Review of Imagine: John Lennon (1988) by Mike H — 24 Jul 2011
South Park gave him the title, "King of the Hippies." A good friend my freshman year of college said he might literally be Christ reborn.
Wherever you land in there, he was an interesting and influential personality, and Imagine details much of that. But as a movie about John Lennon and The Beatles, it isn't as large and compelling as it could have and should have been.
I think one of the most important moments in the life of a John Lennon-sized star is to be candid when people need you to be but don't want you to be -- when the kid who worships you comes to your front lawn and says, "What did you mean when you said, 'You can radiate anything you are, you can penetrate anything you are?'" you have to be John Lennon and say, "It's a nonsense song," and, "I had a good shit this morning, and I'm singing about me and Yoko," and explain that it could relate to your life coincidentally but it doesn't reveal all the secrets to it.
This review of Imagine: John Lennon (1988) was written by Mike H on 24 Jul 2011.
Imagine: John Lennon has generally received very positive reviews.
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