What is the best Beatles movie?

[Paul_McCartney2002]

I'm going all out with saying Help! is the best beatles movie of all time!

[Harbidge]

Help is a v.good movie. I've yet to see Let It Be and Hard Day's Night but Help seems to be the best. Magical Mystery Tour is just strange and drug-induced!

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[beatlemethisbeatlemethat]

I dunno! A Hard Day's NIght was great but Help was more comical.

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[lennon-mccartney]

A Hard Day's Night was the best. It was funnier, for a start. John's wit was immense in that.

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[jtal909]

I also go with A Hard Days Night. Although Help is enjoyable, it is a little goofier. A Hard Days Night has better songs.

[jtal909]

Harb, you've got to go and get A Hard Days Night.
Let It Be is also quite good but I haven't seen it since 1969, or was it 1970, in the theater.

[bearkat77]

My favorite would have to be Help! However, if you asked my kids, they would say Yellow Submarine.

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[PennyLane]

I haven't yet seen Let it Be or Magical Mystery Tour. I have to go with A Hard Day's Night as their best movie so far. As Col said, it was wittier, and had a more interesting story line. In fact, in a list written in the 1980s, it was named one of the Top 5 musicals of all time, and one of the Top 50 movies in general. While Help is a good movie, it is a bit goofy, and I don't think it rivals A Hard Day's Night as far as actual quality. Yellow Submarine is okay, but as brought up in another topic, would have been terrific if actually used the Beatles instead of actors.

[Paul_McCartney2002]

Didn't Let It Be win a grammy for best sound track or something like that

[lennon-mccartney]

Nah, that was The Graduate http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

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[lennon-mccartney]

My case is relaxed.

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[Paul_McCartney2002]

So I see you live in England eh? is that why your giving me a hard time because I'm from the USA?

[lennon-mccartney]

I hadn't a clue where you were from. It would be different if I were giving you a hard time. This is actually me being nice, and kind.

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[Paul_McCartney2002]

is that so, well that let's just say that I get the feeling you don't like me a whole lot

[beatlegirl]

i love help there all so cute,hard days night is close!!!

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[SleepyHead]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Paul_McCartney2002:
is that so, well that let's just say that I get the feeling you don't like me a whole lot<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I dunno about LenMac, but I am definitely getting the "skip-the-Paul2002-posts" syndrome... what a foul mouth you have http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/mad.gif

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[PennyLane]

Paul_McCartney2002, this is supposed to be a friendly place where we discuss the Beatles and get to know eachother. Threats and Confrontations between members are definitely OUT OF THE QUESTION. Please stop your rude, foul, and aggressive behavior at once.

[Paul_McCartney2002]

ok ok I said I was sorry, but len-mac was the one that was insalting me first!

[bearkat77]

LenMac uses sarcasm a lot. It is one form of humor and that's all. Just relax and as the Beatles said, "We Can Work It Out". http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

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[Paul_McCartney2002]

All right I'll cool it. Sorry once again

[lennon-mccartney]

Oh, sarcastic am I? Beard-kat!
I'm never sarcastic, sometimes ironic, but not sarcasticalistic!!!!!!!!!

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[beatlegirl]

Such intresting arguements,be nice everyone!

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[jtal909]

Insalting and Sgt Peppering.

[This message has been edited by jtal909 (edited August 20, 2000 at 12:13 PM).]

[jtal909]

Anyway, has anyone seen No More Lonely Nights? I mean Give My Regards To Broad Street? It's Paul playing a rock star looking for his lost tapes, and is very ungood as far as it being a movie. The music is excellent, however. He redid Good Day Sunshine.

[lennon-mccartney]

I've seen it. Don't really like it, but the music is good - well, it is Paul!!!!!!!
Ringo's funny in it.

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[bearkat77]

I've seen "Broad Street", too. The plot was rather lame and tended to drag in places, but the music was great.

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[Zoso]

I think it would have to be

Magical Mystery Tour

[pat]

Hard Day's Night on a Saturday,
Let it Be on a Sunday,
Magical Mystery Tour on a Friday,
Help on a Sunday afternoon,
Yellow Submarine any time at all (pun intended!)
I reckon what I am trying to say is, depends on the day of the week, the mood I'm in, what's on telly, but then again, the first movie to mind is...... drum-roll.........

Hard Day's Night.

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[Tim]

Since my main webpage is about Yellow Submarine,I have to go for Ys
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My second best would have to be AHDN,then Help,then MMT. Ain't seen LIB ibn 20 years so I cannae comment on it.

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[Harbidge]

The film was on sky about 4-5 months ago. I watched it for 15 minutes before pressing the stand-by button. I have got the soundtrack album for the film however and it's one of his best releases.

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[beatlegirl]

I think magical mystery was one of the worst movies ive ever seen it had no plot it went no where the olny good thing about it was the music!

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[Tim]

Yellow Submarine(obvious....)
Hard Day's Night
First US Visit
Mersey Siund(63 documentary)
Help
Shea
MMT
Let It Be

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[Maxwell]

It's got to be Help!
Such escapism and not too serious.
O and great music!!

[lennon-mccartney]

Therefore it was good.

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[jtal909]

I can watch A Hard Days Night anytime, anywhere. There's no "plot" to be tired of. It's timeless.

[lennon-mccartney]

I agree. Well, of course I do - it's a fact. 'A Hard Day's Night' is the best.

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[Tim]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jtal909:
Anyway, has anyone seen No More Lonely Nights? I mean Give My Regards To Broad Street? It's Paul playing a rock star looking for his lost tapes, and is very ungood as far as it being a movie. The music is excellent, however. He redid Good Day Sunshine. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Well,Paul ain't a great actor,but I'd love to see it again.



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[beatlemethisbeatlemethat]

In 1970 the Beatles won an Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song
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[Paul_McCartney2002]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by lennon-mccartney:
I agree. Well, of course I do - it's a fact. 'A Hard Day's Night' is the best.

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I'm sorry but I think that Help is the best, the AHDN, the YS, then MMT, then Let it Be


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[lennon-mccartney]

I'm sorry too.

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[Paul_McCartney2002]

Why, are you sorry Help! is a kick butt movie.

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[beatlegirl]

help!is an awesome movie,i like it a little better than a hard days night!

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[Litl Lennon]

i'd have to say hard day's night is the best, it is cuter; the story that goes along with help is kinda weird, but they are both good movies.
mmt is my second favorite, it is so weird! i love te 'i am the walrus' part.
-chey

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[adrian15]

I think that the best movie of the beatles is REAL LOVE. The music is OK. It's in colors and it has very good special effects. I've got seeing it by using scour exchange www.scour.com (http://www.scour.com)

But I also think that Help and others songs are ok.

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[Lucy]

I too would say that A Hard Days Night is the best one. I love Help! because I think that it is really funny and I actually have a lot of time for MMT. Let It Be depresses me quite a bit and Yellow Submarine frightened me as a child for some strange reason so I haven't seen it for years. I really should give it another chance though, shouldn't I!!
Anyway, AHDN all the way!

[jami]

i like hard days night the best too...i've never seen let it be.how do i get it???

[bearkat77]

Lucy, you should see Yellow Submarine again. Either the original version or the newer one, with the added segment for "Hey Bulldog".

Jami, Let It Be is suppose to be re-released soon, if not already. It is a bit of a downer, considering it shows the Beatles as regular people. It's the demise of a group under a microscope. The one highlight to the whole movie is the rooftop gig.

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[bearkat77]

Another good scene is them performimg the title song.

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[jtal909]

I never looked at Let It Be as a downer. I found it interesting real life to the max in the Beatle world. It shows them as regular people creating the songs, showing each other demos, rehearsing, chatting, and yes my friends, even bickering. I can't wait to see it again. It's been a long, long, long time.

[Lucy]

OK if it isn't a total downer you have to admit that it is a little depressing.
It doesn't bother me that you see them as regular people - I love that. It's just that you know the end is near and that at that stage they were all unhappy. Something about it just upsets me a little.

I'm all set to give Yellow Submarine another try. I was a strange child. Easily frightened I guess. But still, those yucky monsters and Blue Meanies are a little creepy don't you think? My warped fear of the movie hasn't stopped me from wearing the T-shirt or listening to the album or playing with my Paul doll & glove that I got for my birthday - I'm not totally crazy!

[bearkat77]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Lucy:
I'm not totally crazy!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

That's a given, Lucy. You love the Beatles and that's the main subject at hand.

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[jtal909]

Now that you mention it, I can see how it might be somewhat depressing for you knowing that it was the end in progress. The only time I saw it was in the theater when it was released and we didn't look at it that way at the time (back in the day). We saw it as letting us in on a glimpse of the magical mystery Beatle world of music. It's all in the mind you know. Perception is everything.

[iamthewalrus2]

Hard Day's Night is a masterpiece.
Consider this fine example:
"Fans are funny that way. They'll pick on a nose."

[jtal909]

A Hard Day's Night is really the best. It sums up Beatlemania.

[HeyBeatle]

I have to say I LOVE Help I watch it practically everyday after school. That movie just embodies my sense of humor so entirely its not even funny.

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[lennon-mccartney]

You're right, it's not.

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[BEATLEDORK]

ahdn has to be the best! i would say let it be but yoko makes me sick to me stomachhttp://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/frown.gif!
and especially i love the part where george touches the microphone and it shocks him then he does it again! its HI-larious!http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

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[Original Fan]

jtal, just got around to reading your Nov. 17 post re: "Let it Be" and you're absolutely right about how we felt when it was released. It's a point-of-view thing. Also, seeing it on the big screen was fabulous!

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Anyone else agree that George should've gotten WAY more lines in AHDN and Help!? I mean, I guess he was the worst actor out of the four, but still. He's marvelously funny! "marvelously" funny! LOL!

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[jtal909]

Yes, Orig, it was great. It blew me away in my late teens.

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[georgefan]

Hard Day's Night is definately the best! That's where George says the line!

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[litlringo]

I like AHDN too, but I also like MMT. Help is OK, but Ringo's hair is too long! It looks so different. That's NOT an insult to Ringo either. Ringo is my fave. Beatle, and he looks soo strange like that. I like Yellow Sub, but, I've never seen Let it Be.

-I DO love Ringo!

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[beatlegirl]

It's hard to say I probably like help a little better!

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[st.paulygirl]

A Hard Day's Night captured their wonderful, brilliant youth....it gave ya a laugh without following the same old story lines.It's my favorite.Help makes me laugh and the boys looked so yummy...wished a million times I was Paul's guitar girl....but at the other end of the spectrum, Let it Be stirs up the most emotion for me.It was the big cry at the end of one wonderful, compelling saga of all time.....The Beatles career.

I'd have to say AHDN too, though I've never seen it. I've also never seen MMT, but have seen it on sale... is it worth the buy?

[jtal909]

AHDN went straight to the senses, whereas Help, although most enjoyable, had a rather juvenile plot. Not that there's anything wrong with that!

[HeyBeatle]

After seeing AHDN in theaters which was an experience all by itself, I have to say I found AHDN funnier, watching it now that I am older I guess I get more of the humor now.

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[Tim]

As to which is my favourite,well,I DO have a large Yellow Submarine website(shameless plug),I also love AHDN and Help! one over the other depending on mood. Let It Be is a miserable experience since you basically see them implode.


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[Tim]

As to which is my favourite,well,I DO have a large Yellow Submarine website(shameless plug),I also love AHDN and Help! one over the other depending on mood. Let It Be is a miserable experience since you basically see them implode.


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[Lucy]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Nowhere Man:
I'd have to say AHDN too, though I've never seen it. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I can't believe you haven't seen it, NM! You really have to do something about that. Go and get it out from a video shop or something http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

It depends on the type of films you like if MMT is worth the buy. I thought it was after I saw it. The first time I did, it was on the big screen so that was great. I'd almost go as far as to say that I love MMT but that probably has something to do with the fact that I'm a film student....or was until the end of last year!

[jami]

Originally posted by Lucy:
I can't believe you haven't seen it, NM! You really have to do something about that. [/QUOTE]

I can't either NowhereMan! I tell you what.....why don't you and I just go over to Lucy's in New Zealand and watch it?? http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

[bearkat77]

Why don't we all just hop a flight over there together and have a Beatlelinks filmfest. Everybody bring your videos. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/grin.gif

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[Lucy]

Let's do it. Everyone, get down here ASAP. You're all welcome. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

[jami]

Let's all just think about this for a second......I mean, how much fun would this be??!! I think it would be great fun if we could all really get together and pull this off sometime! Just getting together with a bunch of Beatle freaks....you can't get any better than that!

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jami:

I can't either NowhereMan! I tell you what.....why don't you and I just go over to Lucy's in New Zealand and watch it?? http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

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[Lucy]

I have to ask...why haven't you done so already? Have you only just discovered The Beatles or something?
I realise that you will find that very offensive if you have been a huge fan all your life so if that is the case I'm very sorry!

Noo not at all, ask away at anything you like... I've pretty much only discovered The Beatles recently, since about the middle of last year (from when Col and I made our website) - maybe 'discovered' is not the right word as I knew about them before, but only now have I seen what all the fuss was about - and at this moment I can't get enough of them.

The only album of theirs I really ever had was the Sgt Pepper's one which my parents brought home from somewhere... only the other day I went out for the first time to buy a few of my own (9 in total http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif) to see what I've been missing out on all my life.

As for the videos... I really want to see them now, The Beatles just fascinate me with everything they did and all that they achieved - I really find them intriguing and want to see more. The only problem is I can't find their films anywhere - they don't seem to be readily available from video stores, in shops, etc. The only one I've found (and bought the other day as well) was MMT, which was somewhat odd to watch yet still mysteriously intriguing.

Now I am a true fanatic an am starting to collect all their albums/videos and so on... I even have two pet beetles, named John and Paul - how's that for dedication. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

[Lucy]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Nowhere Man:
...since about the middle of last year (from when Col and I made our website)...
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So is that when he first took a liking to them too? He always seemed to me to be the sort of person that had been fed Beatles all his life so I will I find that really suprising if you say last year was when you both got into them.

Can you remember what your life was like without them? I can hardly remember a time in my life when they weren't important....I guess it's the name thing!

Give your pet beetles a cuddle from me. Yes, that is a sign of dedication but I bet my cat Lennon and Jami's dog Beatle are cuter.

He did take a liking to them a while before that, he was the one who introduced their genius to me. He may have been fed Beatles all his life, I just hope they weren't mine. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/shocked.gif

My life before The Beatles... what life?! I am truly amazed by what I've been missing, it's almost as if their music has filled a vacant hole. They're one of the most important things in my life right now (my girlfriend comes first of course - I have to be careful http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif) especially since I'm about to start a thesis on them.

Your cat and Jami's dog may be cuter, but they're not true beetles http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif I've considered painting mine silver after the 'Silver Beetles' - what do you think? I must admit they are kinda hard to cuddle. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/tongue.gif

[This message has been edited by Nowhere Man (edited January 28, 2001 at 12:41 AM).]

[jami]

Originally posted by Nowhere Man:

My life before The Beatles... what life?!


I understand this totally! I can't remember not loving the Beatles. I think it was my mother's passion for them. The music was always playing when I was little.

Oh, and this idea about painting your pet beetles....just be careful, they could end up sick or something. I have to say, it sounds like something I would have done to the many insects and frogs I captured as a child. I thought I was being nice when I decided to give my frog a ride in my Barbie Corvette http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/frown.gif

[This message has been edited by jami (edited January 28, 2001 at 07:28 AM).]

Sure hope your frog was wearing his seatbelt!

[jami]

Originally posted by Nowhere Man:
Sure hope your frog was wearing his seatbelt!

http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/frown.gif Sadly, he was not buckled in properly. I learned a serious lesson that day. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jami:
I learned a serious lesson that day. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

NEVER let your frog drink and drive.

[jami]

Ha! Ha!

[ROCKYraccoon]

Help has got to be the absolute best Beatles movie...eveything about it is just so funny and the music is great too. Here you can see just how funny these guys really are.

[BEATLEDORK]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Nowhere Man:
Sure hope your frog was wearing his seatbelt!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


everyone should wear seat belts(not just dead frogs)or you will end up like dale earnheardt(dead)http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/frown.gifhttp://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/cry.gif
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im depressed about that!




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john lennon lives!!!
-joko ono(stacey)

It's very tragic, but at least he went out doing what he does best. I'm sure he would have wanted it that way, at least he spent the last few laps side by side with his son.

[SleepyHead]

No, no, no... he didn't go out doing "what he did best"... he went out doing what he "LIKED" best... big difference there.

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And he LIKED it because he DID it best. If he was better at knitting, I'm sure he would have stayed home.

[jtal909]

You've gotta love it to be that good at it. Anyway, A Hard Day's Night Is still the best movie. It has the energy, and the originality. The songs aren't bad either.

[joe]

let it be unless you've seen it as much as i did in the 70's (12 times) you can't realize what you were seeing. watch it again and learn what became of the Beatles!

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[Tim]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by joe:
let it be unless you've seen it as much as i did in the 70's (12 times) you can't realize what you were seeing. watch it again and learn what became of the Beatles!

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One of the reason I can't take watching LIB


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[jtal909]

As mentioned earlier in another post, another time, when we watched Let It Be when it first came out, we did not know there was tension in the Beatles. We saw the movie with an open mind and got a peek at the way they worked. The famous scene was George telling Paul that he won't play if he doesn't want him to. Who knew then that they weren't happily still married to each other?
I would like to see it now knowing what I know about them.A fractured fairy tale. The dream is over.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Tim:
One of the reason I can't take watching LIB

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But you gotta admit the rooftop concert is awesome!

[BEATLEDORK]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Lucy:
Let's do it. Everyone, get down here ASAP. You're all welcome. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Dude, i feel the love...


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-joko ono(stacey)

[Catswalk]

I like all the movies.....If I had to choose, it would be "A Hard Day's Night".

"The First U.S. Visit" is another great favorite.

"Give us a kiss"--JL

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By Catswalk:
"Give us a kiss"

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[applenathy]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By bearkat77:
Why don't we all just hop a flight over there together and have a Beatlelinks filmfest. Everybody bring your videos. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/grin.gif

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Good idea!


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[bearkat77]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By applenathy:
Good idea!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I thought it was too when I first posted it. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

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[mindgames]

Oh, it's a good one, all right. Say, http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/cat.gif , Louisiana is a nice centralized location. Maybe we could go there... http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/devious.gif

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[bearkat77]

Sure, we'll all have a http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/party.gif down by the bayou and watch all of the Beatles' movies. Maybe even camp out there and have a Beatles-singaround around the camp fire.

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By bearkat77:
Maybe even camp out there and have a Beatles-singaround around the camp fire.

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"Kum-ba-ya my Lord, Kum-ba-ya..." http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/rocknroll.gif

[mindgames]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By bearkat77:
Maybe even camp out there and have a Beatles-singaround around the camp fire.

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"I am the Walrus, Googoo g'joob."


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[JacarandaJac]

Definitely AHDN - but I love the music from Magical Mystery Tour & my favourite song at the moment is from Yellow Submarine - HEY BULLDOG...

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By Nowhere Man:
"Kum-ba-ya my Lord, Kum-ba-ya..."<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

When did the Beatles record that? http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By bearkat77:
When did the Beatles record that? http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

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You DID say we'd have a Beatles singaround, so I assume you meant we'd be singing around the Beatles. The Beatles WILL be there, won't they??? http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/mrt.gif

[bearkat77]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By Nowhere Man:
You DID say we'd have a Beatles singaround, so I assume you meant we'd be singing around the Beatles. The Beatles WILL be there, won't they??? http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/mrt.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Cheeky!

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By bearkat77:
Cheeky!

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You left out "git". http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

[beatlebangs1964]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By jtal909:
I can watch A Hard Days Night anytime, anywhere. There's no "plot" to be tired of. It's timeless.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yeah, me too! That is MY ALL TIME FAVORITE Beatles movie! I love it! It really is a timeless classic!

Ever since I was little, I have known all the lines to that movie. Last December, it was brought back to local theaters and you can imagine how the folks sitting near me must have felt. There I was, joining in on the songs (there were a few others who did as well) and saying the lines with the Beatles. It would REALLY have been great if the whole theater had been packed with a group of enthusiast. You know, like minded individuals.

I just love that movie.



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[joe]

LET IT BE
ive seen it 15 times and always hate to see it end

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[beatlebangs1964]

AHDN is a timeless classic. It's just one of those movies you could watch countless dozens of times and each time you do, it's just as fresh and funny as it was in 1964!

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Then we will remember things we said today. Yeah.
-- Beatles, 1964

BB1964

[bearkat77]

The same can be said about their movie "Help!" I enjoy watching it everytime I can.

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[ImaginePeace78]

I was able to see 'A Hard Days Night' on the silver screen. In good old Bloomington-Normal they have an old theater (recreated to make the inside look like it was when it was built in 1937). This theater will play classic movies like Casablanca, The Sound of Music etc. When Yellow Submarine came out they got that too. I saw YS. Finally, 'AHDN' came to that theater and I saw it with a friend. The only other place closest to me that was playing it was a theater in Chicago. I was unable to get to Chicago, so Thank God it came to the "Normal" Theater! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif The movie was great as always, especially with the remastering and such. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif
All You Need Is Love,
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[Greengrass]

I Would Have to Say Help!

But I Love Magical Mystery Tour As Well

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[beatlebangs1964]

GreenGrass! Glad you're here!

Best video is the one of the Beatles' first trip to America in 1964! Hop into your cool blue 1963 Ford Falcon (the Blue Bird of Happiness) and get ready to fly to 1964!

Oh, I JUST LOVE that video! I really, really, really, really, REALLY love it! It gets resounding applause http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/clap.gif http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/clap.gif http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/clap.gif http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/clap.gif and a hearty YEAH, YEAH, YEAH from me and I'm not alone there!

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Then we will remember things we said today. Yeah.
-- Beatles, 1964

BB1964

[joe]

welcome g.g.
i still say LET IT BE.

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[beatlebangs1964]

And I STILL say "A Hard Day's Night", with the Beatles' first US visit being the best video! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/clap.gif http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/clap.gif http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/rocknroll.gif http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/laugh4.gif

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Then we will remember things we said today. Yeah.
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BB1964

[tyedyeswirl]

I personally like Hard days night and strangely I also like the Magical Mystery tour =]

[J van E]

And I STILL say "A Hard Day's Night", with the Beatles' first US visit being the best video! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/clap.gif http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/clap.gif http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/rocknroll.gif http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/laugh4.gif


Amen to that! This is also my favorite 'combo'! ;)
AHDN is the best move indeed (I am really (really!) surprised not everyone agrees!), and The first US visit is the best documentary/dvd there is about The Beatles. It gives you a unique feeling of being there, with the boys! Those shots in the car, driving into to town after arriving at the airfield, man, that's a absolute unique piece of history, and you are sitting there 'at the front row', together with the guys, as one of the band: priceless!!! How they hear themselves on the radio and things like that: the looks on their faces... I just love that movie (and the extra's on the dvd too!). Awesome stuff.

A few weeks ago I looked at the Help! dvd, simply because I bought it when it was released and so I had to watch it ;) but I had a hard time making it to the end (I already seen it before btw, but never in one go). I can't remember laughing once, while I laugh easily... Luckily the music was great. :laugh5:
MMT is an arty mess, I've never seen YS from beginning to end (because The Beatles hardly have something to do with it all), and Let it be is nice (the best of the rest anyway) but it always makes me feel sad...: all I can think is 'Thank God they made Abbey Road after that, because if it had ended like this...!'

[Semolina_Pilchard91]

I've yet to see Let it Be :/ but, I loved all their films I HAVE seen. I think my favorite would have to be.... A Hard Day's Night. Classic :]

[coolbeanie]

Help! is mine.:cross2:

[heyjude]

Help! is mine.:cross2:

For some reason I laughed very hard in the first scene of the movie. You know, when the swammi is like "The ring! Where's the ring!" (everyones shocked) Then it shows the ring, zooming out to loveable Ringo :)

[mluque125]

I would have to say Yellow Submarine or A Hard Day's Night.

[Pling]

A Hard Day's Night... I love it to bits!

[JonnyBeatle]

Magical Mystery Tour is my favorite. I like the songs from that one the most and I just enjoy the absurd weirdness of it.

A Hard Day's Night is probably the "best" one (in an objective sort of sense) but MMT is the one I like the most.

[beatlebangs1964]

A Hard Day's Night.

Simple as that.

[lennonluvr9]

I suppose AHDN could be considered the 'best' technically, but Help! is the one I love the most :smile1:

[mluque125]

MMT always bores me :afraid2:

[beatlelover45223]

I am not really a fan pf MMT, too disjointed and senseless, the music scenes are the only thing worth sitting through the torture of this one!

[beatlebangs1964]

I'm not overly fond of MMT either and that scene with the spaghetti and that shovel makes me feel :barf4: :dead1:

[eggson27]

Let it Be

[george_on_cloud9]

I prefer Help!

[beatlebangs1964]

I prefer Help!

Girl, you just like seeing George Harrison in wet clothes and riding that bicycle with his cute butt in those tight trousers! You've told us many times. You went TOTALLY INSANE when George's shirt came off and you must have hit your rewind button so many times so you could enjoy that scene, Cloud. We know you well. We also know you like that scene where George climbs onto that car and you just went apewild over his long wavy hair, giving BB, mluque and other hair fans a run for their money, you racy thing, you!

[Marmalade Skies]

I'm not overly fond of MMT either and that scene with the spaghetti and that shovel makes me feel :barf4: :dead1:
Me too, BB! I've had a very bad 'trip' the Magical Mystery Tour movie - I was was watching it while I had the flu and sick in bed, and for some reason I just felt worse watching it, especially the spaghetti scene. I'd be willing to watch it again, but I haven't been able to find it anywhere since the first time.

My favorite Beatle movie is for sure Help!. It was the first one I saw, and the first time I ever saw the Beatles move and perform. It was just magical for me. A Hard Day's Night is a classic, of course, but I just have such a soft spot in my heart for Help! :heart1:

[beatlelover45223]

My favorite is Help, that movie was so funny and magical to me, I still run around quoting things from that movie, I saw it when it originally came out, way back when, I think the Beatles were absolutely fabulous looking at that time! :eyebrows:

[george_on_cloud9]

Girl, you just like seeing George Harrison in wet clothes and riding that bicycle with his cute butt in those tight trousers! You've told us many times. You went TOTALLY INSANE when George's shirt came off and you must have hit your rewind button so many times so you could enjoy that scene, Cloud. We know you well. We also know you like that scene where George climbs onto that car and you just went apewild over his long wavy hair, giving BB, mluque and other hair fans a run for their money, you racy thing, you!

:laugh5: Hi hi, BB! Laugh on!

[george_on_cloud9]

I don't have nothing against MMT, but some scenes in there are acceptable...

Ex: The Wizards, "Blue Jay Way", "Your Mother Should Know" (Love those tuxs!) and George's long hair and moustache! :laugh5: :devious: :drool:

[beatlebangs1964]

Cloud, we KNOW damn good and well you loved seeing George Harrison, all wavy hair and intensity wearing shorts and shaving that mirror! When he described the shavee's tongue as "all pink and naked, hanging out," I thought we were gonna have to get a bib for you girl!

You know how much you loved seeing George dancing with that feather (hate to see the bird or feather duster THAT came from :joker:) and you were quite charged when you saw George deadpanning away, stealing every damn scene he was in, you racy person!

[FPSHOT]

we?

But apart from all that dream stuff offtopic talk, I say Let It Be

[Legs]

I love the spaghetti scene.

I don't know about best, but my favourite remains "A Hard Days Night'.

[lennonluvr9]

Yeah the spaghetti scene is a little gross but I find it funny. I enjoy watching MMT once in a while.

[beatlebangs1964]

AHDN. Where do I start? George falling during the opening scene; underdressed George shaving the mirror (and yes, I caught you ogling the man, ladies :nono5:); George dancing with that feather; George and the grotty shirts; George's flawless deadpan deliveries; George singing my favorite song in that movie, "I'm Happy Just to Dance With You;" close-ups of George and his beautiful wavy hair...wait! Oh, that's right! There were 3 OTHER Beatles in that film!

[beatlegirlbelle]

AHDN. Where do I start? George falling during the opening scene; underdressed George shaving the mirror (and yes, I caught you ogling the man, ladies :nono5:); George dancing with that feather; George and the grotty shirts; George's flawless deadpan deliveries; George singing my favorite song in that movie, "I'm Happy Just to Dance With You;" close-ups of George and his beautiful wavy hair...wait! Oh, that's right! There were 3 OTHER Beatles in that film!

Must.Watch.AHDN.Now....

[ImOnlySleeping1966]

Its got to be Help! it was an amazing movie, i like all of there movies of course but i thought that Help! was the one with the most adventure in it rather than a long music video which they are not singing all the time if you know what i mean.

[Reverend Rock]

This may sound a little sacreligious, but honestly, I'm just not that into the movies.

I thought Help was a little cooler than A Hard Day's Night. That's pretty much reverse of what film critics think, I know. I liked the weirdness of it. In a way, it seemed to foretell where they were going as a band. It hinted at psychedelia and had a sense of the surreal about it.

[beatlebangs1964]

The Beatles in quasi-incognito was a preview of how they would look in 1968-70.

George was too damn fine for words in that movie and he stole every damn scene he was in. Girls, I KNOW you loved the part when George lost his shirt in that men's loo. I caught you ogling the man, you racy lot! :nono5:

Oh, and we can't forget how damn sexy George was when he sang "I Need You." (I didn't like tat ugly straw hat he wore). Wait, there was the part when at the Palace, George notices a whirly thing coming through the stomach of some portrait! And then there was the part when George looosened the tire on some fool's car and freed Ringo from the trunk! And then that scene with George on the bicycle.

AHDN was and continues to remain my favorite Beatle movie. I think it's fun and I love quoting and singing along.

[beatlelover45223]

The Beatles in quasi-incognito was a preview of how they would look in 1968-70.

George was too damn fine for words in that movie and he stole every damn scene he was in. Girls, I KNOW you loved the part when George lost his shirt in that men's loo. I caught you ogling the man, you racy lot! :nono5:

Oh, and we can't forget how damn sexy George was when he sang "I Need You." (I didn't like tat ugly straw hat he wore). Wait, there was the part when at the Palace, George notices a whirly thing coming through the stomach of some portrait! And then there was the part when George looosened the tire on some fool's car and freed Ringo from the trunk! And then that scene with George on the bicycle.

AHDN was and continues to remain my favorite Beatle movie. I think it's fun and I love quoting and singing along.

Let us not forget the Beatles boarding the tank in Help :eyebrows:

[Kait_Sing]

AHDN. Where do I start? George falling during the opening scene; underdressed George shaving the mirror (and yes, I caught you ogling the man, ladies :nono5:); George dancing with that feather; George and the grotty shirts; George's flawless deadpan deliveries; George singing my favorite song in that movie, "I'm Happy Just to Dance With You;" close-ups of George and his beautiful wavy hair...wait! Oh, that's right! There were 3 OTHER Beatles in that film!

I did not know I had hormones until I saw George Harrison in AHDN. ;)

[beatlebangs1964]

George Harrison was very sexy and the master of good deadpan.

Paul McCartney said that George's natural father, Harold Sr. had a deadpan expression when he was on the job. He had to stay focused on what he was doing as transporting people made him responsible for their safety. No doubt the deadpan delivery was a gift from Harold Sr. along with the beautiful wavy hair and ectomorphic body build; Harrison nose and deep-set Harrison eyes.

Kait, we can't forget the French cheekbones and deep, penetrating ocular intensity Lou passed on to George. Damn, that Beatle sure was FINE! George stole the whole damn show!

[lennonluvr9]

Girls, I KNOW you loved the part when George lost his shirt in that men's loo. I caught you ogling the man, you racy lot! :nono5:


Everytime I watch that bit I wish it happened to John too. :wink3: But then, I guess if I want that I have to watch John in the bath in AHDN...

[MsRingoBingo]

i think its a tie between Help! and A Hard Day's Night. both amazingly good

[the ninth walrus]

for me its a tie between hard days night and help

[Maia 66]

Bump

There is absolutely no doubt that A Hard Day's Night is far and away the best Beatles movie. It's a film classic!

I enjoy the others because I love the boys, but c'mon... AHDN is the only one that's actually a good film. Y'all may enjoy Help!, but even Richard Lester admits it's not much of a film...

[george<3]

AHDN. Where do I start? George falling during the opening scene; underdressed George shaving the mirror (and yes, I caught you ogling the man, ladies :nono5:); George dancing with that feather; George and the grotty shirts; George's flawless deadpan deliveries; George singing my favorite song in that movie, "I'm Happy Just to Dance With You;" close-ups of George and his beautiful wavy hair...wait!

That's why ADHN is my favorite! And yes, I was ogling and drooling over the boy with the wavy hair! :heart1::heart1::heart1::heart1::heart1: The shaving scene is sexy. :blush4:

[BeatleNut9]

I suppose I would put YS at the bottom of my list only because it's not technically anything they were involved in [with the exception of the ending, of course]. I do think it's fabulous, though, and I really love it!

LIB would probably be next to last only because it's not always easy to watch. I love the film and wish it would officially be released because it definitely is worth seeing, but the tension is a bit hard to watch too often. When I'm in the mood for a movie, I'm usually not looking to get upset. I watch LIB whenever I'm in the mood to see the reality of that time for them and to see them behind the scenes.

I really love the other three, but I think H! and AHDN might be my top two only for sentimental reasons. I wasn't allowed to see MMT until I was old enough to handle the strip club scene, but H! and AHDN were always childhood favorites!

I have a hard time comparing H! and AHDN. I really don't know if I could ever permanently choose which one is my number one favorite.

[the ninth walrus]

and now i declare help as the best movie i ever seen

[GoodmorningJude]

I say A Hard Days Night and so does the rest of my family. We own it on DVD and my dad just rocks out to it. :laugh5: Magical Mystery Tour was hard to follow at times but I like the 'trippy' feel of it. Help! was cute and silly, another great movie!

[george_on_cloud9]

That's why ADHN is my favorite! And yes, I was ogling and drooling over the boy with the wavy hair! :heart1::heart1::heart1::heart1::heart1: The shaving scene is sexy. :blush4:

And HELP! ? Don't forget there are also lots of good stuff in there!

The bathroom scene!

[george<3]

How could I forget?!? :blush1:

[Miss Nani Moonlight]

okay i love the beatles, but paul MUST have been stoned when he came up with the idea for magical mystery tour.

although...i DO LOVE the end scene when they are dancing in those white suits! i can never stop laughing at that...the way they are stepping...god i love that part!!!

anyway thier best was a hard days night. i LOVE LOVE LOVE help as well but it seemed just a little too scripted to me whereas AHDN seemed natural.

they are both two of the funniest movies ive ever seen, however. the first time i saw them i watched them over and over. i dont believe i watched anything else for a month!



oh but they both have incredibly sexy scenes. the bathroom scene in help...mmmmmm....

and then when George is shaving, in that tight t shirt!!! he looks so good :)

[valerieinthegallery]

I haven't seen MMT for years, although I remember watching it when it was first shown on TV. But I too love the 1930's style dance routine they did to "Your Mother Should Know"! Actually, "dance routine" probably isn't the right phrase - I get the impression that quite a lot of time and effort was devoted to getting down the staircase in unison, but nobody gave much thought to what to do when they reached the bottom! Still, it all adds to the film's goofy charm. As does George's utterly stoned expression when he sings "Blue Jay Way"...

[beatlelover45223]

Help for me, I think the movie is hilarious, little did Dick Lester know the jokes were way funnier and less corny than in AHDN, of course AHDN was the younger more innocent look at the guys/FABS.....

[valerieinthegallery]

I watched "Help" a couple of days ago for the first time in many years and I have to say that I was disappointed. Yes, there are some gloriously funny moments but on the whole I thought the film was just another 1960s "wacky caper/travelogue", over-plotted and for the most part poorly written. Charles Wood was an accomplished playwright but I can't believe much of his work made it into the final cut; Alun Owen would have made a far better job of writing believable dialogue for the boys. Although George and Paul take it all in their stride and provide some of the film's most memorable moments (everything George says and does it absolutely perfect, as Dick Lester said of his work in AHDN) I think John and Ringo often look painfully self-conscious.

It was a shame that the film didn't simplify the plot and throw in more of the Goonish insanity, such as George's gardener cutting the grass carpet with two pairs of joke dentures and the hilarious Intermission. A couple more songs would also have been nice!

No, I'll stick with AHDN. Quite apart from the Beatles' participation it works superbly as a comedy and a slice of 1960s English life.

[Maia 66]

on the whole I thought the film was just another 1960s "wacky caper/travelogue", over-plotted and for the most part poorly written.

No, I'll stick with AHDN. Quite apart from the Beatles' participation it works superbly as a comedy and a slice of 1960s English life.

That's how I feel, too! AHDN is a great film. Period. Help! is like an episode of... um, Gilligan's Island (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EgE6PbBEIc) or something. However, I am eternally grateful for Help!'s amazing soundtrack!!!! ...and how all the lads were at their absolute cutest! :bigeyes3:

I think John and Ringo often look painfully self-conscious.

Well, pot will make you paranoid! :wink2:

[valerieinthegallery]

"Help" was one of the first films I saw at the cinema. For some reason I retained vivid memories of the scene in which the boys enter their communal house by different doors and the performance on Salisbury Plain, but very little else. It could have been so much better, but as Maia says the film is saved by its soundtrack.

I think AHDN is an absolute joy from beginning to end - one of the greatest British films of the 60s or indeed any other era. It's hard to believe that none of the Beatles had ever acted before - they don't look or sound like amateurs compared to Wilfred Brambell, Norman Bird, Victor Spinetti and co.

I also have a soft spot for the scene in which Norman Bird tries to open a carton of milk from a vending machine because I can remember those things from my childhood. The milk came in strange little triangular cartons made of waxed cardboard, and however careful you were when you opened them they usually tore in the wrong place and spilled half the milk down your front! Of course, now I'm old and cynical it's clear to me that the cartons were specially designed by the Milk Marketing Board for the sole purpose of making you waste your money on their product...

As some of you may have noticed I'm a hardcore Hari fan, so George's contributions are especially dear to me. From the opening scene where he falls flat on his face (GEORGE! NEVER RUN WITH YOUR HANDS IN YOUR POCKETS!) via the famous fashion magazine bit to the hilarious little scene where he backs straight into an amp and almost sends it flying, he's a total delight. And the little Hari shuffle he does in the final concert...sublime! :laugh5:

BB, I've just read one of your earlier posts in this thread and it damn near sent me into convulsions:

Paul McCartney said that George's natural father, Harold Sr. had a deadpan expression when he was on the job.

I should perhaps explain that the phrase "on the job" has several meanings in England, and the naughty one raised questions in my mind about how Paul came by this piece of information...

Changing the subject somewhat, has anyone here seen the Gerry and the Pacemakers film "Ferry Cross the Mersey"? It runs AHDN a close second in the pop films stakes and has the added attraction of being set mostly in 1960s Liverpool.

[Maia 66]

As some of you may have noticed I'm a hardcore Hari fan, so George's contributions are especially dear to me. From the opening scene where he falls flat on his face (GEORGE! NEVER RUN WITH YOUR HANDS IN YOUR POCKETS!) via the famous fashion magazine bit to the hilarious little scene where he backs straight into an amp and almost sends it flying, he's a total delight.

Oh, yes, George is scrumptiously sweet in AHDN. So natural... like he's the only one who's really being himself. "You can be replaced, chickie baby" and George replies, "I don't care." Mmmm... love it!

Like you, Valerie, the movie makes me nostalgic... even though I never lived in mid-60s England, the movie really brings a viewer back there.

Funny thing is, when I was a kid and AHDN would come on tv, I couldn't understand half of what they were saying. To me, their accents were so strong! But when my kids watched it for the first time, I asked them if they understood what the lads were saying and they told me they had absolutely no problem with the accents! Strange...

[Maia 66]

P.S. Got to add that I love Victor Spinetti in the film... he is absolutely friggin' hilarious!

"If he says that again, I'll strike him..." lol!

[valerieinthegallery]

I know! Funnily enough I noticed Victor Spinetti's autobiography at my local library last week. I really must take it out next time. And I saw him on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company many years ago.

[Ketman]

I also have a soft spot for the scene in which Norman Bird tries to open a carton of milk from a vending machine because I can remember those things from my childhood. The milk came in strange little triangular cartons made of waxed cardboard, and however careful you were when you opened them they usually tore in the wrong place and spilled half the milk down your front! Of course, now I'm old and cynical it's clear to me that the cartons were specially designed by the Milk Marketing Board for the sole purpose of making you waste your money on their product...

It was called a "tetrapak", wasn't it? The problem wasn't just opening it, it was not squeezing it too hard after you had.


I should perhaps explain that the phrase "on the job" has several meanings in England, and the naughty one raised questions in my mind about how Paul came by this piece of information...


I'm more interested in the "deadpan expression". Was he thinking of cricket scores?

[valerieinthegallery]

I have been reliably informed by persons of the male persuasion that thinking about cricket scores in *cough* intimate moments can be helpful. Although I suppose that if you're a fanatical cricket fan it could have the wrong effect altogether...

[Ketman]

I have been reliably informed by persons of the male persuasion that thinking about cricket scores in *cough* intimate moments can be helpful.

Nope. Doesn't work. Alan Partridge thinks discussing community questions is a good method: "Jill, what do you think about the pedestrianization of Norwich city centre? I'm dead against it. People forget that traders need access to DIIIIIIIXONS..." So that doesn't work either.

[MeanMsHorseySauce]

It's Help! or A Hard Day's Night for me. If I had to choose, I'd go with Help! I mean, come on, it's got it all: Fiendish thingies, tiny naked Paul, a gardener who cuts grass with chattering teeth, and murderous bathrooms.

[aarenlainey]

I love all the Beatles movies. A Hard Day's Night is awesome. It showed their comedic talent and them coming into their own as a band. Loved it. And Help is also a great movie.

[RingoLennon71]

eh, I have to say Help. It has more of a story than A Hard Days Night (but that's a good movie too), MMT's kind boring and I haven't seen Let it Be yet. Either Help or Yellow Submarine! ^^

[beatlebangs1964]

AHDN. No contest.

[JudithKristen]

Well, because of the time, it was their first... and seeing it 57 times back in 1964, I would say "A Hard Day's Night" ... However, the following year... to see those faces on that huge screen in HELP! in FULL COLOR!!!!

THAT was heaven!

Still, if I had to chose just one... it would be "A Hard Day's Night!!!!"

[beatlelover45223]

For the insight into the day in the life of the Beatles, AHDN can't be beat.
My favorite is Help, nothing beats the carefree life and humor of it, sure wish life could have been more carefree for the boys....

[darkhorse23]

This can be answered in many ways.

For sheer entertainment and laughs, it's got to be A Hard Days Night. Help had a better plot and used the Beatles characters and personalities (esp. Ringo) better than AHDN. MMT is cool and might be the best as far as musically. Yellow Sub is great fun o see the Beatles animated. I like Let It Be to see the songs being worked on, even though you could sense the tension. And, the rooftop concert is the best scene out of any of the films.

[valerieinthegallery]

It's the plot that ruins "Help!" for me, and I think most of the script is very feeble (although there are lots of brilliant sight gags). The Beatles themselves felt that they were just extras in their own film. Yes, they look gorgeous and the musical numbers are great but my fingers stray to the fast forward button when I watch the non-Beatley bits. The naturalness that made AHDN such a joy to watch had worn off - I'm glad that they didn't follow Elvis down the route of making one awful film after another!

[beatlebangs1964]

"Help!" is a very silly movie and I agree with Val. Fans like it for the same reasons that I, a fan like it - the Beatles are in it; it's filmed in color and the songs are nonpareil. Objectively speaking, it's a tepid spoof of the espionage genre and the plot is kind of feeble.

[beatlebangs1964]

I, too am glad that the Beatles and Brian were too smart to have the boys continue cranking out grade-Z movies with tired plots like Elvis did. Elvis movies had minimal soft plots at best and they continued long after it was time to stop. The Beatles' movies ended the fresh new sexpots in town in AHDN and their subsequent movies presented them in fresher formats. I admit that I think "Help!" was a very ludicrous movie and I thought the plot a stinker, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying it.

It's the plot that ruins "Help!" for me, and I think most of the script is very feeble (although there are lots of brilliant sight gags). The Beatles themselves felt that they were just extras in their own film. Yes, they look gorgeous and the musical numbers are great but my fingers stray to the fast forward button when I watch the non-Beatley bits. The naturalness that made AHDN such a joy to watch had worn off - I'm glad that they didn't follow Elvis down the route of making one awful film after another!



Amen, Sister Val! Preach on, Sister Val!

"Help!" really is a silly movie with a feeble plot. The Beatles and their music is the only reason to watch the movie and yeah, it is all too easy to hit the FF button on the parts that don't include the boys.

Oh, but to look at George Harrison in those tight trousers on the rocks and to feast your eyes on George and his beautiful wavy hair when he was sitting on the couch with Ahme and to look at George when he took the tire off that man's car and George when he looked at the whirly thing coming through some painted man's stomach....now those were scenes to savor!

[Miss Nani Moonlight]

i dont know. all the films were so different from each other its impossible to compare them!

i think after all is said and done, though, i would say a hard days night. purely because i could spend days watching that one over and over and over again. its just so full of life! and yes, i do prefer color over black and white, but a hard days night was just...genius. GENIUS. it can totally make you feel better when youre in the worst of moods.

gawww, i cant believe this thread has been alive for TEN YEARS!

[JudithKristen]

Well, I am really inclined to say A Hard Day's Night. I was 16 when it came out.

:::: George Harrison on a 60 foot wide screen ::::

It's a visual I'll never lose. :)

:)

[beatlelover45223]

"Help!" is a very silly movie and I agree with Val. Fans like it for the same reasons that I, a fan like it - the Beatles are in it; it's filmed in color and the songs are nonpareil. Objectively speaking, it's a tepid spoof of the espionage genre and the plot is kind of feeble.

That's just the point, the Bond movies were silly plots to me. Help was just a silly take on what people were raving about, the Bond films (the new Bond films are just as lame, to me, as the original films). I do love the sight gags in Help, the Fabs humor was let out of the bag so to speak with Help imo, the Beatles acting in AHDN is lame to me, although after not seeing Help for years, it too seems so lame now, but when I reflect back to the time I can appreciate it for that period of time... Look how lame I Dream Of Jeannie was, but it was a great hit for a few years on tv.... Beatles in color, made them even easier on the eyes :eyebrows:

[AHarrison]

I'd have to go with Hard Days Night. First off, I love the music and secondly I like how they filmed it in the way that you can see what it's like in the day of the life of the Beatles.

[beatlelover45223]

Hi Betley :wave1: the topic is favorite/best Beatles movie, do you have one?

[BeatleBetti]

Well, I am really inclined to say A Hard Day's Night. I was 16 when it came out.

:::: George Harrison on a 60 foot wide screen ::::

It's a visual I'll never lose. :)

:)

Jealous...:cry3::laugh5:

[In My Life]

It definitely wasn't Magical Mystery Tour that's for sure :barf3:

[valerieinthegallery]

I think MMT has stood the test of time better than "Help!" Yes, it's a shambles but it's shambolic in a Pythonesque/Lewis Carroll way that was lost on its first audiences.

[LadyLoser83]

The most commercially successed Beatles Movie must have been "Help!" because of its Bond-esque theme which was the "it" thing of the time. Then again, MMT (as valerieinthegallery put it) was very Python-like but a few years ahead of its time and maybe that was one of the reasons why it wasn´t considered as a good film. IMHO, A Hard Day´s Night is the best Beatles Movie of all times, subjectively speaking, since I personally can sense that the boys really enjoyed making the film and had a lot of fun. The whole success was still new to them and at that point they didn´t find the publicity a burden to them. In addition, the "fun" was, at this point, still non-marijuana-fuelled and, this said, that made it so genuine. And it shows. Also, the script was "okay" and so were the support actors/actresses.

(BTW, I´m new here and also a non-native English-speaker, so please, forgive me my unsufficient vocabulary. Still, it´s so good to meet other Beatles fans since I don´t know that many of them in person. :) )

[In My Life]

Its ok Lady ... you did fine ... but as for MMT I'm afraid I watched the TV premier ..... 1968 I think, and was horrified at what I thought at the time was The Beatles lacking direction after Brian Epsteins death.
It was Paul's baby as I was lead to believe, and despite some more great songs I thought it was a disaster, even though I was given the CD as a present.

I will go with A Hard Days Night as its the raw energy of The Beatles at the time was captured perfectly, whereas Help is more polished, but still enjoyable.

[LadyLoser83]

Its ok Lady ... you did fine ... but as for MMT I'm afraid I watched the TV premier ..... 1968 I think, and was horrified at what I thought at the time was The Beatles lacking direction after Brian Epsteins death.
It was Paul's baby as I was lead to believe, and despite some more great songs I thought it was a disaster, even though I was given the CD as a present.

I will go with A Hard Days Night as its the raw energy of The Beatles at the time was captured perfectly, whereas Help is more polished, but still enjoyable.

Yeah, well, I was about 15 or so (about 12 years ago :laugh5: ) when I first watched MMT on video and I didn´t really think that it was anything special. Like you, I´m also under the impression that it was mostly Paul´s idea and inspiration and that the film didn´t really have a director as such, it just... happened. Then again, one might consider it to be a reflection of its time: surrealistic, psychedelic, a bit mad - pretty much everything that the late 60´s represented. Add in some peace signs and huge crowds of people chanting for peace and you have the quintessential of the time. ( AND before anyone else points it out for me: I DO know that the late 60´s and the whole peace movement was a lot more than that, but I speak from a perspective of the modern youth, who don´t always necesseraly see beyond that which is obvious to the eye... unfortunately.)

[beatlelover45223]

Well put LadyLoser83, welcome btw :wave1:

[Maia 66]

I think MMT has stood the test of time better than "Help!" Yes, it's a shambles but it's shambolic in a Pythonesque/Lewis Carroll way that was lost on its first audiences.

Very well put... agree with you completely!

MMT does a better job of preserving the true spirit of the '60s, while Help! preserves the commercial aspects of those times. (Like I said before, it was more like a '60s sit-com...)

[JohnWOL]

I've seen parts of Yellow Submarine and Let it Be. My favorite movie is Help! It's one of my favorite albums as well. AHDN is a CLOOOOSE second. I made my 9 year old sister watch it with me :)
Me: Can you understand what they're saying?
Sister: No! They have accents!

[JohnWOL]

Oh! And Magical Mystery tour makes me CRAVE spaghetti!
No, really. I almost puked watching that. But it was a good movie. Ties with A Hard Day's Night.

[beatlebangs1964]

A Hard Day's Night. Simple as that. :smile1:

[the ninth walrus]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRCM_X75QPY&feature=youtube_gdata

heres a vid of my collection

[beatlelover45223]

I am closing this topic, it was started in 2000, we have a newer similar topic including a poll in it to take this one's place....