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The Beatles - Help!

The Beatles - Help!

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The best of the Beatles films
Review: Help! is probably my favorite of the Beatles movies. The songs are great and the Beatles are at their coolest. The only negative would be that there is a lot of that cheesy, slapstick, british "humour". Its okay though because its the Beatles. The opening scene is really good too.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Beatle Babe at fourteen
Review: I adore this movie! I became a Beatle's fan when the anthology and one cd came out. I've been hooked ever since, so much that I put my headphones on at night and listen to Abbey Road (get that too!) as my calming music. I started going to the movie store and renting the Beatle's movies. I watched "A Hard Day's Night", and after that, "Help!". This is sincerely the best movie I have ever seen. It is the favorite present I got for my fourteenth birthday in July. It's filled with tons of comedy and a lot of action. If you want to get to know the fab four, this is a must see. I've watched it over and over again, and I am sure you will too. Rock on!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Buy this Movie! You Won't be sorry!
Review: I absolutely thought this movie was the best Beatle movie I've seen. I laughed, I cried, and it's got a great soundtrack too!! My sister and I are die hard Beatlemaniacs and she watches it almost everyday. It's one you never get tired of! The plot's based around Ringo so that makes it even more interesting! Buy it and enjoy!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent restoration
Review: An excellent DVD of HELP! Lots of "additional material" and a cleaned up picture and soundtrack. The songs sound especially clear and crisp. It's a fun movie that even non-Beatles fans will enjoy. My only complaint is the english subtitles. The english subtitles don't always match what is being said in the film. It seems somebody decided it would be a good idea to do a British english to American english translation of the dialog. It should have been done word-for-word because a lot of the humor and charm is lost in the process. Other than that small annoyance, it's excellent

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Help!
Review: Help! is a funny, action packed film for all the family, and perfect proof that the Beatles are as wonderful actors as they are musicians! It's one of those films that that you can rewind and watch numerous times in a row and nevert get tired of!!

The Beatles star in a hilarious comedy in which Ringo is sent the sacrificial ring of a tribe of Oriental Mystics who will go to any lenghth to get they're ring back. Unfortunatly, the ring won't come off Ringo's finger! Also pursued by two madcap scientists who want the ring to help them rule the world, and with the help of the beautiful Ahme, the Beatles manage to escape the Mystics for the time being.But what if Ringo never gets the ring off? Will he be sacrificed? Watch this highly recommended film to find out!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: What a Difference a Year Makes
Review: The Beatles' second film is great fun in a much different way than A HARD DAY'S NIGHT was. A HARD DAY'S NIGHT was like a day in the life of the Beatles, which looked like it had a lot of inspiration from the classic era of silent comedies. Director Richard Lester this time gives us a great spy spoof at the beginning of the James Bond-Spy phenomenon that was just starting to take off at that time. We went from black & white to vibrant color in just one year. I think this is what is really interesting if you see the two films together. Both films are like night and day. Essentially we still have two films about the Beatles and the comic episodes they get in and out of but they are both filmed entirely different from each other. A HARD DAY'S NIGHT is dryer and a more sophisticated looking film, which contains so many indelible images. The fun film HELP! is a wild and insane comedy-adventure with its own brand of sophistication and is truly a product of its time. These two films were released just one year apart yet they look years apart. These films are great masterpieces and are a record of just how fast life and styles changed in the decade of the 60s. I really like this film. HELP! has that great macroscopic globe trotting feel and look to it. HELP! still gives the viewer that feeling of movement that was so prevalent back then. Things were on the move and really happening. They were just great times.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Everyone Gave An Awesome Performance
Review: I think all four of those weirdos did a terrifc job with the movie even though they're not actors! In this movie you can tell John is really funny! George shows that he is not shy and serious but he's just as wacky as the others. Somebody said the producers should cut out all of Ringo's parts but if they did there would be no movie! Help is focused on Ringo's sacrficial ring he's wearing!

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Ringo, please seek help!!!
Review: After watching this movie I am now convinced...Ringo Starr is an absolutely terrible actor. His bad acting ruined this movie for me. In the original version of Help, Mr. Starr had a cow in his room so he could drink warm milk. I'm glad they edited out that scene because it was not even remotely funny.

Apart from Mr. Starr's acting, George Harrison delivers a tremendous performance. I think it's hilarious when George Harrison is skiing with a top hat on his head.

Also, the title track is superb.

If the producers can edit out all of the scenes with Ringo Starr, this will by a 5-star movie.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: funniest
Review: This video is one of the funniest I've ever seen. With all of my fave guys of course I would say that, but if your a Beatles fan you have to watch this video with Ringo, Paul, George, and John. Even if you aren't you should also. This isn't one of their best but it is really close.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Why HELP! was NOT a dissappointment...
Review: Some People have put the word around that HELP! was a bad movie, these people have issues with themselves that they need to work out in a more positive manner than to bash an awesome movie. For starters, all of The Beatles movies were made to promote the soundtracks that go along with them so to expect academy awards is obviously out of the question. But maybe that's why HELP! and A HARD DAY'S NIGHT were so popular, they were actually good movies! The humor is a completely new breed compared to American movies at the time and the creativity of the movie amazes me still! For instance, the house that the Beatles live in appears to be four separate houses from the outside because there are four different colored doors for each individual Beatle. But when they get inside it's all one room! John's Bed is a pit in the floor, George's carpet is grass, Paul has an electric organ that rises from beneath the floor and Ringo (Although it was evtually edited out) had a cow in his room so he could get himself a fresh glass of milk whenever he needed one!!! That's not even starting with all the crazy ideas they had for this movie, but I don't want to write out the whole movie for you so just take my word, it's classic!


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