Yesterday (Danny Boyle)

dreamers75 · 13-02-2019 12:46am #1

Probably showed the entire movie in the trailer but looks watchable.

El Duda · 13-02-2019 9:03am

Was sold... then I saw Corden and Sheeran

Bacchus · 13-02-2019 11:11am

El Duda wrote: »

Was sold... then I saw Corden and Sheeran

They look like cameo spots TBF, and Sheeran is having the piss taken out of him so it's not all bad

Movie looks good, a nice light feel-good comedy. The soundtrack for this should be great

Dades · 13-02-2019 11:13am

Look more Richard Curtis than Danny Boyle... but probably a predicable, feel-good couple of hours. With all the cynicism in the world we need a few movies like this.

pixelburp · 13-02-2019 11:53am

Ha, what a fun premise, I like the look of that. I agree though, it looks more Curtis than Boyle in its tone for sure. Maybe Boyle can restrain the writer's worst excesses of saccharine'ness.

Man, people sure are easily ... triggered by the presence of Cordon though :P

Arghus · 13-02-2019 2:11pm

Big fan of the beatles but that trailer made me sick in my own mouth.

salmocab · 13-02-2019 2:19pm

Looks like a movie for watching on a plane. Real brain candy and light with a good soundtrack.

cian68 · 13-02-2019 2:24pm

I loved 'About Time' so I'm on the Richard Curtis bandwagon even if Love Actually is pure sh*te

homerun_homer · 13-02-2019 3:10pm

I liked the idea of a film where "what if the Beatles didn't exist". But to try and think of how today's music world would look if that was the case is a tricky thing to do. You can't just still have Ed Sheeran and Coldplay in the trailer because how many bands wouldn't exist or have been influenced by the Beatles in all the time in between.

But in a 'leave your brain at the door' way, this still looks awful.

salmocab · 13-02-2019 3:16pm

homerun_homer wrote: »

I liked the idea of a film where "what if the Beatles didn't exist". But to try and think of how today's music world would look if that was the case is a tricky thing to do. You can't just still have Ed Sheeran and Coldplay in the trailer because how many bands wouldn't exist or have been influenced by the Beatles in all the time in between.

But in a 'leave your brain at the door' way, this still looks awful.

You may be over thinking this.

Agent Coulson · 13-02-2019 4:09pm

Produced and written by Curtis so that does explain the look and feel.

A fun lighthearted couple of hours just what we all need.

Dades · 13-02-2019 4:34pm

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Produced and written by Curtis so that does explain the look and feel.

That explains it!

Still seems odd for Danny Boyle to be directing a Richard Curtis screenplay.

Arghus · 13-02-2019 6:58pm

I guess he'll probably stick to singing palatable stuff rather than going full on I Am The Walrus or Revolution No. 9.

Technocentral · 14-02-2019 11:08am

****! A huge drop down from the edginess of Trainspotting, awful looking crap, plus it has Ed Sheeran and James Cordon, aaagggh!

Sad Professor · 14-02-2019 12:43pm

Blah. Premise is dumb. You can't extract The Beatles from the '60s. Popular music is popular because it captures the mood of a particular time and place. This seems like someone got the right to The Beatles catalogue and this was the best they could come up with on short notice.

Vinculus · 14-02-2019 2:59pm

28 days a week

Dades · 14-02-2019 4:50pm

Sad Professor wrote: »

Blah. Premise is dumb. You can't extract The Beatles from the '60s. Popular music is popular because it captures the mood of a particular time and place. This seems like someone got the right to The Beatles catalogue and this was the best they could come up with on short notice.

Of all the biggest bands ever, the Beatles music is so timeless - and eclectic - that it could be given a bit of 21 century lipstick and still sound fresh.

I like the premise. Every budding songwriter or dreamer has probably wondered about this scenario.

Mr E · 14-02-2019 9:10pm

Clever idea. I like the look of this.

Out the end of June...

JP Liz V1 · 15-02-2019 1:07am

Is that Tamwar from Eastenders?

Wheety · 15-02-2019 1:23am

I remember day dreaming before if you were a singer song writer and you could pick any songs from the past as your own. Obviously couldn't take all of The Beatles ones but would have to have a few

Think I'll go to see this one though. At least I'll like the music and looks harmless enough.

JP Liz V1 · 17-06-2019 10:37pm

Himesh Patel aka Tamwar from Eastenders is playing the lead character Jack

d8491prj5boyvg · 18-06-2019 10:20am

If a band came out with Beatles songs nowadays they would get nowhere. It's all Icy T and Snoopy snoop doggy doog.

bullpost · 18-06-2019 10:32am

Kori Nervous Heat wrote: »

If a band came out with Beatles songs nowadays they would get nowhere. It's all Icy T and Snoopy snoop doggy doog.

They might just scatter Ed Sheeran and Coldplay to the four corners of the earth

TheIrishGrover · 18-06-2019 5:45pm

Dades wrote: »

Look more Richard Curtis than Danny Boyle... but probably a predicable, feel-good couple of hours. With all the cynicism in the world we need a few movies like this.

Can't be Richard Curtis. There is a non-white person in the cast........ But then again they are mostly very posh so........

Conall Cernach · 19-06-2019 6:56pm

Gary (Nicholas Lyndhurst) in Goodnight Sweetheart used to do something similar in 1940/41.

Acosta · 20-06-2019 2:08pm

It looks painfully twee

pixelburp · 20-06-2019 2:09pm

It does, but sometimes it's nice to just enjoy a sugary treat.

NIMAN · 20-06-2019 2:12pm

If ever a film more or less showed you the entire film and what is going to happen, that was it.

Bacchus · 20-06-2019 3:32pm

NIMAN wrote: »

If ever a film more or less showed you the entire film and what is going to happen, that was it.

Personally I'd like all films to show more or less the entire film. I hate those films that redact huge chunks of the film, leaving you with a film barely 3 minutes long.

Outlaw Pete · 20-06-2019 4:30pm

Seen it yesterday (funnily enough) and it's a bit meh overall.

The most annoying thing for me is that the female lead, just before he sets of to conquer America, says to the guy that if he loved her he'd stay

And that makes the character very unlikable which I felt was an odd thing to do given that they are written as a very decent lovely person in every other way..... seems just lazy writing to me.

Also...

The end of the film should have been him waking up from a coma ffs as the plot is pure madness, obviously.

:P

Not a bad lighthearted film for couples or families of a Sunday afternoon at the flicks I guess.

branie2 · 24-06-2019 6:29pm

I'll be seeing it on Friday

Jurgen The German · 24-06-2019 10:54pm

Kori Nervous Heat wrote: »

If a band came out with Beatles songs nowadays they would get nowhere. It's all Icy T and Snoopy snoop doggy doog.

Sorry to be that guy but

*scoopy scoopy dogg dogg

Thelonious Monk · 28-06-2019 12:37pm

Ridiculous premise really, I don't think these songs would be hits nowadays no matter what way they were produced. Let it Be and Yesterday sound like something maybe Chris DeBurgh would sing.

Dades · 28-06-2019 2:54pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Ridiculous premise really, I don't think these songs would be hits nowadays no matter what way they were produced. Let it Be and Yesterday sound like something maybe Chris DeBurgh would sing.

They actually sound like something Ed Sheeran or Chris Martin would sing, just missing the more modern production flavours.

You can do anything with a good melody. People sample classic material all the time.

You never hear hen parties singing Lady in Red in the pub, but sing a few bars of Hey Jude...

PTH2009 · 28-06-2019 9:59pm

7/10

Whole thing was a bit mad tbh but not a band film was fun and the music was good. Few of the usual cliche characters

the funny friend couple, the stoner funny dude, mad dad who likes food etc)

.

They don't even explain

why the electrical fault happend and why certain things was vanished from everyone's memories. Oasis, Coca Cola and Harry Potter were obsolete too.

Felt the

John Lennon character was a bit weird and may be a tad disrespectful. Could they have not done one of the living Beatles ???.

I would have liked

if they actually explained what happend to the band and why only certain people remembered them

Anyway its was good fun and it's a film too sit back and just enjoy

branie2 · 28-06-2019 10:50pm

I really enjoyed it

tunguska · 30-06-2019 12:05am

Loved it. Genuinely funny and the cringe factor is very low(given its a film written by richard curtis). Hope it does well because its a film that dispenses with cynicism and wears its heart on its sleeve.

Sudden Valley · 30-06-2019 2:06pm

I enjoyed it also. After seeing rocketman and b rhapsody it is a good idea not to have a music movie that was a bit different. It was an unashamee feel good movie and in this case it worked.

otnomart · 30-06-2019 6:23pm

Just seen it and:
Wow - as a feel-good movie is up there with my favourites.

Made me think about Across the Universe, which I watched only the once when it came out, but Yesterday is way way better for me.

robo · 01-07-2019 4:13pm

I'm going against the majority here & I didn't like it & I really thought that I would! I went there thinking yeh I would like this.
Found it boring and thought the story could have been developed more -

why somethings were wiped out of history, Beatles, Oasis and Coke etc

Also, the characters were bland! Was hoping that the

American manager/PR lady could have developed more and had more obscure demands

It was a great concept for a movie and unless you like the Beatles music, don't bother cos the story is flat!

Jurgen The German · 06-07-2019 11:04pm

Enjoyed it well enough, a bit schmaltzy towards the end but a nice way to pass a couple of hours. I couldn't help but picture David Walliams every time Rocky was on screen, the resemblance is striking.

Joe Don Dante · 07-07-2019 1:02am

load of p**s

Robsweezie · 17-07-2019 12:41am

El Duda wrote: »

Was sold... then I saw Corden and Sheeran

i was half expecting emma thompson's character in Late Night to make some sort of crossover appearance mocking patel's character on her show

woodchuck · 17-07-2019 8:40am

I really enjoyed this movie! And I wouldn't even be the biggest beatles fan (I'd struggle to name their songs). It's a nice feel good summer movie, just try not to overthink it.

eviltimeban · 08-08-2019 11:34am

robo wrote: »

I'm going against the majority here & I didn't like it & I really thought that I would! I went there thinking yeh I would like this.
Found it boring and thought the story could have been developed more -
why somethings were wiped out of history, Beatles, Oasis and Coke etc
Also, the characters were bland! Was hoping that the
American manager/PR lady could have developed more and had more obscure demands

It was a great concept for a movie and unless you like the Beatles music, don't bother cos the story is flat!

I sort of agree; the music was fine (and it really highlight how many amazing songs the Beatles released in just seven years) but the romance part was a little dull.

I was hoping at the end there'd be another outage and "things would go back to normal" - only Jack would be with the girl and he'd be happy just doing his own thing, and she'd be happy with him being the way he was.

I too feel there should've been more of an explanation of things - why no cigarettes? They existed without the Beatles!

The John Lennon part was a bit weird but could've been done a lot better - while he sort of looked like him, his voice was nothing like Lennon's. I think a better way for this scene to work could've been:

Jack gets the address but doesn't really believe it to be true. He goes to the house and knocks on the door but there's no answer. He looks down and sees the post box with letters addressed to "John Lennon" and he realises it's true. He walks to the beach and sees a figure in the distance walking his dog - it's John Lennon (could be shown in slow motion - the big reveal). Instead of meeting him and potentially weirding him out, he decides to leave him be and gets back in his car, happy in the knowledge that at least this man didn't have to die.

I suppose that version wouldn't have given him the drive to do what he did at the end - or maybe it would've been enough?

Exclamation Marc · 14-08-2019 12:53am

eviltimeban wrote: »

I sort of agree; the music was fine (and it really highlight how many amazing songs the Beatles released in just seven years) but the romance part was a little dull.

I was hoping at the end there'd be another outage and "things would go back to normal" - only Jack would be with the girl and he'd be happy just doing his own thing, and she'd be happy with him being the way he was.

I too feel there should've been more of an explanation of things - why no cigarettes? They existed without the Beatles!
The John Lennon part was a bit weird but could've been done a lot better - while he sort of looked like him, his voice was nothing like Lennon's. I think a better way for this scene to work could've been:

Jack gets the address but doesn't really believe it to be true. He goes to the house and knocks on the door but there's no answer. He looks down and sees the post box with letters addressed to "John Lennon" and he realises it's true. He walks to the beach and sees a figure in the distance walking his dog - it's John Lennon (could be shown in slow motion - the big reveal). Instead of meeting him and potentially weirding him out, he decides to leave him be and gets back in his car, happy in the knowledge that at least this man didn't have to die.

I suppose that version wouldn't have given him the drive to do what he did at the end - or maybe it would've been enough?

You didn't put a spoiler tag on arguably the films biggest spoiler and then spoiler tagged a suggestion you had.

Maybe replace that spoiler tag for those who haven't seen it.

Irish Guitarist · 23-10-2019 7:13am

This was ridiculous. The Beatles no longer exist but the world is barely any different. I'm guessing the writers are people in their twenties who think The Beatles are just a popular band who made some nice songs.

One of many parts where their lack of musical knowledge is blatantly obvious is where he

Googles 'Oasis' and they don't exist either because The Beatles don't, as if they're the only band that drew inspiration from them. Then he Googles 'The Rolling Stones' and they do exist. George Harrison was the one who recommended them to Decca and their first song was I Want To Be Your Man, a Beatles song. A lot of their early self written songs were inspired by Lennon/McCartney too. They might still have existed without The Beatles but they most likely would have been a very different band. They probably would have kept performing blues covers.

I was hoping it was at least going to get more interesting when he

played the concert in Russia and the man in the audience was staring at him creepily. I thought he was a Mark Chapman figure who was going to attempt to kill him.

Lady Spangles · 25-10-2019 10:11pm

I'm watching this movie right now and it's just boring. I mean it's actually dull and the characters are really irritating. Not even the Beatles music can save it and Ed Sheeran's as stiff as a statue. Just risible, really. What a shame.

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

This was ridiculous. The Beatles no longer exist but the world is barely any different. I'm guessing the writers are people in their twenties who think The Beatles are just a popular band who made some nice songs.

It's a Danny Boyle movie though. I would expect so much more from him. But it's also Richard Curtis on the writing team and it shows.

EDIT: Movie's finally over and I just have to say that

John Lennon showing up

is the most singularly cringeworthy scene I've ever watched in a movie.

ShineOn7 · 07-06-2021 9:26pm

Now on Netflix

Looking forward to checking it this week

Stone Deaf 4evr · 08-06-2021 1:51pm

Watched it over the weekend.

the most charitable thing I could say about it, is that its mostly harmless.

ShineOn7 · 08-06-2021 5:22pm

It was .... ok. A 6/10 for me

Definitely not a Boyle or Curtis classic, but watchable enough

I was trying to remember where I'd seen the easy on the eye Lily James before

It was Baby Driver

Yesterday (Danny Boyle)

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