Help! (1965)

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.

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Pretty Good

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Few french students from Nîmes ( south of France ) watched the movie Help! directed by Richard Lester during the British Festival. I appreciated this movie, it's funny, but honestly, this is British humor, This is a comedy. Some of us had the opportunity to interview Richard Lester about his movies and especially Help! . During the interview, he told us that a big part of the film was improvisation. The storyline focuses on the Beatles, Ringo had a ring stuck on his finger, but the problem is that this is a sacrificial ring and in this movie this ring is the main subject. Throughout the movie The Beatles had the opportunity to travel to the Bahamas and Austria for example. This is a good cast and the actors the Beatles in person made a good performance. Even if this movie is not my favorite, it's like a must-see. The script is confusing but funny. The soundtrack is typically the Beatles and it's entertaining music as always. You should watch it. It's nice to see.

The release of the film dates back to 1965. The film is based on the famous singers, The Beatles. However, it is not a true story about their life but, this is a comedy full of British humor . It was a school project ; we went to see this movie during the British Film Festival . It is a week when British movies are presented to the public . Besides, the film director Richard Lester , was in France , in order to make a conference about his movie .The plot focuses on Ringo. Indeed, he is wearing a deadly ring, a sacrificial ring to be exact , which belongs to an Eastern Cult. Nevertheless, the plot is not that enthralling. The gags and the music are the only reasons for watching the movie. The plot is not really interesting as a result the movie is a funny but nonsense. Also, it is pretty much repetitive and to be honest, I slept for about 10 minutes during the movie .However, soundtrack makes the movie valuable . The fans of The Beatls will no doubt be thrilled with that . When all is said and done, I will only recommend this film for the sound effect and the acting , otherwise it is not worth seeing it .

I love this film. Maybe because I'm a Beatles fiend. Maybe because I was a kid in the 60s and this brings so many memories back. Maybe because I actually "get" the humor. Whatever. And I suppose these days it would be panned by the Political Corrgestapo for reasons I needn't mention. I don't care. I still love it.By the way, I took a look at some of the films praised to high heaven by the haters of this one. Good grief. And they think themselves superior to us, Help! lovers. They are the ones who need help.Oops. My review contains insufficient lines. All right then. I appreciate difference of opinions. Having said that, I find that some reviewers here are overbearing, pompous and insufferably pedantic.There. Better?

Because it stars The Beatles, Help! is the one film that you simply wouldn't dare give a low rating to (or, would you?), even though, aside from a few good moments, it wasn't all that funny, nor was it entertaining enough to hold my interest for very long.In fact, a lot of the time, I found Help! to be downright stupid, its juvenile mentality specifically geared to the non-thinking, Beatle-crazed teens of that screwed-up era of Pop Music History.Naturally, Help! was just another opportunity to showcase The Beatles and promote their latest album of #1 hit songs, which included such tunes as Ticket To Ride, You're Gonna Lose That Girl, and, of course, the film's title tune, "Help!".The truth of the matter is - As hopelessly inferior as it was, had this film starred any other Pop group, other than the likes of The Beatles, then you can surely bet that it would've probably killed those band member's careers as musicians, like, pronto! Besides having a really weak script that, at times, bordered on pure nonsense, I understand that a lot of Help!'s problems came directly from The Beatles, themselves.At this early point in their music/movie careers The Fab 4 had just discovered the wonders of "marijuana". Since the boys were constantly engulfed in such a thick haze of dope smoke during filming, they couldn't remember their lines and were forever going into convulsions of uncontrollable tittering and giggling.As you can well-imagine, the film crew came close, many times, to blowing their tops when scene after scene was botched by more fits of incessant "Beatle" laughter and another retake had to be done. Naturally, since this was "The Beatles" that we're talking about here, the crew kow-towed to every whim of Pop Music's new-found royalty, kept their mouths shut, and continued filming at a literal snail's pace.Help!'s story revolves around Ringo getting a certain ring of special significance stuck on his finger, which sends the ring's owner and his followers chasing after the poor bloke. Moving around from London, to the Swiss Alps, to the Bahamas, John, Paul, and George do what they can to keep their pal from coming to any harm, as everything going on around them gets crazier and more blown out of proportion by the minute.