Nowhere Boy

Nowhere Boy is the story of John Lennon's and the Beatles' formative years. It can get rather draggy at some bits coz there is a lot of dialogue. But the film, in general, can be summed up by 1 word. SEX.

I couldn't understand it at first. Were the makers of this film so hard up (pardon the pun) for it to be a box office hit?

The film is not 'SEXY' in the "there is a sex scene every 5 mins" way, but is 'SEXY' because of the way the protagonist was featured.

Super close-up shots of his pink lips and peachy skin. Sex tryst in the woods with a hot chick. (At some point, I thought I could smell testosterone being released into the theatre.) A rather Oedipus Complex-like attraction to his biological mother, complicated with his aunt and mother fighting over him, a sexed up young man who couldn't keep his dick nor his rhythm in his pants for more than 2 minutes...

Afterwards, I realised why this is so...

The actor acting as John Lennon is Aaron Johnson. If you remember, he was the goofy boy in Kick-Ass. He is 20 years old this year. And the director of this film is Sam Taylor-Wood. She is 43 years old this year and just gave birth to... check this out... Aaron Johnson's daughter in July this year. No wonder she's so adept at portraying the sexiness of Aaron Johnson. She's showing off her pride and joy.

And by the way, Aaron Johnson hardly looks like John Lennon. The former's too beautiful. But as long as the director likes him, who are you to care/comment, right? She especially doesn't care about what you think of her life and work because she has overcame 2 bouts of cancer. Since she has claimed back her life twice, she ain't gonna live her life for you. Nothing else matters.