looks confusing
could i follow it?
shareIt's fairly straightforward, once it establishes its premise. But some of the ramifications don't bear thinking about too much. Just keep in mind that it's more of a romance, both for the protagonist & his leading lady, and for the Beatles themselves—not a hard science-fiction alternate reality story. It's meant to be fun, and to remind viewers of just how wonderful the music of the Beatles was & always will be to so many people.
sharei dont do romances thx
shareIt’s a musical comedy
shareFair enough. But for me, the most interesting part was the notion of a world without the Beatles & their effect upon the world. And there's the humor of a so-so songwriter who's never had any real success suddenly becoming a music superstar by "writing" the Beatles' songs … until his conscience begins to nag at him. And there's an especially poignant little scene toward the end, at a cottage by the sea, that reminds us of what has been lost in our own real world.
share" the most interesting part was the notion of a world without the Beatles"
I took it as being the notion of the world first being introduced to the Beatles. It recreated the incredible effect of the first arrival of the Beatles, for those who weren't there to experience it the first time. In that respect it was like a time travel story, in a sense. I thought the film was also something pf a a worshipful "fan love-letter" to the group. After watching it, I wanted to get out all my CDs and have a Beatles' music extravaganza.
That scene near the end was very poignant, as you say. But I did feel that they could have made much more of it. It could have been used to show the central premise of the story, (and who better to tell it than that particular character?) But I felt they rather missed an opportunity there.
Also, and I make no apologies for this, I would have become more subjectively immersed in the film if the protagonist had been a white lad. While Himesh Patel had the local accent and dialect right, and all the mannerisms, (and charm), of a Liverpudlian, I felt his ethnicity got slightly in the way of my complete involvement in the scenario. Though it was doubtless very gratifying for some to see an actor of their own ethnicity playing the role, it would have been equally as gratifying to others to see one of their own. It's a matter of story involvement, not of "racial discrimination."
My other objection was to Ed Sheeran. As long as I live, I doubt I will ever come to understand why or how this fellow became a "celebrity". Foolish-looking, utterly lacking in charisma, and not very bright, he writes songs that seem to be an attempt to put as many words as possible into every stanza, hoping that some of them will come out right. I suppose he can't help being a ginger, but that hairstyle is perilously close to an old man's comb-over, (which I suspect he's going to need in a few years' time).