YESTERDAY movie

The Juggler

I haven't been too excited to see many new movies over the last few years but I'm blown away at the potential this one has. Holy shit what a great, and unique, idea:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0irKUtaCaU

Cliffy6745

Interesting. I can be slow, but a little confused about what the accident has to do with it. Is it all a dream? Do the Beatles not exist to anyone and he dreamed about the music? Am I way off?

Hub.

The pitch already existed : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMdpjG6QNfU

igotid88

Saw this earlier. 

The Juggler

Cliffy6745 said:

Interesting. I can be slow, but a little confused about what the accident has to do with it. Is it all a dream? Do the Beatles not exist to anyone and he dreamed about the music? Am I way off?

Don't ask questions Cliff! 

I think there was some sort of cataclysmic event that wiped the Beatles from the entire world's history.....except for this guy's memory. Or something like that.

The Juggler

Hub. said:

The pitch already existed : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMdpjG6QNfU

pjhawks

that actually looks pretty interesting.

mpedone

The Juggler said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Interesting. I can be slow, but a little confused about what the accident has to do with it. Is it all a dream? Do the Beatles not exist to anyone and he dreamed about the music? Am I way off?

Don't ask questions Cliff! 

I think there was some sort of cataclysmic event that wiped the Beatles from the entire world's history.....except for this guy's memory. Or something like that.

Yeah, I'm guessing he was knocked out, or something while everyone else had they're brains lightly scrambled.

Or, maybe it's all a Jacob's Ladder scenario, and this film is going to be way darker than anyone anticipated.

The Juggler

^
Would love it to go a darker route.

My only concern is with this coming out in Summer and it being too much fluff and poppy instead of introspective and artsy like a Fall release would usually mean. Does that make sense? I think it's such a great idea for a movie that I'm just scared Hollywood will find a way to screw it the fuck up....

bootlegger10

This looks awesome.  At a minimum the soundtrack will be great.  

Poncier

bootlegger10 said:

This looks awesome.  At a minimum the soundtrack will be great.  

Soundtrack looks like it will be the lead actor doing Beatles covers.
Might be better versions of those songs elsewhere. 

mpedone

The Juggler said:

^
Would love it to go a darker route.

My only concern is with this coming out in Summer and it being too much fluff and poppy instead of introspective and artsy like a Fall release would usually mean. Does that make sense? I think it's such a great idea for a movie that I'm just scared Hollywood will find a way to screw it the fuck up....

Well, the darker route is the entire movie taking place in the last moment before he dies, so I'd rather they not go that dark. That said, I think I get what you mean - he's basically stealing an entire catalog of music from a group, and there are moral and ethical implications to that. The trailer seems to hint at some of that (he keeps trying to say he didn't write these songs, has some conflicted moments), but is also set up to be a RomCom between him and the school teacher.

I think this concept could also be a great way to explore the inner demons many of our favorite singers have faced - the insecurities and anxieties and impostor syndrome - he's a singer-songwriter who suddenly becomes a mega-star, but he didn't write the songs. He keeps trying to tell people this, but no one believes him. Paul and the Gang show up to reclaim their music, but only when no one else is around. Hallucinations? Maybe, but as the movie goes on, they get more and more frequent. He tries to "fix" himself with distractions (drugs, booze, parties, sex), but they get angrier and stronger, leading to a final confrontation where he (and us the audience) finally discover whether or not they're real, at which point the movie can still go a couple of directions. If they're real, he's a fake, and has to face this. If they're hallucinations, he has to face the fact that he DID write these songs, and deal with that.

But yeah, summer movie, probably a RomCom. Could be fun, but yeah, probably not as good as it could be.

hedonist

I had no idea about a film's weightiness being tied to a seasonal release.  This one looks quite interesting in theory and the music (re)done very well.

Looking forward to seeing it sometime in 2020 whenever it's picked up Netflix or Amazon!

Jbarker

"Hey Dude, Dudeedudeedudee..."

LOL

bootlegger10

 Poncier said:

bootlegger10 said:

This looks awesome.  At a minimum the soundtrack will be great.  

Soundtrack looks like it will be the lead actor doing Beatles covers.
Might be better versions of those songs elsewhere. 

I'm just trying to follow the spirit of the movie.  Back off!   

mace1229

mpedone said:

The Juggler said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Interesting. I can be slow, but a little confused about what the accident has to do with it. Is it all a dream? Do the Beatles not exist to anyone and he dreamed about the music? Am I way off?

Don't ask questions Cliff! 

I think there was some sort of cataclysmic event that wiped the Beatles from the entire world's history.....except for this guy's memory. Or something like that.

Yeah, I'm guessing he was knocked out, or something while everyone else had they're brains lightly scrambled.

Or, maybe it's all a Jacob's Ladder scenario, and this film is going to be way darker than anyone anticipated.

My guess is it is one of those things where the plot is completely unrealistic, but that is the point. This looks like a great movie, just don't go in expecting some sort of scientific answers behind why The Beatles don't exist. Just meant to be fun.
That is my guess.

ed243421

Are the fab4 alive and just never formed the band?

Jbarker

Mostly a fantastical vehicle to drum up some dormant Beatles love. Like a rolling stone I dig it.

Poncier

ed243421 said:

Are the fab4 alive and just never formed the band?

The scene where James Corden says "I've got 2 men who claim that the songs are theirs" and you see a set of barefoot feet and a set of shod feet must be alluding to Macca and Ringo.

ed243421

Didn’t see that 

interested to see where they go with that 

ed243421

But the cordon show seems to be early after he is discovered

we also see scenes where he is the biggest rock star in the world after the cordon show