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Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

sohib-78424 if u don't like pink Floyd's music its normal not to like this movie cause it talks about depression and losing his father when he was a baby then miss treated in school ....its a little bit bizarre do doubt about that.. so it depends on your taste if like to watch a man with huge depression then you will enjoy it and if u like pink floyd and wondered how did they come the idea of writing "the wall " or " comfortably numb " it would be very useful

coleluxton The Wall is an amazing in depth album about how aspects of his life leads to creating a social barrier between himself and the rest of the world. Someone that doesn't know much about the album would find it very difficult to follow along as there is some seriously powerful psychedelic sequences, but if you can understand them then the movie should be very enjoyable. In my own opinion Pink Floyd are my favorite band with the only close runner up being David Bowie and I'm not one of those guys that thinks "The 80's music is better than everything every made" however Pink Floyd as a fact are one of the greatest bands ever and the film is a great representative of their musical talents. I give it a 10 because the film is so unique that I haven't seen anything like it and the messages behind it are extremely powerful, I love the way they reference previous albums and one in the future.

FredMoore21 If you happen to be a big Pink Floyd fan, I can not recommend this film enough. It truly is one of the greatest music films of all time. Alan Parker has created a magnificent visualization of Pink Floyd's groundbreaking album. The performances by Bob Geldof, Bob Hoskins and others perfectly capture the essence of the story created by Roger, David, Nick And Richard only a couple years before. If you are going to watch this (and you should) I would recommend listening to the album in full before hand so it is fresh in your mind. Trust me, what ever you create in your brain is nothing compared to the animation created by Gerald Scarfe. In particular the 'What Shall We Do Now?/Empty Spaces' sequence. It is insane, but also amazing on so many levels.Even if you have never listened to Pink Floyd, You can still enjoy this film as the story is almost as compelling as the music. It follows the life of A musician called Floyd 'Pink' Pinkerton (yeah, really subtle) who goes crazy and 'builds' a Wall from society. It truly is an amazing story and Bob Geldof portrays Pink with integrity and passion. This shown off best in the 'One Of My Turns' scene.So no matter your view on music, you can appreciate this film for its stellar storytelling, amazing performances and insane animation.It truly is an underrated classic that should be admired for generations to come.

redcoutinho Pink Floyd's The Wall is already an overrated album with plenty of songs that are filler, some good songs have weak lyrics and some great lyrics use weak music just to convey the message. The film takes all that, keeping all the filler, and adding even weaker pieces like When the Tigers Broke Free 1 and 2.Some of the weaknesses of the Wall's story are amplified even more. The horrors of WWII are shown even though the boy had no way of knowing. It is presented as if the boy himself were a war veteran, suffering from a case of contagious PTSD, perhaps by touching his father's medals or uniform. The album alludes to the Luftwaffe's raids, but the film makes it seem as if it the boy experienced the war on the front line first hand, which is laughable.The film, with its completely new songs, reordered playlist and freedom to add scenes with no music, does not address the transformation of Pink from rock star to neo-fascist leader. It's just a hole in the plot that is left to our imagination. Fine for an audio album, not for a visual film.Some of the things look theatrical and comic - the headmaster in the tunnel looked like a clown, the neo-fascist rally's synchronized dancing was less "Triumph of the Will" and more Macarena.The animation goes from beautiful (Goodbye Blue Sky, Empty Spaces) to ridiculous - The Trial with a talking buttocks as presiding judge.A lot of mistakes were done. If I were Pink Floyd (or if I were Waters), just as the protagonist was a composite character, so should the album be a composite, not loyal to The Wall, but taking the best of Pink Floyd to make something larger than life. The song Money would've been a great piece, Pink as a rock star enjoying his riches, then the dissatisfaction with the political system, shown via Animals, would've made the transition from rock star to fascist leader a great one.It all boils down to this - did they want to make a great Pink Floyd-based, The Wall film or make a long music video for The Wall? It is not a binary issue, but a gradient, since they already changed the order of events, added new songs and reworked original songs, so this was not a pure "The Wall" film. My opinion is that they should've added things from their past, reworked if needed, to tell a better story, to make a better film rather than one truer to the album.Perhaps that's an idea for the remake.