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A Hard Day's Night defines the Beatles of the early 60's just as much as their first Ed Sullivan appearance & Shea Stadium in fact even more so. This classic rock movie is a gem for its time capturing John, Paul, George & Ringo at the height of Beatlemania with their haircuts, their attitude & their music in full force. I saw AHDN for the first time way back in 76 when I was 12 years old which knocked me out as a Beatles fan. I think if it would have been made in color instead of black & white the magic of the early 60's would have been lost personally speaking. A Hard Day's Night is a solid rock & roll movie which is timeless with the Beatles proving why they are legends before it was true.
I want you, I want you so bad babe. I want you, I want you so bad. It's driving me mad, it's driving me mad.
Nope...can't find one thing about your post I disagree with. Let's just be thankful Ted Turner didn't get his hands on this while he was going colorization crazy with old movies in the 80's.
I agree too. A Hard Day's Night is a classic by any standard. Help! lost something by being in color. The James Bond parody is silly. The one constant about The Beatles is that they made great records from start to finish. The Let It Be film is out of print which surprised me. It shows the group breaking down, but anything about The Beatles is interesting. http://jimcolyer.com/papers/entry?id=61
I just saw it today for the first time (It's my birthday). I don't think it's as good as Help! or Yellow Submarine. I love how Beatles films are always so random though.
I think AHDN is far superior to Help! Wilfred Bramble as Paul's grandfather is the glue which holds the movie together, and it's very funny how John intimidates the "manager", who nervously addresses him as "Lennon" in a futile attempt to maintain authority. In Help! Leo McKern, a fine actor, is woefully miscast in a role which is just annoying.
I wonder should I call you but I know what you'd do You'd say I'm putting you on But it's no joke it's doing me harm.... Tell me tell me tell me come on tell me the answer You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer.... When I get near you The games begin to drag me down It's alright I'll make you maybe next time around.... I wonder where you are tonight and why I'm by myself...
Help! is really quite a poor film. Some of the actors are woefully miscast, and there is too much actual acting for The Beatles to do. I like it because it's The Beatles. If this had been a movie starring anyone else, it would have got a right pasting.
I'm solidly on the Silly Fun bandwidth, Klang! *gives you your ring back*
All you've got to do is choose love. That's how I live it now. I learned a long time ago, I can feed the birds in my garden. I can't feed them all. -- Ringo Starr, Rolling Stone magazine, May 2007
For all I know, Ringo might be a yogi disguised as a drummer! - George Harrison
A Hard Days Night is my favourite movie of all time....i find myself sticking it on when im down and it lifts me right out of it.John cracks me up every time.The bit when he pretends he's aprisoner is priceless!
As for Help,i have less time for it,but still like it. I think Colour made it less boring than what it would have been without.I reckon the movies lack of greatness was due to the lads being stoned most of the way through it.
Thank god Pauline Fowler never made it into the Help Movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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i love both of the movies, but i personally like Help! more. this may have something to do with the fact that i watched AHDN first, so i was still trying to figure out who everyone was. i had it pretty much figured it out by the time i watched Help!, which is a relief. also, i like the color in help! it looks great without it in AHDN, but in help! it just belonged. Peace out, ya'll!
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