Yeah, I was actually very excited to turn 40. But 50 just feels OLD, especially when the body starts breaking down. And I am with ya on the retirement thing unfortunately; no pension, don't make enough to save money for retirement. I'll be at that place when I'm hobbling in on a walker.
I think that "Yesterday" really played with the... type? of conflict. Like there were the minor ones -- will Jack and Ellie end up together? (we knew they HAD TO); will the Liverpudlian lady and the Russian guy out Jack? But the main conflict was 'how will it all get resolved'. Because my "worry" was that it would all be a dream/Jack's in a coma after the accident/there's another power surge that resets everything to how it was and all of those would work internally for the movie but be huge bummers for the audience; we WANT Jack to finally taste success after all those years; we want to keep those smiles on our faces. So I think the screenwriters were masterful in letting Jack's morality (and his meeting with Lennon) nudge him into doing the right thing, which nets him true success and the girl and a family and love and friendship and a great job AND lets the audience feel great about all of it.
And HOW COOL was that Lennon moment? Literally half the audience gasped, including me. (And I was excited that he was played by one of my favourite actors, Robert Carlyle.)
I am going to go through the hardtime tags hopefully tomorrow to find something that strikes my fancy. Glad you are excited at the thought of maybe remixing one of mine!
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I think that "Yesterday" really played with the... type? of conflict. Like there were the minor ones -- will Jack and Ellie end up together? (we knew they HAD TO); will the Liverpudlian lady and the Russian guy out Jack? But the main conflict was 'how will it all get resolved'. Because my "worry" was that it would all be a dream/Jack's in a coma after the accident/there's another power surge that resets everything to how it was and all of those would work internally for the movie but be huge bummers for the audience; we WANT Jack to finally taste success after all those years; we want to keep those smiles on our faces. So I think the screenwriters were masterful in letting Jack's morality (and his meeting with Lennon) nudge him into doing the right thing, which nets him true success and the girl and a family and love and friendship and a great job AND lets the audience feel great about all of it.
And HOW COOL was that Lennon moment? Literally half the audience gasped, including me. (And I was excited that he was played by one of my favourite actors, Robert Carlyle.)
I am going to go through the hardtime tags hopefully tomorrow to find something that strikes my fancy. Glad you are excited at the thought of maybe remixing one of mine!