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Summary: A visual and aural delight!
Review: I really enjoy listening to The Beatles. I bought the DVD because I wanted the improved sound DVD offers over vinyl and CD formats. I wasn't disappointed. The sound track is amazing, and far superior to any other Beatles tracks I have found, except perhaps for my used audiophile Mobile High Fidelity half speed master vinly pressing of Abbey Road. This alone is reason to buy the DVD.However, it is not the only reason. The movie stands up very well in its own right. For one thing, it is written on multiple levels. On one level, it is simply an enjoyable children's cartoon wherein four musically gifted lads from Liverpool run around in a flying yellow submarine, through the sea of monsters, the sea of time, and other strange places, and eventually land in Pepperland, where they defeat the Blue Meanies, Apple Bonkers and other assorted bad guys. On another level, the movie extols the naive liberal (hippie) belief that love, music and a little marijuana would prevail over the evil governmental forces of war and business forces of greed. For example, one of the the Blue Meanies' machines of distruction is the evil Flying Glove which is a thinly veiled substitute for jet fighter aircraft which blows up things and kills people. The malicious Glove goes around smashing various objects which give people pleasure such as statutes and trees. Lennon defeats it as follows: 1) he by says the word "GLOVE," which comes out of his mouth as letters, 2) grabs the word like a big fat cigarette (probably made out of unusual herbs), 3)smokes off the "G," leaving the word "Love," and 4) breaks off into singing the song "All You Need is Love." Every time he says the word Love, more letters spew from his mouth, which eventually trap and defeat the Flying Glove. The cartooning is original and classic, clearly influenced by psychadelic and pop art of the mid to late '60s. Its unusual style contributes to making this movie appealing to adults as well as children. A great movie for children and music fans of all ages. Peace!
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Summary: I'm nearly speechless
Review: I can't believe it's already been ten years since I saw this movie for the very first time when I was 7. Immideately, it became my favorite movie (animated or not), and I love it more and more as the years go by. For the longest time, it seemed as though I was the only fan of it anywhere; for nobody, not even most adults, remembered it. Was I overjoyed when it was re-released! The DVD is truly brilliant. I never knew this movie could look any better! I think the reason why Yellow Submarine has held up so well for me all this time is that it can appeal to all ages. As an artist, it really changed my life. I don't know what would become of my work if it weren't for this film. And remember, the Blue Meanies RULE!
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Summary: Simply Magic
Review: You have to get this movie! It's nothing short of magic!! The best part is the music, not to mention the funny lines Ringo says, and the trouble he gets into early in the film. My favorite songs are of course, "Yellow Submarine", and "All Together Now". So take it from me, buy this film. You won't be disappointed.
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Summary: "It's all in the mind"
Review: John, Paul, George and Ringo set sail on the Yellow Submarine to save Pepperland from the Blue Meanies. This animated romp doesn't star the Beatles, but that hardly matters because it is the Beatles who sing all the songs in this movie. The DVD includes a new song called "Bulldog"
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Summary: Simply Superb DVD--Do NOT buy the VHS
Review: I bought this movie on VHS a number of years ago and recently watched it. I couldn't help but feel disappointed in the picture and sound quality. In addition, it was TV screen format, not letterbox. I eagerly awaited the DVD and bought it the moment I could.
I was not disappointed--the restored film is amazing! The colors are rich and lush, the re-mastered soundtrack clear as if the songs were recorded yesterday. Although the drawing style appears dated, it is still enchanting, bringing back fond memories of the psychedelic sixties and the popular Peter Maxx paintings and Op Art. It is a real visual treat and I am amazed at the imaginations who created this masterpiece. The story is a sheer delight and will amuse both adults and older children; its humor and positive message is badly needed in this time of terrorism and war.
The DVD includes some great bonus features, such as a documentary on making of the film and interviews with people who did the voices for the Beatle characters. PASS on the VHS and buy the DVD--it is a far superior product and most enjoyable to watch again and again.
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Summary: crazy!
Review: i loved this movie! it was totally finky and crazy and extremely weird! near the end is a very cute part with the beatles chatting, and the movie ends with "all together now" the only drawback--the beatles in the movie are not the real beatles talking, so it's hard to tell which one is talking. nione of them sound remotely likre the real thing except for paul, who was quite good.
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Summary: We All Live In A Yellow Submarine!
Review: There was a Powerpuff Girls episode that in part parodied Yellow Submarine. In it, Bubbles yells: "Mother Nature has great plans for colour." She also must have been referring to the original movie Yellow Submarine, because seeing it in black and white is a mortal sin. This groundbreaking animated classic is more than just the Beatles' fight against the Meanies, but creates an animated technique never before tried. It's also a wild and vivid array of psychedelic colours, a snapshot of the Sixties that's sadly long gone. Opening narration: "Once upon a time... or maybe twice, there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland. 80,000 leagues beneath the sea, it lay, or lies... I'm not too sure."
Well, that unearthly paradise comes under the attack of the Blue Meanies, masked, gold-toothed, blue-furred creatures who with their tall apple-bearing bonkers, missile firing clowns, Snapping Turks, anti-music missile, and the dreadful flying glove, lay waste to Pepperland, turning it from a colourful paradise to a black-and-white wasteland, and draining the life force of its citizenry. Young Fred goes for help in the title craft moments after the string-quartet loving Lord Mayor is bonked. There's another wasteland--Liverpool, at least as perceived by Ringo. Nothing exciting ever happens to him, and he feels like a splintered drumstick. That is, until Fred knocks on the Beatles' door with a cry for help: "H is for Hurry, E is for urgent, L is for Love me, and P for Please!" All the Beatles, well realized down to their voices, end up helping Fred, climb aboard the submarine, and away they go! The scene of the hall of doors made me wonder if it's a reflection of the subconscious. As Ringo and Fred enter a door and close it behind them, all sorts of miscellaneous objects fly in and out the other doors. When they come out, the objects quickly vanish through whatever door. It's the Beatles' adventures through the various seas that's the real treat. The colours are simply vivid in the Sea of Monsters, which is my favourite of the seas, what with the weird monsters. Their encounter with the boxing monster and the kinky bootbeasts are funny. And the sequence of numbers that occur in the "When I'm Sixty-Four" number is creative to say the least. The puns and plays-on-word are also funny. Example: Ringo and Fred see Frankenstein. Ringo says he went out with his sister Phyllis. Phyllis Stein, Philistine, get it? Also, George says, "I see footsteps" when the kinky bootbeasts approach. Even Beatles songs are included. In the Sea of Holes, Ringo says this place reminds him of Blackburn, Lancashire, to which Paul sings, "Oh boy!" per "A Day In The Life." Jeremy Hillary Boo Ph.D., the rhyme-speaking brown-furred humanoid with pink bunny tail steals the show as the "nowhere man." He seems to know everything from botany, chemistry, and poetry, but he's so much alone that he has time for anything, despite his: "ad hoc, ad loc and crypto quo/so little time, so much to know." Never fear, the Beatles give him a life, so to speak. The never-before-seen "Hey Bulldog" sequence is the only real clue that the gaggle of bulldogs is actually four heads on one body. That number consists of the Beatles and the real Sgt Peppers band taunting the bulldog with an automatic roller-card piano (I don't know the technical name for it, okay?) It's worth the inclusion. Songs played in order, including snatches of songs: "Yellow Submarine", "Eleanor Rigby", "Love You To", "A Day In The Life", "All Together Now", "When I'm Sixty-Four", "Only A Northern Song", "Nowhere Man", "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", "Think For Yourself", "Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band", "With A Little Help From My Hands", "All You Need Is Love", "Baby You're A Rich Man", "It's All Too Much", and "All Together Now (reprise)" And George Martin's instrumental score is also wonderful. The final song, "It's All Too Much", is a dizzying blast of psychedelic colour, and the reprise of "All Together Now" is a call for international unity for peace that was sorely missing during Vietnam back then, and right now, sadly enough. So world, all together now!
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Summary: TIMELESS!
Review: It's kind of funny how people diminish certain works only by the lack of knowing It. People have to be aware that this cartoon is supposed to look outdated as It has almost 40 years! At the time of Its release, It was artsy and at the same time fun. I remember Ringo Starr saying that up to today children stop him on the srteets to ask ''Why did you push the red button?'' This is what makes Beatle stuff so great, they are timeless and unique. Then in the 70s, The Jacksons tried to imitate the Beatles by launching a poorly written cartoon, trying to look and sound like the fabfour......It never took off, of course. Another great adition to ths is release, is the complete remastering masterpiece that was made, the separation sounds better than ever, so does the stereo, 1.000 times better than the official 1987 release. Even today, your children will love this one, If you find It, buy It, you won't regret It.
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Summary: dont play with perfection!
Review: i love this film but the new version is boring.i miss the things that make it look original like marks on the film! i prefer the old version which was shorter!
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Summary: Pure Rubbish
Review: How can anyone say this movie is great? Any artists KNOWS that the animation is... There's absolutely no creativity in the animation. Plus, the animation is totally outdated. The voiceovers are terrible. They don't put any emotions! Very plotless. The makers just tried to cash off of the Beatles by throwing in Yellow Submarine and Elenor Rigby - popular songs.
Go watch the New Edition of Hard Day's Night or Help! Not this Yellow Submarine!!
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