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Summary: Agh! Agh! Agh!
Review: This is a great movie. Okay, maybe not for everyone, but I loved it. It adds a great deal of substance to the already fantastic "soundtrack". We get to see more of what the group, especially Roger Waters, really wanted to be portrayed. The extras provide good information and bring up some of the bad feelings behind-the-scenes (which finally resulted in Waters leaving the band). The quality is very professional and the transfer is very good. The camera angles are varying and keep your interest. The plot, while thin, is about what should be expected from a day-in-the-life-of-a-rock-star flick. If you love rock-and-roll, this is one of a handful of films that you should see.
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Summary: Masterpiece of sight and sound
Review: This is the pinnacle of what a movie about rock and roll should be about. Sex, drugs, and rock and roll, and in this case eventual isolation from it all by the Wall. Everybody already knows about the goodies contained within the DVD so I will just speak about the film itself. It is excellent every minute is worth it. The lighting, cinematography, and animation are all excellent. The songs are all perfectly tuned to the action on screen. Its all about an imaginary rock star by the name of Pink Floyd. His psyche has been damaged through years of over protection, abuse, and trauma. His way of dealing with it is to construct a "wall" to hide himself behind. Needless to say this isolation soon gets to him and he falls apart. Anyway I highly reccomend this excellent movie and the album!
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Summary: A above satisfactory DVD of a classic film.
Review: First of all I'm pleased to say that this DVD is in widescreen--REALLY WIDESCREEN. I'm one of those people who like to see the movie the way people in the theater saw it (especially PFTW came out a year before I was born). I must concur with everyone and say that the picture and soundtrack are of excellent quality--and on that note, be warned: this film is loud! I played this movie in my music theory class (had a very hip teacher) And when "In The Flesh?" came on, I think anyone asleep in the building woke up.
I found Waters and Scarfe's audio commentary unsatisfactory. These two cranks have almost no idea how this film was made but have plenty of mean things to say about Parker and Geldof. They also go off on long, boring tangents leaving the film to role on while they talk about pedaphiles and Irish terrorists. Didn't gain much from it.
I'm glad they put in the HEY YOU outtake, eventhough one can see why it was left on the cutting room floor (still a great song!). I've owned this thing for months and still haven't checked out all the features there are that many.
I've watched this film so many times I can't watch it all the way through any more, so my suggestion: watch in moderation. But definitely a good buy.
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Summary: One of the best by far
Review: This is still one of the best DVD transfers out there. I've had this movie on VHS for a number of years and I'm glad to get a letterboxed version of it. The scene where Bob Geldof is pounding at the wall is worth the price of the DVD. The feeling of isolation is so evident on the widescreen as he almost appears insignificant next to the wall.
The songs sound so much better in surround sound, especially the part where the stuka is dive bombing Roger Water's father.
The menus and all the extras are also really well done. It shows that the band oversaw the making of this DVD.
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Summary: Intelectually intriging and provocative
Review: Pink Floyd The Wall is the visual realization of Roger Waters' masterpiece, but it is even more than that to those who can simpathize with the main character's plight.I, myself, have often felt the effects of near insanity and reclusive behavior. You see, to those of us who have built our wall so strong that no one within distance can penetrate it, Pink Floyd's epic is a familiar place for us. Instead of helping those of us who feel helpless by simply telling us we are not alone or telling us to be ourselves no matter what anyone else thinks, this piece actually SHOWS us that not only are these feelings somewhat commonplace, but they are timeless. Roger Waters felt these emotions through his life in the seventies, I've felt them in the late ninties. This reassurance and ability to connect makes this, hands down, the most important visual piece in my life. For many of you, you will not identify with The Wall, and that's fine. It is still a visual masterpiece and a wonderful story (though it is a bit confusing during the first viewing). In short, I love this film with all my heart. Plus, it's great to watch while intoxicated (whichever medium you choose for inebriation is up to you). :)
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Summary: Pink Floyd!
Review: Pink Floyds The Wall is an excellent movie with vivid imagery, emotion, expression, meaning, inspiration, wonderful music and the movie is supportive as a whole to the individual. It's interesting how little communication is exchanged and how much the music can provide to viewers. My only suggestion is buy it from Best Buy, it's cheaper and Amazon, in my experience only ships bent up or broken material.
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Summary: Possibly one of the greatest musical movies
Review: Pink Floyd The Wall is one of the greatest musical videos to ever be made, and definitly the most creative. If you are a die-hard Floyd fan or even just someone who just likes The Wall cd, it is a must to see this movie since it really gets through to you what The Wall is really about. The movie itself is a mix of real-life and some animation. Although, i think the movie is cut short a little since some of the songs are not their whole length and some like "Hey You" and "The show must go on" are not even part of the actuall movie,(although the video to Hey You is on the DVD and is one of the best) it still comes in as one of the best, as it tells the story of The Wall through the movies.
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Summary: Disappointing Screen Adaption of a Great Album
Review: Ever since his departure from Pink Floyd, Roger Waters (bassist and principle songwriter for the album and much of the band's '70's material) has used every source of media to reignite the fortunes he made from the 1979 blockbuster "The Wall." From books to live stage adaptions, Waters has yet to let go. Few of these "revivals" have been as successful, and 1982's film adaption of the hit record may be why.
Combine Pink Floyd's "The Wall"--a smash hit--with an acclaimed two year tour and add a somewhat relentless visionary--Roger Waters, and a silver screen adaption is guaranteed. But "The Wall" movie was not to be well received with the critics. Director Alan Parker describes it as "one of the most miserable experiences" of his directing career...a fine director being wasted on an ego-trip like this is definitely one of the elements of the film's lack of luster. For anyone who is familiar with the album, the movie is undeniably predictable, with each scene following the songs to a T, and adding nothing new or redeeming, except Gerald Scarfe's stark animation, one of the few highlights. Bob Geldof portrays the depressed rock star that the story follows, and gives the viewer nothing to appreciate, doing little but staring into space, throwing an occasional tantrum, and a bit of singing and screaming. The sequences for the songs 'Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)' and 'When the Tigers Broke Free' are nice enough but would have done better has promos.
Had this movie been...well, an actual movie instead of a somewhat uninspired two hour promo for the album, it would have fared slightly better. There is a limit of dialogue in the film. Though a few scenes do contain spoken parts, they're usually taken straight from the album (for example, the scene with the American groupie who finds herself in the middle of yet another one of "Pink"'s unprovoked, pointless tantrums), except for the scene with the wicked schoolteacher (though even that sequence takes a line from Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" album). This is definitely one of the things that limits the depth of "The Wall" film. One other major mistake is the dimension of the main character, Pink--at least the album had music to create a surrounding atmosphere and explanation for his severe isolation, but the film only tells us this is a man whose father died, had an overprotective mother, married a harlot, and became a big rich famous rock star...and shows us such a severe dementia that the viewer will wind up concluding that Pink is just a crybaby whose anger is unfounded. Yet the biggest mistake overall is that Roger Waters forgets that he's a songwriter, not a screenwriter. Perhaps Alan Parker should have hired a professional who was unfamiliar with the album, and only given a copy of the lyrics. Surely they would have refrained from delving into their own ego, as does Waters. Long story short, "The Wall" film is one long music video, adding no dimension or depth to the characters or story.
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Summary: The Wall-Pulling the Bricks Out One by One
Review: As the film's title explain's, it is a Floyd Film. As the film opens, you can tell that it ain't no Disney movie. But by the first animation sequence, you see what point the album really wanted to make. I rate this movie five stars (more if possible).
Enjoy!
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Summary: a look from the technical side
Review: the first time i heard THE WALL was from an LP.i was in my late 40's, not a rock fan but this music hooked me.so when i came across a laserdisc a few years later i purchased it.the disc was pan&scan(3:4) with an analog soundtrack.i watched it at least 20 times through the years enjoying it more each time.the disc then was issued with a digital soundtrack and in a widescreen format.i found the sound to be about the same but the widescreen format took away some of the life in the transfer.recently i purchased the dvd and found the latest sound transfer to be a major disappointment.it was lacking in the deep base of the laserdisc. the sound on all the added sections of the dvd were excellent.the widescreen picture was sharp but still lacked the life of the pan&scan.i have watched this film on a 25 and 32 TV as well as my 109 front projector LCD. also as was mentioned on the commentary of the DVD a subwolfer is a necessity to fully enjoy the soundtract.text refers to dvd and laserdisc
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