The Beatles Bible - Topic: Nowhere Boy

fabfouremily on Nowhere Boy

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:49:05 +0100

^ I agree with what you say about it being a bit too fast-paced. When John says that he's moving out, my mom turned to me and asked if this was true. I said no, and then I realised that it must be the later now and he's moved in with Stu.

Camarasaur8 on Nowhere Boy

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 02:12:00 +0100

I think Nowhere Boy is a pretty solid film-pretty much all of it rings true, and while I don't think Sangster was exactly a dead-ringer for Paul, as Bikelock said, he replicated his mannerisms really well. The scene in the porch when John asks about his mother, and he says that "she sort of died" in particular stood out to me as being very believably written and acted. Both Mimi and Julia were perfectly cast, I thought, and Aaron Johnson and the guy who played Pete Shotton bounced off each other fantastically, to the point where they were exactly how ...

fabfouremily on Nowhere Boy

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:03:26 +0100

Yeah, he is a very good actor. I've seen him in a few other films as well (the last one being Love Actually, he plays a Ringo-mad drummer to get a girl he likes to go out with him).

And yes, some scenes were very moving, I cried when Paul ran out to John after he got really upset. And I also thought that not only did the actor who played John sound like a liverpudlian, but at times he actually sounded like John.

The attention to detail (the shirt that he wore when he met Paul, finding a similar guitar to ...

bikelock28 on Nowhere Boy

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:20:00 +0100

I know what you mean about Paul and George looking like kids, especially compared to John, but the actor who plays Paul (Thomas Sangster, I think) is brilliant. The accent, the thing where he scratches the corner of his mouth and the sort of tick he does when he says "y'know," are all very very like the real Paul. But he's a bit tame compared to what Paul was really like as a teenager. I guess they were trying to highlight Lennon's rebelliousness.

That aside, the Lennon/McCartney scenes are really lovely and moving. I know its fictionalised , but you can imagine the kind ...

fabfouremily on Nowhere Boy

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:54:53 +0100

bikelock28 said
What did you think? I missed it on TV last night, but I've seen it before and I really like it

I was pleasantly surprised. I was expecting it to be really crap but I enjoyed it a lot. There's only a few things I didn't like, Paul (I think this has been said on here before), how old is he supposed to be? 12!? They should have found an actor who looked a bit older. George didn't really look very similar either, not that he appeared at all. ...

bikelock28 on Nowhere Boy

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:35:06 +0100

What did you think? I missed it on TV last night, but I've seen it before and I really like it

fabfouremily on Nowhere Boy

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:45:08 +0100

Will be watching this tonight. Never seen it before so I'm not exactly sure what to expect, the reviews I've seen have been fairly positive (for a film about The Beatles/member of, which usually go down like a led balloon).

Think I'll expect the worst, and hopefully be pleasantly surprised.

AppleScruffJunior on Nowhere Boy

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:46:37 +0100

For UK and Irish biblers Nowhere Boy is on tonight at 9pm on Film4

sky090909 on Nowhere Boy

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:49:41 +0000

LongHairedLady said
I saw this movie, it was all right. I am really picky with movies when they don't get actors that look more like the real people. Paul just wasn't convincing enough for me. Why didn't they use Jim Sturgess from Across the Universe? He already looks a lot like him, allthough he probably looks to old to play a teenager I guess. Regardless, someone else could have looked a lot closer. Same with George. John's was pretty good, but of course the blue eyes.

I read Paul McCartney's opinion of the movie, and he liked it other than ...

Beatles in the Blood on Nowhere Boy

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:21:59 +0000

GniknuS said
mithveaen said:

Sorry if I'm repeating a thread.

Well I just watched Nowhere Boy.. and to be honest. I don't hate it, but I'm not a big fan. The portrait of John and his family was ok, Aaron Johnson did a good job (it could have been worst). What I felt totally disappointing was Paul McCartney. i mean, these guys are supposed to be best mates but I didn't feel the magic. And George Harrison... zero. I know the story is about John, his Mom and Mimi but come on....

Yeah did George's character even have a ...

LongHairedLady on Nowhere Boy

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 06:13:50 +0000

EDSLocklear said
I loved it, but I cried through it. I know, pathetic.

I got pretty teared up when John had that big fight with his mom and Mimi towards the end.

EDSLocklear on Nowhere Boy

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 04:18:20 +0000

I loved it, but I cried through it. I know, pathetic.

Gerell on Nowhere Boy

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 05:25:47 +0000

I spat my tea when I heard Aaron Johnson play the role of John Lennon. The first time I heard of Aaron Johnson was in the film "Shanghai Knights" he played the role of a street urchin named Charlie Chaplin.

P.S Shanghai Knights had a reference to the Beatles.

[spoiler]Roy O'Bannon wanted to name his grandchildren as Vera, Chuck and Dave[/spoiler]

I haven't honestly watched Nowhere Boy, it's hard to find a copy. I also remember Paul saying that he was portrayed as someone "smaller" than John. He also said that the punch didn't happen.

LongHairedLady on Nowhere Boy

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:11:01 +0000

I saw this movie, it was all right. I am really picky with movies when they don't get actors that look more like the real people. Paul just wasn't convincing enough for me. Why didn't they use Jim Sturgess from Across the Universe? He already looks a lot like him, allthough he probably looks to old to play a teenager I guess. Regardless, someone else could have looked a lot closer. Same with George. John's was pretty good, but of course the blue eyes.

I read Paul McCartney's opinion of the movie, and he liked it other than the fact that ...

Joe on Nowhere Boy

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:17:07 +0000

Yeah, I got his autograph for Ellie. I'm sure I've mentioned this before, so forgive me if you've read it elsewhere.

I saw a press screening of Nowhere Boy at Studio Two, Abbey Road: http://www.beatlesbible.com/20.....d-studios/

I went on my own and didn't know anyone there. No big deal, but before the film started I was taking notes, head down, pen on notebook. When someone sat next to me I didn't look up.

At the beginning there was a short speech by Sam Taylor-Wood, and the guy next to me laughed. I thought "that sounds like Rufus Wainwright's laugh" - ...