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***ZeldaGirl*** · 10-11-2007, 08:07 PM

Has anyone seen this yet? I've heard mixed reviews about it, but I love musicals, I love the Beatles, and it looks aesthetically amazing.

Anyone?

PF believes in H. Dent · 10-11-2007, 08:24 PM

I want to see it, but the people I know are all like "yo man i don't listen to no beatles ****, soulja boy ftw"

***ZeldaGirl*** · 10-11-2007, 09:51 PM

^Screw 'em. They don't have taste.

***ZeldaGirl*** · 10-11-2007, 11:07 PM

On another note - the soundtrack is incredible.

**Prince Toad** · 10-12-2007, 11:12 PM

Saw it, liked it. Gonna say my favorite scene (not cover) was "I Want You." To be fair, I don't know all that many Beatles songs, although I like the ones I do know. I'm guessing it'd be a lot different if I did.

***CaptHayfever*** · 10-13-2007, 01:10 AM

At one extreme, I've heard that it's better than sex, and at the other, that it's a ludicrous cheesefest. Either way, I won't be able to see it onscreen unless it stays up 'til Thanksgiving or opens in Kirksville.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

***ZeldaGirl*** · 10-13-2007, 01:16 AM

^I've heard that too. I still am gonna see it, hopefully this weekend or the next, when I'm home with easy access to a theatre.

**Prince Toad** · 10-13-2007, 01:49 PM

I will say that I liked it enough to see it twice, the second time with another group of friends. That's pretty rare.

***ZeldaGirl*** · 10-13-2007, 04:42 PM

^Good enough for me. I'm going tonight with my brother (hopefully).

PF believes in H. Dent · 10-13-2007, 06:18 PM

I'm listening to Bono's cover of I Am the Walrus.

Damn, I need to see this movie.

***CaptHayfever*** · 10-14-2007, 02:39 AM

Just saw it. It's a very uneven film: Some scenes are sheerly amazing; some barely work at all. The montage at the beginning is just stupid. Cast is great, though.

Bono plays a narcissistic charlatan masquerading as a master guru....so he didn't really have to act much.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

***ZeldaGirl*** · 10-14-2007, 02:18 PM

My brother couldn't get off work, and I have to go home for the week. Alas, I'll have to wait 'til next weekend.

**Dr. Horrible** · 10-14-2007, 02:24 PM

It was alright. Capt. is right about that wave montage in the beginning being stupid. Also, Spoiler Below

while I was initially pleased to see Eddie Izzard, his ad-libs in Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite got annoying.

I liked the music and the cinematography, as well as the characters themselves, but I thought the story was relatively weak.

PF believes in H. Dent · 10-14-2007, 06:23 PM

My sister may be seeing it tonight with a friend.

But no me. Dammit all.

***CaptHayfever*** · 10-14-2007, 11:43 PM

^^I didn't find that annoying at all. Loved him; the graphics were kinda weak there, though.

The best scene is easily "With a Little Help from My Friends."

And remember, "I'm-a Fred Savage, number one!"

**Dr. Horrible** · 10-15-2007, 10:32 AM

Well I found it annoying even though I like him. Maybe it's just that I really like the original recording of that song and it was one of the ones that sounded the least like the original.

I wouldn't say easily. "I've Just Seen A Face," "Let it Be," and "Happiness is a Warm Gun" were all great.

***CaptHayfever*** · 10-15-2007, 12:48 PM

Those were good ones, as well; there were a lot of great scenes. But "Little Help" was the best one.

On the flipside, "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" was really lame.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

**Dr. Horrible** · 10-15-2007, 01:44 PM

I liked it, but I don't see where it stands out as being the clear best one. "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" fell pretty flat, yeah.

It was kinda cute how all the characters were named after Beatles songs. Jude, Lucy, Max(well), Prudence, Dr. Robert, Sadie, and JoJo (ok, so JoJo might not be a song title, but he's in the lyrics of "Get Back")

**Prince Toad** · 10-15-2007, 04:39 PM

I have to say I liked the part in "I Want To Hold Your Hand" where she's walking through the field with the players destroying each other all around her. But yeah, it was definitely one of the worst.

Come on, "I Want You" had by far the best scene. I also loved the one for "Strawberry Fields Forever."

For some reason, "With A Little Help From My Friends" isn't on the soundtrack. Neither is the first song ("Hold Me Tight" is it?) or a few of the others, but that one sticks out.

**Dr. Horrible** · 10-15-2007, 05:11 PM

Deluxe Edition
1. "Girl"
2. "Hold Me Tight"
3. "All My Loving"
4. "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
5. "With a Little Help from My Friends"
6. "It Won't Be Long"
7. "I've Just Seen a Face"
8. "Come Together"
9. "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?"
10. "If I Fell"
11. "I Want You (She's So Heavy)"
12. "Dear Prudence"
13. "Flying"
14. "Blue Jay Way"
15. "I Am the Walrus"
16. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"
17. "Because"
18. "Something"
19. "Oh! Darling"
20. "Strawberry Fields Forever"
21. "Revolution"
22. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
23. "Across the Universe"
24. "Helter Skelter"
25. "Happiness is a Warm Gun"
26. "Blackbird"
27. "Hey Jude"
28. "Don't Let Me Down"
29. "All You Need is Love"
30. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
31. "Let it Be"

Regular soundtrack
1. All My Loving
2. I Want To Hold Your Hand
3. It Won't Be Long
4. I've Just Seen A Face
5. Let It Be
6. Come Together
7. I Am The Walrus
8. Something
9. Oh! Darling
10. Strawberry Fields Forever
11. Across the Universe
12. Helter Skelter
13. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
14. BlackBird
15. Hey Jude
16. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

You know, I think the worst I can say about this movie is that it's not as good as the sum of its parts.

10-11-2007, 08:07 PM	#1
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10-11-2007, 08:24 PM	#2
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10-13-2007, 06:18 PM	#10
PF believes in H. Dent PUDDING TIME! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Around the world, around the world, around the world, around the world... Gender: Posts: 10,972 Thanks: 466 Thanked 822 Times in 587 Posts Blog Entries: 12 Points: 2,507.74 Bank: 24,479.15 Total Points: 26,986.89 Donate	I'm listening to Bono's cover of I Am the Walrus. Damn, I need to see this movie. __________________ "You're the music expert, you're always right" - March

10-14-2007, 06:23 PM	#14
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10-15-2007, 04:39 PM	#19
Prince Toad PC Mod Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Rookery Gender: Posts: 11,400 Thanks: 43 Thanked 56 Times in 47 Posts Points: 42,939.34 Bank: 17,593.89 Total Points: 60,533.23 Donate	I have to say I liked the part in "I Want To Hold Your Hand" where she's walking through the field with the players destroying each other all around her. But yeah, it was definitely one of the worst. Come on, "I Want You" had by far the best scene. I also loved the one for "Strawberry Fields Forever." For some reason, "With A Little Help From My Friends" isn't on the soundtrack. Neither is the first song ("Hold Me Tight" is it?) or a few of the others, but that one sticks out. Last edited by Prince Toad; 10-15-2007 at 04:45 PM.

10-11-2007, 09:51 PM	#3
*ZeldaGirl* Venting SuperMod Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 11,640 Thanks: 490 Thanked 717 Times in 483 Posts Points: 21,576.62 Bank: 300,009.62 Total Points: 321,586.24 Donate	^Screw 'em. They don't have taste.

10-11-2007, 11:07 PM	#4
*ZeldaGirl* Venting SuperMod Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 11,640 Thanks: 490 Thanked 717 Times in 483 Posts Points: 21,576.62 Bank: 300,009.62 Total Points: 321,586.24 Donate	On another note - the soundtrack is incredible.

10-12-2007, 11:12 PM	#5
Prince Toad PC Mod Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Rookery Gender: Posts: 11,400 Thanks: 43 Thanked 56 Times in 47 Posts Points: 42,939.34 Bank: 17,593.89 Total Points: 60,533.23 Donate	Saw it, liked it. Gonna say my favorite scene (not cover) was "I Want You." To be fair, I don't know all that many Beatles songs, although I like the ones I do know. I'm guessing it'd be a lot different if I did.

10-13-2007, 01:10 AM	#6
*CaptHayfever* Smash Supermod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 19,225 Thanks: 159 Thanked 716 Times in 464 Posts Points: 104,474.02 Bank: 887.92 Total Points: 105,361.95 Donate	At one extreme, I've heard that it's better than sex, and at the other, that it's a ludicrous cheesefest. Either way, I won't be able to see it onscreen unless it stays up 'til Thanksgiving or opens in Kirksville. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

10-13-2007, 01:16 AM	#7
*ZeldaGirl* Venting SuperMod Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 11,640 Thanks: 490 Thanked 717 Times in 483 Posts Points: 21,576.62 Bank: 300,009.62 Total Points: 321,586.24 Donate	^I've heard that too. I still am gonna see it, hopefully this weekend or the next, when I'm home with easy access to a theatre.

10-13-2007, 01:49 PM	#8
Prince Toad PC Mod Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Rookery Gender: Posts: 11,400 Thanks: 43 Thanked 56 Times in 47 Posts Points: 42,939.34 Bank: 17,593.89 Total Points: 60,533.23 Donate	I will say that I liked it enough to see it twice, the second time with another group of friends. That's pretty rare.

10-13-2007, 04:42 PM	#9
*ZeldaGirl* Venting SuperMod Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 11,640 Thanks: 490 Thanked 717 Times in 483 Posts Points: 21,576.62 Bank: 300,009.62 Total Points: 321,586.24 Donate	^Good enough for me. I'm going tonight with my brother (hopefully).

10-14-2007, 02:39 AM	#11
*CaptHayfever* Smash Supermod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 19,225 Thanks: 159 Thanked 716 Times in 464 Posts Points: 104,474.02 Bank: 887.92 Total Points: 105,361.95 Donate	Just saw it. It's a very uneven film: Some scenes are sheerly amazing; some barely work at all. The montage at the beginning is just stupid. Cast is great, though. Bono plays a narcissistic charlatan masquerading as a master guru....so he didn't really have to act much. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

10-14-2007, 02:18 PM	#12
*ZeldaGirl* Venting SuperMod Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 11,640 Thanks: 490 Thanked 717 Times in 483 Posts Points: 21,576.62 Bank: 300,009.62 Total Points: 321,586.24 Donate	My brother couldn't get off work, and I have to go home for the week. Alas, I'll have to wait 'til next weekend.

10-14-2007, 02:24 PM	#13
Dr. Horrible PP&R Mod Current Events Mod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: More important than where is when.... Gender: Posts: 6,304 Thanks: 103 Thanked 272 Times in 171 Posts Points: 1,466.72 Bank: 1,793,477.93 Total Points: 1,794,944.65 Donate	It was alright. Capt. is right about that wave montage in the beginning being stupid. Also, Spoiler Below while I was initially pleased to see Eddie Izzard, his ad-libs in Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite got annoying. I liked the music and the cinematography, as well as the characters themselves, but I thought the story was relatively weak.

10-14-2007, 11:43 PM	#15
*CaptHayfever* Smash Supermod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 19,225 Thanks: 159 Thanked 716 Times in 464 Posts Points: 104,474.02 Bank: 887.92 Total Points: 105,361.95 Donate	^^I didn't find that annoying at all. Loved him; the graphics were kinda weak there, though. The best scene is easily "With a Little Help from My Friends." And remember, "I'm-a Fred Savage, number one!"

10-15-2007, 10:32 AM	#16
Dr. Horrible PP&R Mod Current Events Mod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: More important than where is when.... Gender: Posts: 6,304 Thanks: 103 Thanked 272 Times in 171 Posts Points: 1,466.72 Bank: 1,793,477.93 Total Points: 1,794,944.65 Donate	Well I found it annoying even though I like him. Maybe it's just that I really like the original recording of that song and it was one of the ones that sounded the least like the original. I wouldn't say easily. "I've Just Seen A Face," "Let it Be," and "Happiness is a Warm Gun" were all great.

10-15-2007, 12:48 PM	#17
*CaptHayfever* Smash Supermod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 19,225 Thanks: 159 Thanked 716 Times in 464 Posts Points: 104,474.02 Bank: 887.92 Total Points: 105,361.95 Donate	Those were good ones, as well; there were a lot of great scenes. But "Little Help" was the best one. On the flipside, "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" was really lame. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

10-15-2007, 01:44 PM	#18
Dr. Horrible PP&R Mod Current Events Mod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: More important than where is when.... Gender: Posts: 6,304 Thanks: 103 Thanked 272 Times in 171 Posts Points: 1,466.72 Bank: 1,793,477.93 Total Points: 1,794,944.65 Donate	I liked it, but I don't see where it stands out as being the clear best one. "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" fell pretty flat, yeah. It was kinda cute how all the characters were named after Beatles songs. Jude, Lucy, Max(well), Prudence, Dr. Robert, Sadie, and JoJo (ok, so JoJo might not be a song title, but he's in the lyrics of "Get Back")

10-15-2007, 05:11 PM	#20
Dr. Horrible PP&R Mod Current Events Mod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: More important than where is when.... Gender: Posts: 6,304 Thanks: 103 Thanked 272 Times in 171 Posts Points: 1,466.72 Bank: 1,793,477.93 Total Points: 1,794,944.65 Donate	Deluxe Edition 1. "Girl" 2. "Hold Me Tight" 3. "All My Loving" 4. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" 5. "With a Little Help from My Friends" 6. "It Won't Be Long" 7. "I've Just Seen a Face" 8. "Come Together" 9. "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" 10. "If I Fell" 11. "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" 12. "Dear Prudence" 13. "Flying" 14. "Blue Jay Way" 15. "I Am the Walrus" 16. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" 17. "Because" 18. "Something" 19. "Oh! Darling" 20. "Strawberry Fields Forever" 21. "Revolution" 22. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" 23. "Across the Universe" 24. "Helter Skelter" 25. "Happiness is a Warm Gun" 26. "Blackbird" 27. "Hey Jude" 28. "Don't Let Me Down" 29. "All You Need is Love" 30. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" 31. "Let it Be" Regular soundtrack 1. All My Loving 2. I Want To Hold Your Hand 3. It Won't Be Long 4. I've Just Seen A Face 5. Let It Be 6. Come Together 7. I Am The Walrus 8. Something 9. Oh! Darling 10. Strawberry Fields Forever 11. Across the Universe 12. Helter Skelter 13. Happiness Is A Warm Gun 14. BlackBird 15. Hey Jude 16. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds You know, I think the worst I can say about this movie is that it's not as good as the sum of its parts.