I said John, Paul and George were the same height. It was for the sake of being brief. John Paul and George were all within an inch and a half of each other. Paul was the tallest. I’m talking about the difference in the actors heights. It’s much more significant than the irl Beatles. I didn’t realize people would care so much about an offhand comment. I should have.

I Screwed up text boxes and clicks in this. And the Murray the K interview. My bad. It’s trash but I’m not deleting and reposting.

John Lennon, The Hobbit version.

The story of George telling George Martin that he didn't like his tie, IS TRUE.   George Martin himself said that is what happened and it was what broke the ice and he loved the cheekiness, as he said "they were very charming people."   I live in Cleveland, and George Martin gave a talk in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's auditorium that only seats about 300 people. I was there,  and was SO glad that I was in attendance.  It was marvelous listening to him talk about his time with them in the studio.   THIS is where he described that incident with George and his tie.

The most accurate film ever ringo starr being twice the size of John

This amount of restraint it took to get this at around half an hour should be studied

It was such a weird movie because on the surface it's enjoyable and I had fun during it... but I took particular issue with the touring years all being condensed into minuite long exposition sequences where Brian just talks to camera. It would have been actually really interesting to see ANY of what was mentioned actively affecting him, like how would he have talked to promoters? or those in charge of merchendising? and the whole debacle in the south with not wanting to play segregated audiences? they had ample material to pick from to make a scene out of that shows you WHY exactly he was so stressed about it. Him just telling you it doesn't, unfortunately, have the same effect, even when he's taking pills during it. Actually, the way his substance abuse was showed was way too matter-of-fact- almost trivial, which was a very confusing choice. Also the character of Tex Ellington was a really useless addition to the film, especially since he isn't a real person. Why is the film trying to build up this persona as if he was anything at all in history? I agree with all of your points, it just was. bad. not good. great video as always!

The fact this movie had 3 different directors probably doesn’t help 😅😂

Pretty sure Tex Ellington was supposed to be a reference to Diz Gllipse.

Also, one thing I would like to add is that my explanations on the people in Brian’s life who should have been in the film, but weren’t for various reasons is very much the most cursory possible. I’ve missed out quite a lot of context, and I do encourage anyone who’s interested to do their own research, because there’s so much interesting information out there.

So many things to say here:
I laughed my ass off seeing that you decided to cut yourself  while talking and you show yourself recording and calling your mom so you advice her not to see this one... and the editing choices that you choose to do it to show it, just a bit while you started going off; it was masterful.
Incredible as always

I have yet to see this. I saw some clips. Lousy wigs and lame production aside, it is a shame that Brian Epstein is often cast as predominantly a tragic figure. Sure he had a lousy time being gay in a time when homosexuality didn't get decriminalised in the UK until 1967, and died before his time; but there was a whole lot more to him than that. He managed one of the best fucking bands ever and helped to steer them in a direction that completely revolutionized the pop music industry and society. I love this John Lennon quote about him: "Brian was a beautiful guy, Brian Epstein,  and he was an intuitive, theatrical guy and he presented us well." He  was very much part of the party, too sometimes. I always remember a story Paul McCartney once told about when they all discovered pot - how Brian Epstein got stoned off his tits and sat in front of a mirror, pointing at himself saying "Jew, Jew.." while pissing himself laughing. Great vid as always from Lars Land. You rule.

Yes the John actor is not accurate height wise, but his face is so similar. And he has a great voice! They could have made him wear taller shoes. 😂

watched this movie just now and ran straight to this video

It was amusing when Brian appeared in 'What's My Line?' (1964, I think) and the host introduced him as 'Barry', and he subtly corrected him, "(It's) ...Brian" 😅

That was very interesting. A pretty serious review. I noticed this film on Amazon but haven't seen it. Thanks for the "Heads up".  Being of a certain age, I find myself difficult to please when it comes to film recreations of the 1960-70s. They rarely hit the bullseye, but then, I suppose filmmaking is a flawed realm, subject to all kinds of compromises.  I LOVE that you're so into the Beatles, though. Good for you.

My issue with the movie was that there seemed to be no narrative impetus for anything they’re showing. Other than this is what happened in life. So it’s not an addiction story, it’s not a Beatles story, it’s kind of a gay story I guess but not in a particularly interesting way, it’s not really an anything movie. I wish we could’ve seen any of their intimate relationships I would’ve loved to see even Brian and George’s relationship because George Harrison truly loved Brian and relied on him for everything I would’ve loved to see that. Would’ve loved to see anything at all from Johns particular relationship with Brian. I feel like they were so afraid of commenting on their relationship even tho John and Paul both said yeah he was in love with John… it’s not that controversial to show them being close!! Romanticism need not be applied. Also would’ve loved to see the evolution of Paul and Brian’s relationship from suspicious to working closely on business matters! All things we haven’t really seen on film before.

I also really hated the whole it ends on a weirdly happy note and then cut to oh yeah he died lol. It was so crazy. I mean I know it’s hard to be like maybe get in to it a bit but I think it would’ve been a little interesting to see how much it affected everyone when he passed. If they wanted to end on something happy I think hearing the boys talk about how much he meant to them would’ve been nice. But then again they would’ve had to have shown more of their personal relationship for that to work.

Enjoyed your perspective , as usual, but I actually liked the film. I had almost the opposite reaction to yours: Positives: thought the Brian actor captured his warmth, elegance and style, didn’t care about the differences in appearance (although John’s height was jarring), annoyed by the George M casting (found him too wooden and dull). Lack of songs (rights) was an issue. IMO it’s impossible to get a nuanced take when trying to fit a whole life into 2 hours. Better to choose one important event/period and go deep into it.

I was underwhelmed

4:05 I'M DYING 😂

Haven't seen the movie, don't know where to find it, but I also agree with the decision not to include the Spain trip. They couldn't have just touched on it and dropped it without revisiting it, so it would've eclipsed anything else they might have been trying to do with the story and then hijack the film thematically. Besides they would've had to have taken a position on it and it is still disputed - different people saying that John told them different things. Those closest to Brian say he never brought it up. You could get around the "question" by depicting one of the other escapades from that trip, but then it would just draw more attention to the dodge in the audience's minds. The only reason for bringing it into the film is if you need to depict some kind of fallout from the trip on the group dynamic of the band, OR if you want to show its effect on Brian's "character development". If that's not the story you're telling, then it's best not to raise the question.