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Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

He_who_lurks Where can I begin? "Yellow Submarine" features fascinating art. It is more of an art film than a cartoon actually. There is a plot but that's mostly there to set up some great visuals, which are sooooo complex for a movie from 1968 that they can even compare with the computer generated animation of today.This movie mixes actual photography (sometimes) with a lot of dizzying animation that could actually kill you if you saw it long enough (and you do, the movie is an hour and a half long). As a result you never feel quite the same after you see it.However, there are some problems. Being about a popular rock group this movie includes lots of songs. Some of them weren't needed while others were decent and were worthwhile. I never did understand why so many movies (Disney especially) use so many dumb songs that never advance the plot. It's just lots of people singing for like 10 minutes, but luckily the songs weren't too long.Mostly though, this movie is worthwhile for the visuals. Like I said, the plot there really wasn't much of. It is very artistic but quite long. Also, you may not be able to think straight after seeing it. I sure can't. I'm having some trouble writing this.In short, I have mixed feelings about this movie. Having just watched it I feel as though I'm gonna have a stroke. Don't see this one if you're having mental issues, otherwise you may never recover.I am only partially kidding when I say that.Also, the accents. The voice actors try to sound British and they do so well that you may lose some of the puns thrown in. The Beatles were British of course but...well, if you've ever suffered from British accents, don't see this! The story is like a Dr. Seuss book. The "Hating Blue Meanies" sound so Seuss-ish that the whole story sounds as though it could've been inspired by him. There's a sea of holes, a nothing-man, etc. And the animation is also rather Seuss-like. It's colorful, and looks almost as though it were taken out of a coloring book. The lines are fine. Sometimes even the style itself changes. It's all outlandish, yet it appealed to me...somewhat.All in all, this is a nice animated movie. It is different and extremely unique. It is dizzying yet interesting. Believe me, after seeing it you'll feel different. The experience will dazzle you. Just don't see it if you've just been to the hospital. (ha_ha_ha).

Python Hyena Yellow Submarine (1968): Dir: George Dunning / Voices: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Dick Emery: Outstanding and brilliant animated musical masterpiece that seems to symbolize bizarre forms of joy and peace within one's mind. Peaceful Pepperland has been invaded by the ruthless Blue Meanies who are out to turn everything blue. Help is on the way as the Beatles sail through aboard a yellow submarine amidst several striking musical numbers, some pointless while others interlock themes that all deal with feel and emotion. Pepperland is made up of various images that don't make any sense yet somehow add to its mind reference. The Beatles are perhaps the most famous band in music history. They are John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison, all of whom are heard singing in animated form although voice talents are provided by other actors who give fine imitations of the foursome. Besides the Beatles there are other strange looking characters including the Blue Meanies and the Nowhere Man who has no sense of direction. Excellent directing by George Dunning as a great tribute to the mannerisms of the Beatles as well as present very colourful animated scenery and a world created out of the bizarre. This film is a striking greatness about the feelings of joy, love and a celebration of music and animation. Score: 10 / 10

Robert Reynolds This is an animated film built around songs by the Beatles. There will be mild spoilers ahead:The plot here is really kind of basic. In a far off land called Pepperland, the Blue Meanies have attacked because they hate music and happiness. They imprison Sgt. Pepper and his Lonely Hearts Club Band in a globe and subjugate the people to their rule. One man, Old Fred, flees in the Yellow Submarine to find help (as the Lord Mayor says, "H is for Hurry, E is for Ergent, L is for Love me and P is for Please!").Fred takes the sub to Liverpool and more Beatles music, "Eleanor Rigby" next, coming upon Ringo walking alone and feeling unappreciated. Fred jabbers incoherently, but Ringo agrees to help and off we go to get the other three, each making an entrance amidst rater whimsical surroundings (lots of strangeness in the house they're in, with things playing with toys and odd things going on behind doors).Paul is last to arrive, completely up to speed on things and referring to Blue Meanies as though he knows what they are. The Beatles join Fred in the sub and proceed though various Seas which serve as musical cues as well as introducing the character of Jeremy Hillary Boob, a rather endearing if bombastic little man.En route to Pepperland, we meet monsters, Indians, the cavalry, a Sea of Holes (where Ringo winds up with "a hole in me pocket" literally. Jeremy is kidnapped by the Blue Meanies in the Sea of Holes, which gives way to the Sea of Green and Pepperland.Pepperland has lost all color and is now a sad, drab and gray place. The Beatles manage to make it to where the other band is imprisoned and Ringo uses the "hole" from his pocket to free them from the globe. Some of the best stuff happens in here, like a conversation between the head Blue Meanie and his toady Max. Max has some great lines here, mostly replies to questions. Jeremy, of all people, neutralizes the head Blue Meanie and the day is saved.There's a short live action bit with the real Beatles cutting up for the camera and ending the film by singing "All Together Now". It's a very fun, if somewhat lightweight film.This is available on DVD and Blu Ray and looks great. It's well worth getting. Recommended.

stevequaltrough I saw this at the time of its first release. There was some contention with the British distributors not liking the movie and it was in danger of being pulled from the cinemas. They reckoned it was confusing and no-one knew what if was supposed to be about. So as soon as it premiered in Liverpool my cousin and I went to see it immediately at the first-run cinema The Gaumont in Liiverpool City Centre. There it was paired with a gung-ho action movie called "Mozambique" and the sound was not up to standard for the start of the movie, but even these shortcomings could not detract from the fabulous experience of seeing this film. We knew all the Sgt Pepper songs off by heart and it seemed to encapsulate what the Beatles were all about at that moment in time. As for those cinema bosses in London well they were just "blue meanies". Zoom to 1999 and the Liverpool re-release of the remastered film at the Philharmonic Hall. Tribute bands were playing outside the town hall and a character dressed as a Blue Meanie was walking around. I went to see the film again. It had survived all that the cinema bosses could throw at it and was louder and more colourful than ever. It is another revolutionally piece of cinema under the Beatles name and is an absolute animated classic.