Beatle Battle

Cinema Criticism

Who'd have thought those Liverpool Lads with the crazy haircuts could still stir controversy in 2012? In this week's class, there was a a serious disagreement between two students, one pro-A Hard Day's Night and one anti. Each student seemed unshakable in his opinion, and each made a really good case for his position. Can't wait to read their papers on the film...

Beatlemania 2012!

I'm not one of those people who automatically put John Lennon way above the other Beatles. I like them all just fine, thank you very much. But I have to say that John really stands out in A Hard Day's Night, which we just watched in Cinema Criticism. His humor, some of which was apparently ad-libbed, has an absurdist flavor that seems just right for these inescapably absurd times. The other Beatles are great, too: Paul with his sunny smile, George with his amusingly elevated diction and Ringo with those soulful eyes of his. But on this viewing, John stole the show, at least for me.