Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour

Pros: fun images of the band, showcases some great music
Cons: poor quality DVD transfer, no real story, some of the sequences don't work

It was the sixties. The Beatles were on top, no question about it. Just about anything involving them was guaranteed to make money. Paul McCartney came up with the idea of having the band make a movie modeled on Ken Kesey’s Merry Pranksters. A ...

Pros: Great soundtrack, some funny scenes
Cons: Many boring scenes, makes no sense

In 1967, The Beatles were living in a crazy time. They had stopped touring, they were frequently on drugs, and their beloved manager Brian Epstein had passed away. Amidst all the confusion, Paul McCartney came up with the idea to make a film about a trip ...

Pros: the Beatles are the magic on this tour
Cons: the 'art-film' structure has too many in-jokes for anyone but a Beatle devotee to appreciate

As a precursor to MTV and VH1 and much of what happens on YouTube, The Beatles took a third time up at bat with Magical Mystery Tour, made in 1967 for British TV spearheaded by Paul McCartney as a promo piece for their most recent album of new ...

Pros: The music is great
Cons: Everything else is terrible; horrible DVD transfer

Magical Mystery Tour, which was originally released on television in 1967, is an absolutely horrible film. While it may not be as culturally worthless or carry the same level of concentrated suck as (for example) your average Harry Potter ...

Pros: The Beatles are worth seeing in any venue.
Cons: Not exactly their most plotted work.

Almost the anti-Hard Day's Night, Magical Mystery Tour nevertheless must be seen at least once by all Beatles buffs. A plotless yarn about how a magical bus tours the British countryside and takes in a series of surreal vignettes, this was...