Yesterday

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I was able to see the film Yesterday today and as a die hard Beatles fan I was dying to see it.

The premise was fun. There is a power outage all over the world and after that, no one remembers The Beatles. No one except musician Jack Malik. So after he recovers from an accident his manager gives him a beautiful guitar to replace the one that was wrecked in the accident. So he plays her Yesterday. She says something like when did you write that? And he answers, "I didn't write it, Paul McCartney wrote it. The Beatles." And everyone says, "Who?"

So after he investigates he realizes there is no history of The Beatles ever. So he decides to go for it. And he starts cranking out Beatles tunes and getting all the credit. He'a becoming a mega-star. But it always gnaws at his conscious that this wasn't his stuff.

So who doesn't love the music? And it's performed very well. Even Eleanor Rigby on the acoustic guitar when in fact there was only a string quartet playing on that track.

But here are my problems with it. It was cut a bit fat. I keep thinking "get on with it." It dragged a lot. A lot.

Also the whole romantic thing took way too long to materialize. And the first performance of "Let It Be" with the parents and their constant interruptions was funny for a little bit but it dragged on too long. And along his meteoric rise there were a lot of memorable moments, although too many. There are a lot of other problems with this.

Finally there is a roof top concert and he [*spoiler*] he comes clean.
The ending was great but it took too long to get there.

Grade: B+ [mostly for the John scene]