i was the walrus, but now i'm john.

there's always a very little amount of good movies that have to deal with biographies of your favorites artists. some may suck and others may be the best you've seen so far. i watched nowhere boy last night with my younger sister chris and i have to say i give it 3 1/2 stars. the story fit a bit, though stuart sutcliffe (if you don't know who he is, he was the originial bass player for the beatles, an art student and john's best friend during the time of this movie) wasn't in this film. they gave john blue eyes and black hair when in reality he has brown hair and light brown eyes (chris says he has hazel. i don't believe her. and she's the lennon fanatic). i was mad when i saw the paul character has dark ass brown eyes. he has hazel green. i would know, i admire them.

 

the story line is the way it's suppose to be. though some things are kinda changed around but most of it is fact. i just hate what john went through. when he was 5 his father tried taking him from his mother julia, when she went to confront alf - john's father - little john decided to stay with his daddy, leaving julia heart broken and left alf's house without john. but then a little crying john runs after his mother and tells her he wants to stay with her instead.sad but true, he was raised by his aunt mimi, his mother had left him once again. he started seeing her again when he was 15, rebuilding their relationship little by little. it was working, she taught him about music and how to play the banjo, which later led to guitar and many more things. finally getting her back but when he was 17, she was killed, being struck by a car. i know that that's why john and paul were so close, both their mothers died while they were at a young age. paul's mum died of an embolism after a mastectomy operation to stop the spread of her breast cancer when he was 14.

well beatles fans, especially john lennon fans. it's a good film, i recommend it. it's a good story and shot beautifuly. the film will be released in the US on 8 October 2010 to coincide with celebrations that weekend of the 70th anniversary of Lennon's birth (9 October 1940). watch it, even though i already saw it, you'll see me at the movies watching this again.

xoxo,

Alice.