Movie Review - Yesterday

The feeling after watching this movie –Yesterday……

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"Yesterday" is a British romantic comedy movie directed by Danny Boyle, starring Himesh Patel, Lily James, Kate McKinnon, and Ed Sheeran. The plot tells the story of an ordinary British man Jack in a car accident during a global power outage, and he woke up and found that the whole world has forgotten the Beatles, so he sang the classic Beatles, but he didn’t think that this behavior made him a tomorrow star.

★The world was tragic without the Beatles

In the recent two musical movie "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Rocket Man", they have described the musical careers of the two legendary singers. After that, in less than a month, the fans could watch the "Yesterday" with "The Beatles" as the core axis. Although this time it is no longer a biographical form, and there is almost no introduction to the members, in another surprising way, the Beatles are still praised from the four sides and known as the greatness of the classics.

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★Our dream

It is a very interesting movie. The whole movie has the usual style of screenwriter, Richard Curtis, combining the romantic comedy of the previous "Bridget Jones’s Diary" and the fantasy elements of "About Time". The blackout caused many things we are familiar with in the past to disappear into the world. 

At the same time, it also locked the story of a frustrated and unknown singer who was not affected by the accident. After singing the Beatles and becoming famous, he tangled between the external reputation and inner contradiction inside.

This movie combines music, love, and comedy genres, apparently starting from the Beatles, but in fact tells a story about dreams through their songs, which not only gives the movie a unique flavor, but also has entertaining and profound story content. This movie has excellent character shaping. 

Although it is promoted with a relaxed and humorous tone, the director bloodily presents a little-known singer who made a lot of efforts with blood and tears instead of corresponding returns before becoming famous.

★Fun themes

However, in more than half of the movie plots have been released in the preview and introduction, the most important and most curious of the movie is how to solve this problem in the end and whether will the love blossom. 

Does anyone in this movie remember the Beatles that they will reveal Jack's secret? Is there a way for Jack to bring the world back? What stage will Jack's star journey reach? I think this is the main reason why we will enter the theater to watch movies except for pilgrimaging Beatles.

But what surprised me the most was that although the movie didn’t describe the inner emotions of the characters enough, the director still produced a content that was satisfying. Many hilarious and interesting bridges, coupled with the brisk atmosphere and rhythm of the whole movie, make it like the less heavy "La La Land ". 

The core of the story also tells the dilemma of dreams and love struggling, maybe in contrast, "Yesterday" is a bit simple and taken for granted, but the personal charm of the heroine Lily James and the spark of the interaction between the two still add a lot of visibility to the movie.

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★John Lennon’s survival

Personally, I really like the ending of the plot. In 1980, John Lennon, who was only 40 years old at the time, was killed by avid fans outside his home, which became the biggest pain in all fans. 

However, the Beatles, which didn’t exist in the movie, the director gave us the biggest gift was the 78-year-old John Lennon who appeared as a mentor, but in this world he is no longer a superstar, but an ordinary man who lived with his wife at the seaside to enjoy his old age; he also taught Jack what we should pursue and cherish the most in our lives.

★The process of pursuing dreams

Even with so many songs inserted in the movie, "Yesterday" has not deviated from the theme of the story at all. The movie is about missing love, the mood of creators and dream chasers along the way, but unlike other inspirational movies which always encourage people to work hard no matter what difficulties they encounter through many examples. 

This movie reminds Jack and all dream chaser of a very important thing by comparing Jack and John Lennon: "After we do our best, it doesn’t matter that the result is failure".

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★Conclusion

On the whole, the actor Himesh Patel from TV series and short films, this time the first performance of the movie "Yesterday", there is almost no problem of incompatibility, perhaps the comedic component in the movie slightly lowers the movie's dependence on actors. 

But there is no doubt that his singing strength did a successful interpretation of several classic songs of "The Beatles" such as "Yesterday" and "Back In The USSR", but he also has a new style of his own, and he clearly make the audience feel the importance and love for the Beatles.

Strictly speaking, I ’m not a Beatles fan, I ’m just an audience who likes music, so I may not be able to get 100% of the impression from “Yesterday”, but it is like what the movie says "The world without Beatles is extremely miserable." 

Their songs have influenced the entire music circle and popular culture. I believe that if you understand Beatles and the process and motivation of their creation, you can definitely get more resonance from it.