I mean, what about the spaghetti sequence? Magical Mystery Boy? Who else thinks this film is disgusting and hard to watch?
I'll make him an offer with the force while possessed by a demon, and being eaten by a shark.
Oh, it's disturbing alright. It's also one of the GREATEST movies of ALL TIME! Haha. No, seriously, it is.
I get the feeling you're violating somebody's basic human rights here...
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I'm Magical Mystery Girl and Magical Mystery Boy is my husband ;) (?)
I understand you, a lot of people don't like this movie. It's the most common thing in the world not to like MMT, but cool people like me do actually love it! Oh, I'm normal. (?)
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The dream sequence was pretty creepy to me, but it's because most dream sequences in films don't feel like dreams. This one did, and it was kind of jarring. But I liked it.
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I think its disturbing in a "say no to drugs" kind of way. I think that the Beatles were just having fun in this movie, but they were doing it from a drug induced haze. They really should have had some on sober directing in order to keep things coherent. It's as much a product of 1967 and LSD as the Sgt. Pepper album is, except this one doesn't work. The difference is that they had George Martin in the studio for the music. Martin was oblivious to the whole drug thing & kept this somewhat controlled.
shareDisturbing? Yes. Hard to watch? At times. Disgusting? Eh...maybe. One of my favorites? YOU BET YOUR BUTT IT IS!
I want...I want...I WANT EVERYTHING I'VE EVER SEEN IN THE MOVIES!
I thought it was probably one of the dumbest movies I've ever seen but something in me liked it. Not enough to watch it regularly like Help! and Hard Day's Night but it's still interesting and the music is FANTASTIC. I personally think MMT is one of the Beatles best albums!
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RIP Brad Renfro AND Heath Ledger :( May Your Movies Live On!
Why has no one mentioned that the dream sequence was an actual dream Lennon had, and suggested they use for the film the next day?
"Let's see what the f-ckers do with this one."-John Lennon
i thought yellow submarine was more disturbing... thats a movie i will never watch again. i'm pretty sure i watched it when i was little and it terrified me, and then when i watched it again lately it just gave me this very sik feeling. i watched the whole thing and then vowed to stay away from it forever.
This movie was weird and maybe didn't make alot of sence, but then again i quote (i think) bob dylan and say "Whats wrong with not understanding"
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Really? I found Yellow Submarine to be one of the greatest uplifting movies. It's weird but I felt clean after I watched it, like music, love, and peace really could conquer all. MMT was just a jumbled bunch of scenes that just didn't resonate well with me. However I think the Monkees film "Head" is what MMT should have been.
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Maybe the Blue Meanies scared you...they probably would have scared me when I was a kid.
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I suggest you see a psychiatrist. "Yellow Submarine" is one of the most popular children's movies of all time.
shareWas just watching this last night with the crew and we all agreed that it is one of the creepiest, most disturbing examples of pop culture ever created. Yes the whole dream sequence with the spaghetti is difficult to sit through and I believe that was exactly the point of it. The Magical Mystery Boy part is pretty morbid, in fact the whole production is downright morbid and has these weird death-trip vibes running through it, which isn't surprising considering how it was their first project after Brian Epstein died. He was only 32 years old and I have always believed that the experience of losing someone so important to the center of the band's experience forced the Beatles to have to come to grips with their own mortality, and this was the result.
One moment in particular jumped out at me which was during the dream sequence when the hysterical Aunt Jessie says, for no apparent reason, "He would have wanted it this way." Then the pantomime on the stage combined with the dirge like chanting struck me as being re-enactment of a funeral procession. And this in the middle of a supposedly tripped out psychedelic pop rock happy go lucky stoned out head movie!
You shouldn't watch it with such serious analytical intent. It's only supposed to be silly, and they achieved exactly that.
If you wanted to get deep about it, you could say that MMT is a traumatic reaction the group was having as a result of suddenly losing Brian Epstein.
I agree with you. I finally sat down tonight and watched it - I've tried before, but frankly....it's nearly unwatchable. Totally random and incoherent - although I LOVE that Ringo is actually wearing the SAME DAISHIKI shirt I had - perhaps even in that year (67) - during "I am the Walrus". Blows my mind. Other than that, it's a very disturbing film and much of the music is really creepy on its own. I think that's the...intent. I've wondered if the Beatles were actually part of a sociological experiment created by Tavistock (look it up) to manipulate large portions of the massive 60s generation. I don't know if Paul is dead or not, I wouldn't be a bit surprised, but I think the whole point of music like "Walrus" and this movie is to leave an unsettled, jarring sensation in the viewers/listeners. Perhaps with subliminal messages as well as there's so much layering of sounds.
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