Anyone from this forum going?

Nancy R wrote:

Darkhorse1909 wrote:

Hey everyone, I saw it last night for the 2nd time, and enjoyed it even more than the first. Yes, there were flaws, I mean if there are no cigarettes then why oh why was George still not on this mortal plane??  and yes, you MUST suspend belief when you enter the theatre, but no more than with Yellow Sunmarine or Magical Mystery Tour, so I was perfectly OK with that. There are lots of in jokes that I didnt pick up until the 2nd viewing, and lots of lovely little nuggets for hard core Beatle fans to salivate on too. Could it be improved upon? Absolutely, I agree that some of the peripheral characters should have a greater role, such as the fans and Jacks parents (hilarious, btw)  but mostly I see it not as an exploitation of the FABS music at all, but a love poem to them, it is at heart a sweet love song, and a reminder of the  enduring message that JPG&R wanted us all to understand -  ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE - Oh, and the full playing of the original Hey Jude (NOT Dude!) at the end credits redeemed that song for me, so much better than Macca's live version (sorry!) 'you were great...YOU were great!!) Finally, in each of my viewings there was a large and enthusiastic and mostly very young attendance, and remember yesterday (day, not film!) was Tuesday, so to almost fill a cinema WEEKS after its debut, in a Tuesday and with young people? Someones doing something right. I think this is one that I will revisit often, especially when I need remionding of the message of Love.

Did they actually say in the movie that George was dead? No. In this alternate timeline, we only know for sure that John is alive.

Fair point, but they dont refer to George at all, even though WMGGW is. I might have to go see it again!!!

LadyLeslie wrote:

Saw the movie this morning.    Was disappointed at the pace of the story, it seemed to go really slow at the beginning.  I also found it implausable that the world would ever have a "mass forget" of The Beatles.     I thought the choices the character made at the end of the movie were good, though, and of course enjoyed listening to all the great music!

SPOILERS:

Was  disappointed Paul and Ringo weren't in it for at least a scene or two at the end... and if they showed what John was doing now, it would have been more interesting if they showed John, Paul, George and Ringo (or at least 3 of them) reuniting and letting the world know they had created the music... and the character Jack could have made them famous again and played music with them.      Even if Paul and Ringo didn't choose to do a scene, they could have hired lookalikes or just actors who could have doubled for them without seeing their face.  They showed John, so I guess I wanted to know (from the story) what Paul, Ringo and George would have been... if they hadn't become famous.

Talked to a fellow movie goer who absolutely loved the movie - she said she saw The Beatles in Kansas City in 1964, she was definitely a Beatle fan girl, and said anything that can get the Beatles' music out there for people to hear is a good thing.  She said nothing will stop her love for them!

Hey everyone, I saw it last night for the 2nd time, and enjoyed it even more than the first. Yes, there were flaws, I mean if there are no cigarettes then why oh why was George still not on this mortal plane??  and yes, you MUST suspend belief when you enter the theatre, but no more than with Yellow Sunmarine or Magical Mystery Tour, so I was perfectly OK with that. There are lots of in jokes that I didnt pick up until the 2nd viewing, and lots of lovely little nuggets for hard core Beatle fans to salivate on too. Could it be improved upon? Absolutely, I agree that some of the peripheral characters should have a greater role, such as the fans and Jacks parents (hilarious, btw)  but mostly I see it not as an exploitation of the FABS music at all, but a love poem to them, it is at heart a sweet love song, and a reminder of the  enduring message that JPG&R wanted us all to understand -  ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE - Oh, and the full playing of the original Hey Jude (NOT Dude!) at the end credits redeemed that song for me, so much better than Macca's live version (sorry!) 'you were great...YOU were great!!) Finally, in each of my viewings there was a large and enthusiastic and mostly very young attendance, and remember yesterday (day, not film!) was Tuesday, so to almost fill a cinema WEEKS after its debut, in a Tuesday and with young people? Someones doing something right. I think this is one that I will revisit often, especially when I need remionding of the message of Love.