Yesterday - Movie (1 Viewer)

[Joe Bryant]

I'm not even a huge Beatles fan but a great idea for a movie. Sorry if honda.

https://youtu.be/6uqvgPm8U4c

 

[rockaction]

I'm not even a huge Beatles fan but a great idea for a movie. Sorry if honda.

https://youtu.be/6uqvgPm8U4c

Awesome.  

 

[heckmanm]

@ "Hey Dude"

 

[B Maverick]

Actually looks very entertaining.  I do like the Beatles and I laughed through the trailer.  Not sure if I will see it in the theaters but will see it at some point.

 

[jwb]

This does seem very cool.

As long as it doesn't end with "and then he wakes up on the pavement..."

 

[bigbottom]

I just watched this movie, and as a musician and (not very prolific) songwriter, it presented a very interesting ethical question. What if you could pass off some of the greatest songs ever written as your own, and no one would ever know?  And you would become rich and famous in the process after years struggling in anonymity. What a huge temptation that would be. And there are all sorts of ways you could rationalize it. 

 

[Brony]

I just watched this movie, and as a musician and (not very prolific) songwriter, it presented a very interesting ethical question. What if you could pass off some of the greatest songs ever written as your own, and no one would ever know?  And you would become rich and famous in the process after years struggling in anonymity. What a huge temptation that would be. And there are all sorts of ways you could rationalize it. 

This is my theory for Lou Bega and Mambo 5

 

[dickey moe]

Really entertaining but we felt the last 30 minutes were corny and brought the film down from good to mediocre.

 

[bigbottom]

Really entertaining but we felt the last 30 minutes were corny and brought the film down from good to mediocre.

Spoiler

The resolution where he found Lennon and discovered he had lived a simple and fulfilling life, which led him to leave fame behind to be with his true love, was almost eye-rollingly cliche. Still, the premise of the story was very interesting and thought-provoking. And the music was of course fantastic. Patel turned in a great performance I thought.

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

Yuck

 

[identikit]

Really liked the movie.

 

[ghostguy123]

I just watched this movie, and as a musician and (not very prolific) songwriter, it presented a very interesting ethical question. What if you could pass off some of the greatest songs ever written as your own, and no one would ever know?  And you would become rich and famous in the process after years struggling in anonymity. What a huge temptation that would be. And there are all sorts of ways you could rationalize it. 

I see no rationalization for NOT doing it.

 

[WDIK2]

I thought it was a good movie.  It was funny when he searched the internet for Oasis.

We have the benefit of knowing the songs.  Would they still be "hits" if they were released today as is?  Would they fit anywhere into today's music?  I would like to think they would fit somewhere, but I have the benefit of nostalgia.

 

[bigbottom]

I see no rationalization for NOT doing it.

Well it’s dishonest and you’re living a lie. But the two people he met backstage provide the rationalization for doing it - the world is a better place for it. But ultimately the lie was clearly wearing on him. Were I in his shoes, the scene where he wins the writing competition would surely feel like an empty victory.

 

[bigbottom]

I thought it was a good movie.  It was funny when he searched the internet for Oasis.

We have the benefit of knowing the songs.  Would they still be "hits" if they were released today as is?  Would they fit anywhere into today's music?  I would like to think they would fit somewhere, but I have the benefit of nostalgia.

I liked the part where they were questioning the U.S.S.R. reference in a song written in 2019. 

 

[ghostguy123]

Well it’s dishonest and you’re living a lie. But the two people he met backstage provide the rationalization for doing it - the world is a better place for it. But ultimately the lie was clearly wearing on him. Were I in his shoes, the scene where he wins the writing competition would surely feel like an empty victory.

They were his ideas.  The Beatles never existed.  Quite possible his recollection of the Beatles were delusions of his.  Hence, his ideas.

I haven't seen the movie yet but read the synopsis.  I am sure it's all about how he feels unethical about it all.  Meh, no reason to feel that way.

 

[El Floppo]

Spoiler

The resolution where he found Lennon and discovered he had lived a simple and fulfilling life, which led him to leave fame behind to be with his true love, was almost eye-rollingly cliche. Still, the premise of the story was very interesting and thought-provoking. And the music was of course fantastic. Patel turned in a great performance I thought.

Did Lennon say anything about having made music or thinking the thoughts that went into the songs?

Spoiler

I felt that once he had been given support and approval by the two other people who remembered, that he might as well keep doing the music...and why not some Oasis while he's at it. He can just say he's channeling theusic from somewhere else and give the proceeds to charity.

 

[El Floppo]

They were his ideas.  The Beatles never existed.  Quite possible his recollection of the Beatles were delusions of his.  Hence, his ideas.

I haven't seen the movie yet but read the synopsis.  I am sure it's all about how he feels unethical about it all.  Meh, no reason to feel that way.

Disagree. And that's basically the Crux of the whole thing.

 

[bigbottom]

They were his ideas.  The Beatles never existed.  Quite possible his recollection of the Beatles were delusions of his.  Hence, his ideas.

That’s not the way it plays out. 

 

[WDIK2]

Well it’s dishonest and you’re living a lie. But the two people he met backstage provide the rationalization for doing it - the world is a better place for it. But ultimately the lie was clearly wearing on him. Were I in his shoes, the scene where he wins the writing competition would surely feel like an empty victory.

Spoiler

Meeting those two was a nice touch.  Without that, how does he know he wasn't imagining The Beatles as a result of his head injury or something?  His albums were gone and he couldn't find them on the internet.  Might be pretty easy to start believing the songs were your own inspiration.  Or go mad. 

 

[El Floppo]

Lol at cigarettes and Coke too.

I liked it ok, but it was ultimately pretty lightweight.

 

[bigbottom]

Spoiler

Meeting those two was a nice touch.  Without that, how does he know he wasn't imagining The Beatles as a result of his head injury or something?  His albums were gone and he couldn't find them on the internet.  Might be pretty easy to start believing the songs were your own inspiration.  Or go mad. 

Spoiler

I really liked that scene as well, because you were expecting them to expose him as a fraud, and instead they let  him off the hook and gave him their blessing.