Anyone ever see it? It's actually on cable right now and I'm TRYING to watch it. So far it's a bit boring. The main guy is annoying and I have to really concentrate if I want to understand what these British guys are saying!! They talk too fast! Anyway, I think I'll hang in there for John.

John's first line in the film: "May I rub your ball sir? It gives me great pleasure."

Heh, the funniest part so far.

An AWFUL film.  Tho repeated viewings help make more sense of what Lester was after. 

Yet John shines.  Even if what he says is incomprehensible (mainly to non-Brits...folks in the UK presumably get a lot of the sayings and jokes better than anyone else) his cheery acting is great fun to watch, brightens up the whole picture.

Then when he's off screen it's time to get up, go to the bathroom, feed the cat, get something to eat...anything until he comes back.

Yeah, I bailed. It was way too boring and John's hardly in it! You're right though, he is very good when he's on, but it's just not enough! Plus I don't get half the stuff they're talking about. What's with the 'green, green, green' thing? Oh well!

silly John, thats the only reason why any beatle fan would watch that film , I was wondering if they still sale that film?? does anyone know?

I'm British and even I don't get most of what the film's about?!!! What's with the different coloured soldiers?! John's good though!

Hmmm...I'd have to agree...it's pretty bad, actually!!

HFleen

Quoted from Maccalvr, posted September 3, 2004, 3:22am at here

Yeah, I bailed. It was way too boring and John's hardly in it! You're right though, he is very good when he's on, but it's just not enough! Plus I don't get half the stuff they're talking about. What's with the 'green, green, green' thing? Oh well!

That's a very good point. Me being a Spaniard I never knew what JOHN meant with that "green, green green" thing...

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That's a very good point. Me being a Spaniard I never knew what JOHN meant with that "green, green green" thing...

Means the enemy is in the proximity

I don't think it's so terrible!


"And I'm not a thief, really. I've never found anything worth keeping. " - Private Gripweed


And don't forget that if John wasn't away in Spain doing this film he might never have written Strawberry Fields Forever.

Quoted from Sadie4, posted September 3, 2004, 2:30pm at here

That's a very good point. Me being a Spaniard I never knew what JOHN meant with that "green, green green" thing...

Being an American doesn't help either. Even with the close proximity thing it fails to make sense to me! "he said green, green, green. So I did." HUH??? It also took me a while to figure out he was saying Musketeer Gripweed. Of course I wasn't paying attention so I had no idea that was his name. Or that their soldiers were called musketeers!!

Quoted from Maccalvr, posted September 3, 2004, 10:33pm at here

Even with the close proximity thing it fails to make sense to me! "he said green, green, green. So I did." HUH???

OK, here's a wild guess (I haven't seen the film for ages so please humour me!)... when John says "green, green, green. So I did..." doesn't he fire a flare gun afterwards? Well, is the flare green by any chance? If so, perhaps that's what the phrase "so I did" means... if it was a red flare, this theory is total crap of course!!! LOL

Michael Crawford went on to star in 'Phantom of the Opera' and 'Barnum' on Broadway (and no doubt our British members also remember 'Some Mothers Do 'ave 'em'!).

"I saw a film today, oh boy,
The English army had just won the war,
A crowd of people turned away,
But I just had to look,
Having read the book"

Apparently this was a reference to the film's poor box-office attendance ("a crowd of people turned away").

Quoted from The_End, posted September 3, 2004, 11:51pm at here

OK, here's a wild guess (I haven't seen the film for ages so please humour me!)... when John says "green, green, green. So I did..." doesn't he fire a flare gun afterwards? Well, is the flare green by any chance? If so, perhaps that's what the phrase "so I did" means... if it was a red flare, this theory is total crap of course!!! LOL

Michael Crawford went on to star in 'Phantom of the Opera' and 'Barnum' on Broadway (and no doubt our British members also remember 'Some Mothers Do 'ave 'em'!).

THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!!!!!  I was trying to think of that guys name! He was also in Hello Dolly. That voice is SO annoying. Oh, by the way, the flare is just a regular flare. So there goes that theory! And I thought YOU would know!

I've never seen it. I have a photo of John that was taken on the set. 

Quoted from Maccalvr, posted September 4, 2004, 2:18am at here

there goes that theory! And I thought YOU would know!

DOH!!

Hee hee - was just a wild guess!