So, what's the purpose of a movie?

Rating: 10/10 (28 April 2008)

To enjoy or not enjoy? To be critical? I feel for those in the minority who won't & can't have a good time with this movie. It's as if they'd rather be stuck in "hell" - there own (if there were such a place). I felt very moved emotionally by this film, & wonder if it will be like the Wizard of Oz where it eventually becomes a major classic. The singing was awesome - every song, with such sincerity & some with close-ups as they were we being sung. The background was so great. All the connections to the Beatles, the 60's, & the challenges of that day are so well expressed in a creative way. I loved the special effects! I hope they get all sorts of awards, etc. Truly amazing video display - psychedelic. Some people just hate life as it is now, & it all came about starting in the 60's for some, but was embraced by the others in the 70's. Nope, it's not Donna Reed (who? or those shows in the 50's. Not Lawerence Welk or Grand Ole Operie. I think you have to have liked being young, think/feel like your're young, be tolerant, like young people, & essentially know who you are & not just think of yourself as defined by what you do (someday you won't be able to do anything at all on this planet). I don't support drugs, just their legalization (for some). But if this technology was available back then & this movie came out then, I think a lot of people would want to get into the drug world (mushrooms?). All 4 Beatles or their representatives gave this movie a thumbs up! Cool! Could it be that those who poohed-poohed it did so because they are anti-drugs & pro-war. That's not "bad", just "in the box". Nothing's wrong with that - being/living in the last century or previous. I love the Pransters' bus ride through the country. It was SO gloriously colorful, so Renaisance, & one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen! See this movie, but with no expectation, just abundant expectancy & openness (to fun, entertainment, joy, & being pleased - or is that a s.i.n?). It's kind of a Forrest Gump type of movie, just a different angle. And they're both "me"! The way to see this movie is "high", but just not on drugs - duh. High on life.