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'Magical Mystery Tour' presents the best band ever in the world (guess who) at their most creative period. Four Stars(****), if not just because there's nothing like it, and never will be again. Just as they made tight, economical movies, so did they make experimental ones like this. Just as they made "Hey Jude" and "She Loves You", so did they make "Revoluton #9" and "Within You, Without You". My father took me to see a double feature of Yellow Submarine and Magical Mystery Tour when I was eight, and I just can't believe how it holds up. They obviously knew exactly what they were doing, and rough edges and all, it's quite charming after all these years. #THE BEATLES MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR FULL MOVIE TORRENT FREE#They were free spirits with tons of love, and it shows. They got drunk, got on a bus and filmed away. Anyone truly fascinated with the Beatles' music and legacy, especially after thirty years hindsight, ought to be downright thrilled that these four amateur filmmakers could pull off such an original, amusing and tuneful homemovie (not to mention long-form video WAY before it's time) on their spare time between recording Sgt. They are what John Lennon would refer to as a "day tripper". #THE BEATLES MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR FULL MOVIE TORRENT MOVIE#Such sourpusses out there! Anyone telling you that Beatles fans should pass this movie up is, well.NOT A BEATLES FAN. The poor boys were shattered after the death of Brian Epstein, John Lennon's marriage was coming to a very unfortunate end, they had had enough of so many things and were moving into a new and frightening phase of their lives : the film can be seen as an expression of all this angst overlaid with nostalgia for the Music Hall, Crazy Gang, Goon Show comedy and tragic sea-side holidays of their, and many of their fans', childhoods, and the sheer, magical power of their creative imaginations always looking forward to new possibilities. Magical Mystery Tour has the amateur, string-and-stickytape appeal of the early Gumby series, but with the bonus of Northern English sensibilities and great Beatle songs. There are many moments which stick in the mind, but my favourite is probably the sing-along in the bus, when a drunken Ringo begins singing "I've got a looverly boonch of coconuts." and, upon getting no reply from his fellow travellers, loudly and stroppily remonstrates, "Coom on, join in! What'sa matter with yer ?!". ![]() ![]() The silliness of this film seems to be lost on many Americans as a matter of cultural difference, but to anyone brought up in the British or Australian tradition it's a shambolic delight. ![]()
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