Let Us Take Beatles Songs and Pretend We Have a Plot

Rating: 1/10 (18 July 2009)

Being a Beatles fan, I was excited about this movie. I was expecting an over the top musical, talented performers and songs that I grew up with aiding in an interesting story. But this movie was AWFUL and there is no way around that. Although I was not a fan of the "A Story Line" (Jude and Lucy's love affair), it was the useless and random "B Story Lines" that made me hate this film even more.
*B STORY FLOPS*
PRUDENCE is introduced at the beginning of the film, a lesbian longing for a fellow cheerleader. Later in the film, she turns up as one of the many residents in the NYC flat. How did she get here? Well, since there is no Beatles song about that, let's pretend it doesn't matter. After falling for the landlord, who is already involved with JoJo, her character disappears and reappears, with no problems, with a girlfriend. Explain to me why a character was introduced with a real problem, who the audience could feel sympathy for, and then without any reasons as to how or why, everything is all better for her. We have no idea how she turned up where she did, or how she overcame her initial fears of being a lesbian.
SADIE AND JOJO have a steamy relationship from the beginning, but Sadie gets a chance to be a great singer, if she leaves her old band (including JoJo, behind). Sadie ends up hating her new situation, stating that the new band has no soul. JoJo is depressed and lonely, and leaves towards the end of the movie stating he's not going to find Sadie in a bottle. Magically, at the end of the movie, Sadie and JoJo are back together, and everything is fine. Once again, there is no need to discuss how this occurred, because the audience obviously doesn't care about a real story, only an ending.
MAXWELL and his lack of a silver hammer represent the many who were against the war but forced into a draft. This humorous (but I assume not trying to be) representation of being drafted, including Uncle Sam posters singing "I Want You," was perhaps the only good scene in the entire film. It was so bad, it was hysterical. The scene in which injured men are lying in hospital beds and POP up to join in the sing along with Max, terrifyingly reminds me of a childhood game called "Don't Wake Daddy," in which children pressed on an alarm clock until "daddy' SPRANG out of bed. If you are unaware of this game, I recommend checking it out and the re-watching this one scene. It serves as a good laugh.
I've been told by one of my peers that this movie should have won Best Motion Picture at the Academy Awards, because it is a movie everyone NEEDS to see. When I stated, but it had an average plot, awful "B Story Lines," and fixed all problems in an instant, she agreed. So my question is, how can this movie be a popular MOVIE when there was a terrible plot and awful characters. Yes, some of the actors can sing, which makes it a good Tribute Concert at best, not a movie.