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Summary: An Ultrasensory, Visceral, and Incredible Experience
Review: I first saw PINK FLOYD-THE WALL at a friend's house about ten years ago. I saw it again on cable a few years later. Although I have not seen it in 5-6 years, I have never forgotten most of it. It is more than just memorable, though: it still gives me chills when I just think about it. (Boy, it's getting kind of chilly in here right now!)I have to disagree with the editorial reviewer: sure, this is probably one of the most depressing films ever made (which is why I can only watch it in a certain mood), and it IS relentlessly bleak, but that was obviously what was intended in the first place. I also don't think that this film lost any of the humor from Roger Water's lyrics; just watch the "Young Lust" scene with the girls in the police station! This isn't a film where plot really matters, anyway: it is a film about images, emotional feelings (namely alienation), and style. PINK FLOYD-THE WALL is not so much a movie as it is (as described above) an ultrasensory and visceral experience, and it does succeed very well as pure entertainment. Many of the live-action scenes are cool, and the animation sequences are nothing short of brilliant and mesmerizing. Leonard Maltin describes this as the "longest rock video to date" but that is a simplistic description. You do not have to "be high" to enjoy this film; I wasn't on either occasion when I saw it. Director Alan Parker did a wonderful job in taking on the very difficult task of visualizing Pink Floyd's THE WALL, the album. Boomtown Rats singer (and eventual Band-Aid and Live-Aid organizer) Bob Geldof makes a striking film debut in the title role of Pink Floyd, a rock star who becomes increasingly alienated from everything around him until he just breaks. The resulting film is entertaining, disturbing, and definitely earns its "R" rating--it is not for any child under the age of 15, or even 16. In the almost twenty years since PINK FLOYD-THE WALL was first released, neither its power nor its stature has diminished. Just look at the fact that this is the 185th review written of it on these pages! Obviously, this incredible film still provokes thought and discussion today, every bit as much as it did in 1982. I can't wait to get it on DVD--look, it's in my Wish List! :)
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Summary: Big fan of the movie, DVD is just ok.
Review: If all you are expecting is to get the movie in a high quality format, with no comprimizes listing to the audio, this DVD won't disappoint. Don't expect much more, though. Additional features are only mildly interesting, and listening to interviews with Roger Waters interesting but not really enlightening. Listening to the "Directors" audio track is disappointing, as the director isn't on it. It is just Roger Waters and the animator, who, as it seems, weren't involved enough to have any interesting incites. Conversations break down in to unrelated tangents about the cycle of child abuse and safety of public parks, punctuated by the occational "oh, hold on. This is the part I did." Ultimately, having the film nararated by two people that haven't watched the film in 20 years was perhaps not the best idea. Again, I believe that the film is a masterpiece, but the supporting content isn't up to snuff. Maybe they should have waited a couple of more years until everybody involved in the production was on speaking terms again.
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Summary: THREW THE AGES A LOOK AT -PINK FLOYDS -THE WALL-
Review: THE WALL THE WALL HAS ALL HE QUALITYS A GOOD MOVIE HAS WITH A TWIST AROUND EVERY CORNER. THE MOVIE SETS A CALM MOOD THEN CRUSHES IT IN A SECOND. IN ALL REALITY THIS MOVIE IS A SEVERAL HOUR MUSIC VIDEO WITH A TIMELINE.WITHOUT GIVING AWAY THE WHOLE MOVIE I CANT GIVE IT ENUGH JUSTICE. SO WETHER SOBER OR HAVING A FEW DRINKS THIS MOVIE SETS AN EXCALENT MOOD AND PROVIDES PLENTY OF ENTERTAINMENT. A BRILLIANT PIECE OF WORK THAT WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME. ENJOY
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Summary: IT IS THE BEST!
Review: no words, best music with greatly directored movie!
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Summary: pink floyd is crazy
Review: although the wall is probably my least favorite album made during the period in which pink floyd was roger waters, david gilmour, rick wright, and nick mason, the movie went great with the music. roger waters is one crazy mofo...he destroyed the band...the final cut, pink floy'd final album with roger waters, proves this, as it was comprised entirely of songs written by roger waters, most of which had been discarded by the band during the recording of the wall. go figure.
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Summary: Arborescant, daedalian and coruscating
Review: This film is animated with brilliant and inspiring artistic views of mulitple subjects. Anyone who is a fan of deep journies and classic music should own this one. The only films that match this are Akira, 12 Monkeys, and TooL's Salival.
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Summary: one of the best
Review: this is by far one of the best movies of all time. i first watched this movie over 15 years ago and didnt understand it, but loved the music so watched again and again if only for that. after about the 4th viewing, i completely got the movie and since then, its been more about the movie itself than the music. granted, they go hand and hand and these days, when i listen to the music, im able to understand the story that goes with it and i absolutely LOVE THAT! "pink" is a character that none of us want to know, but i do believe that we all have seen some of him in ourselves, whether its thur self doubt, feeling left out and alone, or simply misunderstood. his father dying when he was just a boy, his mother smothering him beyond belief, his teacher abusing him verbally, becomming very ill and then the loss of his one true love, vera lynn.....these are all of the things that create the wall. in the beginning, its a protection and a very much needed instrument, but eventually, it becomes a burden and its only thru his realization of that burden that he is able to break free of it. for anyone that has seen this movie once and loved the music, but didnt understand the movie, watch it again. if nothing more, you'll enjoy the music, but maybe....just maybe you'll understand more than before about that fine line between the sane and insanity.
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Summary: Worth the money
Review: I have listened to The Wall's sound track many, many times while I've been working on the computer and wondered what the full film would be like. I came to Amazon looking first off for the sound track on CD so I could hear all the track but found the DVD was actually less. I live in the UK so having it mailed here would take time and cost more, in total the film was a bit over ... I think. I was worried I wouldn't like it and I'd be wasting my money. It arrived 6 !days! before it was meant to, to my suprise. Initially I couldn't get it working because I was using a player on my computer that didn't support the US region on the disc. I watched the film the morning I got it in bed and thought it was one of the best I've seen, my number one film being Blade Runner. It is FAR from being a normal film, it follows no real obvious plot apart from how Pink is driven mad. I had no problems with the music sound levels at all. My only complaint is that it's not long enough, even though it's about as long as a normal film. The film is not really about Fashism or the Nazi's. You will need to be able to think to understand some of the points in it which are not made bluntly like in other movies. Pink is driven mad as he remembers how he's been treated and what people do to each other over time and what happens to people who try to care. The Wall is the wall he builds against people remembering all these things until he eventually turns into the steriotypical Nazi who doesn't care anymore. This film made me think quite hard and it's well worth spending your money on. It is not a happy film at all, it's not meant to be. It's full of weird bits of animations which really do look like they've just come direct from someone's imagination. I suppose it's a bit more like a musical than a film as there are very few parts of it which are not backed by music. The CD has interviews with Roger Waters and the rest of the people who produced the film as well as video clips of the promotional video and things. It's good to see a film of this quality coming from the UK as I've become very used to every film coming from the US. Move back up the page and click buy.
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Summary: Interesting Movie, But TERRIBLE SOUND on DVD
Review: Yes, I love the album The Wall. The movie is interesting to watch, a bit longwinded toward the middle but overall worth a couple hours of time. The extra features are as spectacular as promised - gotta be at least 4 hours of material on this disc. Unfortunately, no matter what sound configuration I used (including 5.1), the sound mix on my copy was atrocious. Either the volume had to be all the way up at 85% to hear the dialogue, or 35% to keep the neighbors from complaining about how loud the music was. For that reason alone, I would not spend money on this product - it's definitely a rent before buy. I really wish I could give this more stars. The movie is fascinating and the music is superb. But, like other good movies that could have been great on DVD, The Wall is ruined if the audio track is messy, as mine was.
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Summary: Not as good as I thought, but good enough...
Review: Let me start by saying I am a big Pink Floyd fan, though I had never seen "The Wall", and I was very excited when I bought it today. I watched it in awe, not believing what I was seeing. The movie somewhat lived up to the hype I had heard about it, but it's something you have to see to believe. The music really enhanced the movie a lot, so if your a big Pink Floyd fan and have not seen this movie, you don't know what your missing. The DVD extras are nice too, which makes this DVD worth your money.
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