Tuesday June 5, 2012
Remember being fascinated watching a
Slinky climb down the stairs? Or maybe you remember getting a
picture off of the Sunday funny papers from a glob of Silly Putty.
Those days were magical. Being born on the very end of the
Baby Boom meant getting the very best of the 60's – all the magic and
wonder without any of the concerns the grown-ups had to deal with.
No matter when you were born, there is one thing that will always
be a part of us and that is the music.
If you were born in the 60's then there
will always be a part of your history that is tied to the Beatles.
Whether you were a fan or not, they were a defining part of the era.
My Auntie was a HUGE fan. My Auntie is just a year older than me so
she was more of a sister/cousin than auntie. She had all of their
albums and in a pre-Google time, when all of our news came from Tiger Beat magazine, she seemed to know all the deets on the Fab Four.
The first time I watched the The Yellow Submarine I was pretty young. I loved all the colors and the way the
story line tied all the different Beatles songs together. It wasn't
like any other movie I had ever seen and it certainly was different
than any cartoon I had ever watched. Even still, I figured there
was probably something going on in the story line that I was missing
but I didn't worry about it too much.
Flash forward 40 years and this movie
is even better than its original release. I watched the re-release
yesterday on a promo disc sent out in advance but I am still going to
have to go out and buy my own copy on Blu-Ray as it comes with all
the extras and special features. There are some great articles
online about how this movie came together and what was going on at
the time but I decided to watch the movie without reading anything
about it first to see how much I would like it (again) without any of
those prejudiced memories.
As I was watching this movie I thought
of all my friends turning 50 in the next couple of years and how this
would make a PERFECT birthday gift. For anyone who is turning 64
this is an IDEAL gift as the Beatles song “When I'm 64” is one of
the featured songs in the movie.
My 14 year old particularly loved the
line “Liverpool can be a lonely place on a Saturday night, and this
is only Thursday morning.”
This is a movie I can imagine putting
on and letting it play in the background when my girlfriends come
over for a glass of wine. The songs are fun and the sound is
spectacular. I highly recommend having your teenager hook up
surround sound in your family room so you can enjoy The Yellow Submarine in its remastered Dolby 5.1 stereo glory.
The final scene in the movie, that
features the actual Beatles, brings back the playfulness of the time
and the wonderful camaraderie that made us all fall in love with the
Fab Four in the first place. Regardless of whether you are 64 or just
14 this movie is a ton of fun. It's crazy. It's silly. It's whacky.
Most of all, it will take you back to a magical time when anything
was possible.
DISCLOSURE:
* The Yellow Submarine is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD. This post was sponsored in the form of receiving a free promo disc of the movie (without all the goodies that come with the Blu-Ray edition which I am going to have to go out and buy anyway). Links in this post are my Amazon affiliate links. My opinions and personal experiences from the 60's are all my own or at least as much as anything really can be our own.
* The Yellow Submarine is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD. This post was sponsored in the form of receiving a free promo disc of the movie (without all the goodies that come with the Blu-Ray edition which I am going to have to go out and buy anyway). Links in this post are my Amazon affiliate links. My opinions and personal experiences from the 60's are all my own or at least as much as anything really can be our own.
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