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10.49pm
13 September 2010
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I just realized looking through this section of the forum that we didn't have a topic for Help ! And most of the Beatle's fans I know this is always their favorite. So what do you like about this movie? Dislike? Made you fan scream like a teenage girl?
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silverhammerYT"I am definitely a mad man with a box."- Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor of Doctor Who (Episode 1 Season 5: The Eleventh Hour)
11.16pm
25 November 2010
Offline They like it better than A Hard Day's Night? Really?
There are a number of great moments, really funny moments in that movie, but it's such a different movie from A Hard Day's Night. I remember having a conversation with a friend about this, and he mentioned he liked Help better because there was more of a plot to it, where I kinda felt they threw stuff together, whatever made them giggle and that was that.
I always liked the house they lived in during the movie. I like the idea of them being roommates and each having these really different rooms, with one distinguishing characteristic for all of them.
I always wanted to know more about how Ringo got the ring in the first place. Did a fan send it to him, or am I making it up? If that's the case, was it only stuck on Ringo, and if not, how did she get it off her finger to send to him?*
(*I realize I'm putting too much thought into this movie now.)
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11.50pm
4 December 2010
Offline I find Help ! funnier than A Hard Day's Night. It was the first Beatles movie I saw and I remember just busting a huge gut just watching it. Like literal tears in my eyes. I found it odd and hilarious. The fact that they were high and it was obvious just added to the humor. My favorite scene is the fight scene in their house including “The Incredible Adventures of Paul on the floor”. So I prefer Help .
However, AHDN is more witty, better writing, and better acting (more because they really didn't need to try. They were really playing their everyday selves). This movie did make me scream like a fan girl though. And I haven't stopped.
I prefer the songs on Help ! than AHDN . Both albums have great songs but Help ! has the upper advantage with “You've Got To Hide Your Love Away”.
In the movie he said the girl who was going to be sacrificed sent the ring to him. Hence, why they knew the needed to find the Beatles to get the ring back. How she got it off is another question that I haven't thought of until now….
Well we all shine on like the moon, the stars, and the sun.
12.34am
25 November 2010
Offline Yeah, it's a totally different kind of humor! And stylistically it's cooler. I like how they present the 5 (?) different attempts to retrieve the ring, and that fight scene (including the one between John and George) is…it's ridiculous. That's what it is. Help has a lot of absurd humor in it (I can't imagine why) 
and ADHN was much more straightforward.
ADHN was the movie that made me a screaming fan girl, too, so that's also probably why I rank it higher. But Help has its moments, too — “Please say no more,” that was a good bit, and there are a number of scenes I remember laughing at, but can't list them all. I'd rate the music in Help to be better, as well.
This post is making me want to hunt down Help and rewatch it. 🙂
1.01am
1 May 2010
Offline I like Help , it's pretty silly but it has it's moments. I really like the part in Anthology where they talk about filming Help , where Ringo and Paul ran about eight miles one day just so they could smoke a joint. As for the movie, I like how oddly written it is, it seems to fit the boys personalities pretty well.
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1.46am
13 September 2010
Offline StarWisher said:
They like it better than A Hard Day's Night? Really?
I know. I'm always suprised because AHDN has such better writing and I think it has a bit more of a solidified plot to it.
Back to Help ! then. It does have it's fun moments. Like I always kind of fan girl squel at the “Another Girl ” scene, and I always bust a gut watching it. (Mostly when John's laying down on the rocks and does that funny dance like thing with his arms. It can always make me laugh anytime.) And the bathroom scene is pretty awesome too. (George without his shirt on. 
) I also like it's wacky humor, and the fact that you can totally tell their high just makes it even funnier. But I still enjoy AHDN more.
And I have to agree that Help ! does have the one up on the music. I've been listening to the album nonstop lately.
"I am definitely a mad man with a box."- Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor of Doctor Who (Episode 1 Season 5: The Eleventh Hour)
3.12am
19 April 2010
Offline HELP! has some amazing lines – such as “with a ring like this I could rule the world!” or “you're a failure aren't you jeweler?”
the lines go and on in that movie – I prefer AHDN in some ways, but I also think HELP! is often underappreciated.
“not a bit like cagney”
"She looks more like him than I do."
3.18am
25 November 2010
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Ah, the bathroom scene! I always liked how George literally laughs up his sleeve when Ringo states the obvious.
I just remembered the bit with the tiger: “All you have to do is sing the Ode to Joy from Beethoven's famous 9th Symphony and you'll be fine,” and John says “Of course! Why didn't you think of *that*, you twit!” That cracks me up every time I have seen it.
3.55am
4 December 2010
Offline George shirtless made me love the movie even more 
I always quote “It's cold. It's a cold place.” I also laugh when they are at the queen's palace. That whole scene is played out well with the relativity condenser and the falling of the guards. I don't blame them for taking a while to do that bit. It's legit funny. The movie just brings in sheer laughs.
Well we all shine on like the moon, the stars, and the sun.
5.26am
25 November 2010
Offline OK, the sky is blue and water is wet, and Help ! in its entirety is on YouTube!
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11.29am
19 April 2010
Offline I have HELP in DVD – it was an official release – not sure if it's still out there – might be. I hope they re-do master it like AHDN – that is a great package.
My friends and I ever since the movie first came would always say, “It's a cold place” line. Also when we lose something someone always asks, “Has nobody looked in the wash basin?”
Again the movie is underappreciated – it is rich with great one liners. “Over the water we must go!”
"She looks more like him than I do."
5.44am
1 May 2010
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I like Help movie but I think I enjoy more Yellow Submarine or AHDN . I think I was a bit biased by John’s opinion (We were only extras in our movie or something like that) but after reading all these, I might check it again with a different perspective.
And George’s shirtless scene was awesome.
Here comes the sun….. Scoobie-doobie……
Something in the way she moves…..attracts me like a cauliflower…
Bop. Bop, cat bop. Go, Johnny, Go.
Beware of Darkness…
7.27pm
11 November 2010
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3.43am
14 December 2009
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Still haven't seen Help ! (another fan made wary by John's dissing remarks) but I know the DVD's in stock at the Best Buy in the mall just across the road from me, so it's probably just a matter of time before I spend the $17.99 or so and pick it up, even if only so i can give my commentary on this thread or elsewhere.
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4.04am
25 November 2010
Offline Von Bontee said:
Still haven't seen Help ! (another fan made wary by John's dissing remarks) but I know the DVD's in stock at the Best Buy in the mall just across the road from me, so it's probably just a matter of time before I spend the $17.99 or so and pick it up, even if only so i can give my commentary on this thread or elsewhere.
Von, the whole thing is on YouTube, if you'd much rather waste your time than any sort of money. 
I just saw it two nights ago that way.
4.44pm
13 November 2009
Offline Plus, John dissed a lot of things. You would have a very little in your Beatles music library if you tossed out everything that John Lennon dissed or dismissed in some way.
Ad hoc, ad loc, and quid pro quo! So little time! So much to know!
6.31pm
1 May 2010
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Beatles Bible Forum. A place for fans who care 
. A place to expand your horizons as a Beatle fan. 
Here comes the sun….. Scoobie-doobie……
Something in the way she moves…..attracts me like a cauliflower…
Bop. Bop, cat bop. Go, Johnny, Go.
Beware of Darkness…
3.55pm
19 September 2010
Offline Von Bontee said:
Still haven't seen Help ! (another fan made wary by John's dissing remarks) but I know the DVD's in stock at the Best Buy in the mall just across the road from me, so it's probably just a matter of time before I spend the $17.99 or so and pick it up, even if only so i can give my commentary on this thread or elsewhere.
It is great. The Plot's a little thin (What the Hell was thje Intermission and Part 2 About?), but Overall, worth it.
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
5.15pm
25 November 2010
Offline mr. Sun king coming together said:
Von Bontee said:
Still haven't seen Help ! (another fan made wary by John's dissing remarks) but I know the DVD's in stock at the Best Buy in the mall just across the road from me, so it's probably just a matter of time before I spend the $17.99 or so and pick it up, even if only so i can give my commentary on this thread or elsewhere.
It is great. The Plot's a little thin (What the Hell was thje Intermission and Part 2 About?), but Overall, worth it.
Not to deconstruct this so much, but the joke with the Intermission was that back then, long movies would have a 10 minute or so intermission for people to stretch their legs or…you know, or get a snack and the joke here is that this one is…10 seconds long and of no real consequence, though I like the bit where John is pulling Ringo up and down like he's on a string.
And part two is hilarious because what else is a concerned mother going to say when her daughter returns home, having just barely escaped getting sacrificed? “Coming home at all hours and all colors!” I love it!
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6.44pm
7 February 2011
Offline I think Help ! is an absolute unforgettable film, I'd have to say it's their most funny, but other people will have different opinions 🙂
One of The Beatles' greatest outcomes. I have the special edition of this in the house, which I could just about do the whole scripty throughout the film, but I hardly do that because it's The Beatles who make it what it is 🙂
But overall, a fantastic film, and they should make more film's like these instead of today's rubbish!!
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