Lacking substance

Rating: 5/10 (20 July 2019)

I saw Yesterday a few weeks ago, I wasn't surprised by what I saw. Very average and missed opportunities are really my general thoughts on it. The interesting places that the film could have gone were wasted and replaced by a boring romance and a sappy ending. Jack Malik could have been so much more interesting as a character if he actually made mistakes and did bad things. Since the very beginning of the film, he's a good person that knows stealing the Beatles music is bad. That's boring. The two other people that remembered the Beatles should have had much more conflict with Jack and not just thank him for "sharing the Beatles to the world" as soon as they met him. The film would be ten times better if Jack had gone ahead with becoming famous, resulting in him becoming rich and arrogant, and the two people who remembered the Beatles try and expose him. Jack's friends and love interest grow to dislike him, and Jack realises that he needs to change and come clean. Something like that.
Oh, good God, Ellie was the absolute worse. The romance between her and Jack was so generic and lame. If Ellie loved Jack so much, than why didn't SHE ask him to a date? Why was she waiting for Jack to ask? She was annoying and entitled.
And speaking of romance, what the hell was up with Rocky ending up with the other woman we saw at Ellie's house? I saw them together in montage at the very end of the film, but they're never seen talking to each other during the film. You can't just add some romance between too characters who don't even interact through the film.
The humour was pretty weak, too. But if I'm being honest, I'm probably too young to find the humour funny since the adults around me were laughing, and I'm definitely not the target demographic. However, why the hell was Jack's friends laughing at him when he was hit by a bus?? Do they know that he could have been severely injured or killed? Imagine seeing the person you love in a hospital bed, all bloodied up and you just laugh? That's horrible.
The only reason I didn't give the film a 0/10 is because it isn't unwatchable. There are some cool and pretty shots, decent acting and the very rare moment where I smiled. Other than that, the film lacks substance and interesting characters. I guess it works as a love letter to the Beatles, but definitely a wasted opportunity for an interesting concept.