A Pop Life

I read the news today oh boy, about a new TV movie about John Lennon that’s set to air on BBC later this year. I have BBC America and I actually do hope they air it later here.

John Lennon is my favorite musician of all time. I’ve loved him since I was 15. I’m 30 as of friday, so that’s half my life. I know he wasn’t perfect, and was rather a big asshole at times. That said, he was always my favorite Beatle from the moment I became a Beatles fan. I’ve seen numerous tv movies and movies on the Beatles/Lennon.

Two of us – staring Aiden Quinn haha!

This is a rather unknown John Lennon and Yoko Ono Movie..it has a small scene with a then unknown Mike Meyers as a mail man.

In his life. It was an NBC miniseries. One of the best John Lennon portrayals.

Of course, Back Beat.

Nowhere Boy. I don’t believe this has been released yet. I am really excited about this one!

Although I have a feeling that the BBC one will be in the same league as Two of us. In fact I think it will be worse than Two of us. I like the actor cast as John because it’s a good resemblance but the general tone of the movie makes it feel cheesy. Based on the trailer, it makes John look crazy, extremely pompous, and on the verge of not seeming like a real person. He seems like a fictional character. Of course they threw in a scene with his dad where John is asking his dad’s opinion and looking for his approval. John didn’t have daddy issues, hell he had PARENT issues. Also, I hate when people blame Yoko for the break up for the Beatles. Because they just couldn’t have broken up because they had grown apart, wanted to escape beatlemania, and wanted to do different things. Yeah that’s just impossible so let’s just blame the arty Japanese woman. Can you smell my sarcasm? It’s mighty pungent.

Odds are, I will watch this movie when it becomes available. Why? Because even after 15 years, I’m still a sucker for anything Lennon related. Check out the trailer for yourself.

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