Nowhere Boy
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I've never seen it. Any thought from those who have? Worth seeing?
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It's an enjoyable 2 hours. I'll give it that. If you want the facts, better to read Lewisohn's Tune In.
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An excellent interview with three of the original Quarrymen but scroll forward to 6:20 for their views on Nowhere Boy.
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I enjoyed it. It's a movie, not a documentary, and John is the primary subject, so he gets most of the good stuff and the bad stuff. Paul comes across as a little kid a foot shorter than John!! Not historically accurate.
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I really liked that movie a lot, though as others have mentioned, it is not 100% accurate. I really like the guy who played John, I thought he did a great job.
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RMartinez:
I enjoyed it. It's a movie, not a documentary, and John is the primary subject, so he gets most of the good stuff and the bad stuff. Paul comes across as a little kid a foot shorter than John!! Not historically accurate.
Yeah, Paul didn't like that casting!
Also, John is shown as hitting Paul and knocking him to the ground, which Paul said never happened. Now John did smash Pete Shotten over the head with a washboard which lead directly to him leaving the group, but he remained friends with John. (John of course was drunk at the time) -
Apple Scruff:
I really liked that movie a lot, though as others have mentioned, it is not 100% accurate. I really like the guy who played John, I thought he did a great job.
I agree!
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I knew that John was starting to get close to his mother but they weren't really as close as the movie portrays them were they?
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The best thing about Nowhere Boy for me is to see Liverpool as it might have been when John was growing up there. Yes there are historical inaccuracies as far as the Quarrymen go, but a fun and entertaining movie nevertheless. I thought Kristin Scott Thomas was brilliant as Aunt Mimi.
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jl4761:
I knew that John was starting to get close to his mother but they weren't really as close as the movie portrays them were they?
By all accounts, yes. When he got close to her again when he was a teenager, she encouraged his music, taught him the banjo, set him on the road to who he became. I think the movie even understated how much she meant to him. When she was killed, it absolutely devastated him for the rest of his life.
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RMartinez:
I enjoyed it. It's a movie, not a documentary, and John is the primary subject, so he gets most of the good stuff and the bad stuff. Paul comes across as a little kid a foot shorter than John!! Not historically accurate.
In other words Paul is a footnote.
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beatlesfanrandy:
jl4761:
I knew that John was starting to get close to his mother but they weren't really as close as the movie portrays them were they?
By all accounts, yes. When he got close to her again when he was a teenager, she encouraged his music, taught him the banjo, set him on the road to who he became. I think the movie even understated how much she meant to him. When she was killed, it absolutely devastated him for the rest of his life.
Hi beatlesfanrandy! How are you? Thank you for your answer. I realize the bond and closeness that John and his mother had as you stressed in your answer, I was mainly referring to when John and His mother were lying next to each other on the couch with John putting his arm around her. In the movie, in my opinion, it seems that John and his mother were doing things together that a boyfriend and girlfriend does rather than a mother and son. Did you get that feeling while watching the movie beatlesfanrandy?
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moptops:
RMartinez:
I enjoyed it. It's a movie, not a documentary, and John is the primary subject, so he gets most of the good stuff and the bad stuff. Paul comes across as a little kid a foot shorter than John!! Not historically accurate.
In other words Paul is a footnote.
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jl4761:
beatlesfanrandy:
jl4761:
I knew that John was starting to get close to his mother but they weren't really as close as the movie portrays them were they?
By all accounts, yes. When he got close to her again when he was a teenager, she encouraged his music, taught him the banjo, set him on the road to who he became. I think the movie even understated how much she meant to him. When she was killed, it absolutely devastated him for the rest of his life.
Hi beatlesfanrandy! How are you? Thank you for your answer. I realize the bond and closeness that John and his mother had as you stressed in your answer, I was mainly referring to when John and His mother were lying next to each other on the couch with John putting his arm around her. In the movie, in my opinion, it seems that John and his mother were doing things together that a boyfriend and girlfriend does rather than a mother and son. Did you get that feeling while watching the movie beatlesfanrandy?
They were very close (too close some would say) There is even more that I won't go into here, that John told in an interview. I think Mark Lewisohn talks about it in Tune In. Let's put it this way, John had an Oedipus complex, but never acted on it.
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I think Paul commented that there were many scenes in the movie that never really happened. Like John socking Paul in the mouth at Julia's wake.
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JoeySmith:
I think Paul commented that there were many scenes in the movie that never really happened. Like John socking Paul in the mouth at Julia's wake.
Yeah, read my post from yesterday (above)
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It's a Sunday afternoon movie I thought, and all broad brushstrokes.
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JoeySmith:
I think Paul commented that there were many scenes in the movie that never really happened. Like John socking Paul in the mouth at Julia's wake.
Who cares. Seeing John smack "Paul" in the gob was bloody marvellous.
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Thanks all. Sounds like people were entertained, not offended. So, I'll give it a shot.
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Whilst last in Liverpool I met a gal who was an extra in the film. She was in the pier sequence, pushing a pram. Oddly enough we discussed the film at her then new employ: 'X In The City' on Lime Street, where she regales all comers with her dancing prowess.
