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I didn't see this at the cinema and when I saw it for the first time on UK TV I was pretty glad that I hadn't. Rubbish I thought - although Helen Slater in THAT costume never really completely left my mind. Despite the fact I thought it was garbage I had recorded it hoping it would be a fairly decent film. For some reason I never recorded over it. I'm on holiday at the moment and while looking for something to watch came across the tape and still having a video recorder thought what the hell and shoved the cassette in for the first time in over fifteen years... AND ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!!! I don't know why my opinion of this film has changed so radically, I'm the same person as I was back then- older of course so that can't be the reason. What it could be is that on this viewing I wasn't holding any expectations except to just enjoy it for what it is and I think that if all the stuffy critics (myself to an extent) had looked at it with the same outlook then it wouldn't've got the flak back in 1984. I've got a few more days off before I go back to work and chances are I'm going to watch it again - in fact the tape's still in the recorder! As pure escapism it's a very very entertaining film and that's what cinemas all about. PS - Helen Slater in the costume...wow!!

Absolutely hilarious spoof of The Beatles. Eric Idle's finest 70 minutes and a spin off of his mid 70's TV show "Rutland Weekend Television" (Please BBC repeat this series). The songs are so clever - "I Must Be In Love' could've been an actual Beatles single it's that good. Neil Innes wrote the soundtrack which was deemed so good it was released as an album and 2 singles were released in the UK. The film follows so closely the actual events of the Beatles and George Harrison was so impressed with the script that he agreed to appear in the film. "Piggy in the Middle" (with absolutely spot on John Lennon-esq lyrics) perfectly recreates "Magical Mystery Tour" or in this case "Tragical History Tour" and the Yellow Submarine cartoon section looks so damn good that it will have you looking out for it next time you watch that film. "Love Life" is a perfect recreation of the television event of 1967 and by this point Neil Innes looks and sounds exactly like John Lennon. Everything is covered here, Lennons infamous "Bigger than Jesus" quote and it even mocks Apple (a pealed banana.) My favourite bit is Eric Idle tracing the musical roots of the Rutles, talking to 'Blind Lemon Pie' and finding out he should be talking to the bloke next door is one of the funniest few minutes of film I've seen - especially when he goes round there... "He's lying, he's always lying. Last week he said he invented the Everly Brothers." It's pant-wettingly funny. Regarded as a cult item now this is right up there with Spinal Tap but this is so much funnier, if you love the Beatles (who doesn't?) then you need to see this, one of the cleverest and most affectionate spoofs ever made. Buy the album too - for a parody the songs are superb.

This film contains the finest and most exciting action sequence ever put on film, 9 minutes or so worth of pure adrenalin that will leave you shaking and holding on to your seat. What really makes it good is that the two main characters are so naive and innocent to the normal world around them that they never knew existed, Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson are perfect as the two escapees and to say more would give too much of the plot away.It's similar to 'Logans Run' but using more up to date effects and a better storyline there's not that much of a comparison - this is a far superior movie.

If you've never seen this then do so - don't analyse it... just enjoy it. It's an amazing film and one that has jumped into my all time top 5 movies. Absolutely Fantastic. Easily 10/10