Yellow Submarine | | Cast : | John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr | | Director : | George Dunning (II) | | Studio : | Mgm/Ua Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Animated, Dolby | | Released Date : | November 13, 1968 | | DVD Released Date : | September 14, 1999 | | Language : | English (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | G (General Audience) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 27, 2005 | | Summary | A Movie Classic | Content
 | While everybody knows that The Beatles broke barriers in music, it is too often overlooked some of the contributions they made outside of the music world. "A Hard Day's Night" remains critically praised. "Yellow Submarine" was a tremendous advancement in the world of animation and remains a very enjoyable movie for people of all ages. The teriffic music adds to a decent, comical story. While this movie is to be adored by Beatles fans, it also serves as a great children's movie. It's really all a matter of perspective. It is this movie that also established the stereotypical Liverpudlian accents, as the Beatles did not provide the voices for the characters (though the music is them singing, of course). Though this particular DVD isn't overwhelmed with excellent extra features, the bonuses are decent. A must have for Beatles fans, I recommend this one for non-Beatles fans as well. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 26, 2005 | | Summary | Memento of a bygone era.... | Content
| "Yellow Submarine" was produced by the same man, Al Brodax, who produced the rather silly weekend morning cartoon show of the Beatles in the sixties, but what an aesthetic change from that slapped together mess that even the Beatles themselves hated! "YS" looked like a Peter Max painting come to life in its design, character stylings and implied movmement. It was actually the first animation of its type and inspired SCORES of copycats!
This animated film took four cartoon images of the Beatles, with the fellas not doing their own voices, and plopped them in a story about a mythical land called "Pepperland" that had been invaded by comical baddies called "Blue Meanies". The meanies were characters that looked like crosses between Abdul Nasser, Oswald the Rabbit and Mickey Mouse, with oddly mutated underlings that included fez-wearing turks with tummies that bore teeth and chomped on everything in sight , 10 foot tall "Apple Bonkers", clown-sirens/missile launchers and stomping animals in what look like basketball jerseys! It's total madness, and takes the dream-like zaniness of "Help!", the second Beatle film, a step further, by applying the psychedelic "Sgt. Pepper" aesthetic to the scatological humor of that live-action film.
The voices of the fab four are done by people that are only half matched up properly....Paul and Ringo are done convincingly, but John and George are not, especially George, who probably has the most distinct voice of the four, with its cartoonish inflections and high pitch. In this film, his character's voice is very "regular", and doesn't even sound British!
The visuals, designed by Heinz Edelmann, are something to behold, however...and you are put in mind of Peter Max posters from the era, some of the trippier cartoons of the late fifties and the Terrytoon serial "Tom Terrific", to name but a few. Nothing had been done like this on a feature basis, though it does have precedents in things done by European and Asian animators before it. Also work by studios such as Hubley and Murakhami-Wolf.
The songs are things taken from "Revolver", "Help", "Sgt. Pepper's" and "Magical Mystery Tour", and new ones drawn up just for the movie. These include "Only A Northern Song", "Hey Bulldog", "All Together Now" and my personal favorite "It's All Too Much". "Bulldog" has some of the playfulness Lennon was known for in it, especially near the end of the song when he joins in a dialogue with Paul, speaking the line "....You know any more?" as Paul barks. "It's All Too Much" is an orgy of psychedelic vision and positiveness, sung by George, that dazzles you as it heralds the end of the film, leading into a short segment with the real Beatles at the end, ushering the audience out of the theater....SINGING!
I'd love to recommend this with four stars or better, but the DVD I have is washed out in spots, and I'm still bothered by the inaccuracy of the George character's voice and the way "Hey Bulldog" is done in the film...(rather lamely. as a matter of fact!) But if you're a pop historian or a Beatles completist, it's a must-have! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 22, 2005 | | Summary | Yellow Submarine | Content
| This movie is in a cartoon format and is a good nostalgic buy. This movie took me back in time and let me enjoy a more innocent era in music. I highly recommend this movie for anyone who grew up enjoying the Beatles music. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 19, 2005 | | Summary | bad | Content
| bought as gift
grandaughter played disc,it soon showed a do not copy sign and stopped playing.
so her bday gift was a small frizbee.
lesson-dont buy over internet. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 08, 2005 | | Summary | 'all we need is love, all we need is peace....among different people' | Content
| yellow submarine is a wonderful animation, but who thinks it is
for children is completely wrong, it shows us how to try living
together. It makes us to reflect about it and to live with
peace. |
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