probably some of that.

Beatlemania existed in a certain time and place with certain music around them.

Still can't get over the fact that audiences would go gaga over the Beatles if they were new to the scene in 2019.

Like gaga over Gaga? I mean if there was no nostalgia and history of listening to this band's songs and they just suddenly emerged in 2019 - I Wanna Hold Your Hand is gonna be #1 over Beyonce? People are gonna go crazy over this band's music from 1960's?

But you said it yourself, it's a fun movie because of the music.

But that didn't make Mama Mia a great movie either.

It's just a stupid premise...it's basically saying Beatles songs could come out today and people would go crazy...like, they've never heard this type of music before...that everyone will stop listening to Katy Perry and the other nonsense that drives the charts...and 12 year old girls will scream over I Wanna Hold Your Hand in 2019, abandoning Beyonce and Taylor Swift.

It's transplanting 60's music to a contemporary audience and acting like it's the most amazing thing they've ever heard...like Rock N' Roll didn't exist, Stones, Zep, etc. Didn't exist. CCR, the WHO, whomever.

Plus everyone in the movie is probably portrayed as dumb as shite. It's the Invention of Lying premise but with music.

Fell in love with Lily James when she played Rose on Downton. Never saw that Disney live-action Cinderella movie she was in, but she was the reason I even thought about seeing it.

Really enjoyed Yesterday. Big Beatles fan and it was nice to hear a lot of the songs again, and how relevant they still sound, in a current movie, for a new generation.

Plus, I am generally a fan of "What if" alternate reality themes in movies & shows. What if the Beatles suddenly never existed? What if you found yourself re-living the same 24hr day over and over again? What if Hitler had won WW2? etc...

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will stop listening to Katy Perry

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Imagine Ed Sheeran singing Yesterday or Something. They are Number 1 hits with 1 billion views each on You Tube.

There is a major audience/market for acoustic guitar/folk ballads that can co-exist with the other non-sensical pop, rap, EDM, etc. markets out there today.

That's a whole lot of melting over a movie you haven't seen. Its kind of impressive.

I think some songs could still be hits, but most of the early stuff like “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” and “Love Me do” absolutely wouldn’t be.

I could see a band like Raconteurs or Foo Fighters making a hit out of “Heltar Skeltar”

Mumfurd & Sons would definitely chart with “If I Fell”

“Something in the Way” could absolutely be a hit today.

“She’s So Heavy” could be a rock song today

The movie was okay, I really liked the part when he met the old man version of John Lennon.

The Beatles influenced so many artists and styles it’s truly impossible to know what pop music would look like today without them or how it would effect the current acts or past acts.


Guess what tho? It’s a frickin movie man. Stop your brain for two seconds and try to enjoy the movie.

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Guess what tho? It’s a frickin movie man. Stop your brain for two seconds and try to enjoy the movie.

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Classic defense of a bad movie.

I did not care for it. Saw it in theatres. I have no desire to ever watch it again.

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Fell in love with Lily James when she played Rose on Downton

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She just didn't do it for me on Downton for some reason but she was so sweet and supportive in this movie, I wanted to marry her.