Saturday, August 14, 2010
Lennon Bio-pic Coming to Theaters Near You
I saw a trailer yesterday for Nowhere Boy a movie coming out in December about John Lennon and the creation of the Beatles. I was a little shocked that I hadn't heard anything about this movie. Maybe I read a tiny little blurb on the side bar of a Rolling Stone, but I didn't remember it. At first I was a bit taken aback, knowing that if it wasn't done correctly you would have a lot of very angry Beatles fans, young and old. Then I got to thinking about it, and there have been so many movie bio-pics in recent history that have been done really well. Mostly I am thinking of Ray and Walk The Line. The more I thought about the stranger it seemed that no movie had been made before. Well they may have been one, but it obviously wasn't good enough to garner any major attention. This on the other hand looks promising. Obviously The Beatles are too big just to focus on the entire history of the band. I think taking just John Lennon and the creation of the band is genius. Plus I think that this will encourage people who listen to The Beatles, but may not know them that well to really get into their music and their stories. The are the biggest rock band of all time, and John Lennon is probably the most famous poet of the 20th century. He was such an inspiration to so many people it surprises me this hasn't come out earlier. I hope the movie will be satisfying, and I can tell you that during the lull between Christmas and New Years I hope to find my way into a movie theater to see Nowhere Boy.
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