Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Rating:
Summary: Awesome!
Review: I am not a Bee Gees fan, nor an Aerosmith fan, though I am a Beatles, Alice Cooper and George Burns fan (I have the album of his with I Wish I was 18 Again). This movie really falls under the category, To each his own, but I really love watching this movie. So many reviews include synopses so I won't bother, but touch on some of my favorite spots. Quite a few mentioned Aerosmith's Come Together, but I was blown over by Diane Steinberg and Stargard doing Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. It comes when Sandy gets off the bus to look for her boyfriend, and looks up at a billboard of the girl group, Stargard. Suddenly, the figures come to life, first fully clothed, then slowly peeling off some of their clothing. It's a very sexy interpretation, and makes Strawberry wonder what her guy's been up to. I was touched by Sandy Farina's performance in She's Leaving Home. She pantomines the lyrics of the song, helped by Mean Mr. Mustard's robots whose voices add a certain weird charm to the background. I never cared much for The Long and Winding Road until I watched the video of Peter Frampton dealing with the death of Strawberry Fields, and gave me a whole new appreciation for the haunting composition. I got a kick out of watching Burns doing Fixing a Hole with his young audience who joined in the action and tugged at my heart. And I loved watching Henry the Horse dancing the waltz in Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite. It may be that the Beatles had nothing to do with, any more than they had much to do with Yellow Submarine, but the performers sing their songs with much the same spirit and feeling, and I liked the silly videos, such as watching Dougie Shears and Lucy doing You Never Give Me Your Money. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because some of the videos are a bit silly and predictable, but on the whole, I feel the movie is a fun way for me to both watch and listen to the songs from the ground-breaking album, and I have to feel sorry for those who don't like it.

Rating:
Summary: I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!
Review: My best friend and I saw this movie for the first time in 1978 at the theater when we were 11 years old. We went back weekend after weekend. We both bought the LP and I put a great big Peter Frampton poster on my bedroom wall. 20 years later I found the video and I had to have it. Now my children love the movie as much as I do. The music is GREAT and the movie is FUN. For me, it is also nostalgic of the late 70's. There are really no speaking roles in this movie except for George Burns who narrates. It is all music. I am definitely a Sgt. Pepper's fan.