Well Deserved Praise

Truly Dreadful Film

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

The movie is quite fun I'll give it that. The beginning seems promising but like the band themselves said, they unfortunately do feel more like supporting characters in their own film. The film has enough cool editing tricks and quirks that it seems to be experimenting with to make it interesting, accompanied with a lackluster story however, held together by great music (oddly placed) and quick witted humor. For any Beatles fan it's worth the 1 1/2 hours, and for anyone into film making, I really appreciated some of the techniques tried in the film as well!

This is the kind of film that was hip back in the day, but along with the prior Beatles flick "A Hard Day's Night" and the Monkees' "Head", this picture is almost embarrassing today, if not downright tedious. I think one can be a Beatles fan and realize the whole attempt here was pretty silly, grown men running around and mugging the camera in a story line that might have appealed to a teenager during the Fab Four's heyday. I have to say though, the plot would have been right up a horror film director's alley, say in the 1940's, calling for the recovery of a dreaded, sacred, sacrificial ring of the fearful Kaili. I could see Lon Chaney or Bela Lugosi involved with something like that.Ringo Starr pretty much takes center stage here as the bearer of the Kaili ring, and he's about to become a human sacrifice unless the ring finds it's way back to the High Priest Clang (Leo McKern). John and Paul have almost as much screen time as their drummer, with George taking a noticeable back seat in terms of on screen participation. The best thing about the picture as most viewers acknowledge is the song list offered from the Beatles album of the same name. If you're a Beatles fan you can sing along, although I can't remember the last time I might have heard 'Another Girl', so that was a neat addition to the film as part of the catalog.At one point in the story, someone acknowledges the singers, it might have been Clang, by saying "So this is the famous Beatles, eh?" My best advice if you're brand new on the scene and just getting around to the music of the Sixties and the Beatles legacy, don't get turned off by this early movie effort. If faced with the choice of watching "A Hard Day's Night" or listening to their music, I'd say go with the album.

The film was directed by Richard Lester in 1965. It is a comedy starring all the Beatles group. Richard Lester gave them personality traits and they totally match and embody them nicely. The plot is absolutely surprising, at the beginning we think the story will be about the career of the Beatles, a biopic of them but in fact it is a story totally apart from what we imagine. Yest they are the Beatles and famous as in real life but it is not a biopic.The main character seems to be Ringo, because he is the one who has the ring, the fact that his name is Ringo and that sounds similar to "ring" seems to be a pun but apparently it is not the reason why is Ringo who has the ring.In the movie, musics has a major place. It gives rhythm to actions and makes them more funny or exciting. In a way, just like a cartoon for kids, where music is based on actions and changes with them.So, not surprisingly, music is very good, as it is the Beatles, so almost everyone will like it. The style of the movie, like the Beatles' house, the places where they go, the clothes of the Eastern cult, all that gives the movie a unique and really interesting style, that I personally really appreciate.

Help!is a movie filmed in color,a movie directed by Richard Lester. The movie was the second film after "A Hard Days Night". The film is set in the capital of England,London. The plot starts with a cult who discovers that the sacrificial ring is missing. Ringo the drummer of the Beatles band has it.It was sent by a girl, who's to be sacrificed as a gift. Help!is a charmingly goofy fun movie, the music is very good. Ringo becomes targeted by a group of obsessed oriental mystic people. The Beatles run away from London to the Swiss and to the Bahamas. Ringo of course is constantly on the run in this movie. I liked this movie,it's a nonsense movie and it's nice and funny, in addition it's filmed in color. Even if this was more than fifteen years it is an absolute must-see. The cast is excellent with of course the Beatles band,composed with Geoge Harrinson,John Lennon,Paul Mc Cartney and Ringo Starr. The storyline is exciting, the acting is enthralling. On scale of 0 to 10, I give this film an eight, I think it is a good mark. My recommendation about this movie it is well worth seeing! It's a great piece of film making,don't miss it. And finally,fans of the Beatles will no doubt be thrilled about it.Ines Jabla, School Albert Camus