Day 33
Film 26
A Hard Day's Night is the first film made by The Beatles, and has been heralded as just a great movie. When I started the film I was a little quizzical if only because every other Beatles based movie has always been worse than its music and for the first 30 minutes of the film I felt just that. But as I got used to its very bare story, and cheeky fun I just started to love it. It was a perfect storm of fun, making it a very enjoyable 90 minutes of film.
A Hard Day's Night was not made to be challenging, its message is not one that changes your view of the world or leaves you questioning your very existence, and if I was to just look at A Hard Day's Night in this regard it would fall flat on its face. It would join the ranks of Pineapple Express in the 'damn good time' type of movie that you quickly forget. Interestingly, A Hard Day's Night is one of those movies that is so very important you cannot simply right it off.
For all of its lighthearted and forgettable fun A Hard Day's Night is a perfect example of the radical change that happened in the 60's. The fab four are constantly defying authority, be it their manager, the director or the police. They choose fun, they take risks, they flirt with women and they laugh at all the men who try to control them. It shows the beginning of a change in the world, for people generations beyond to enjoy.That and some of the best music in film.
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