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ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

hifijohn Saw this movie when I was a kid and just saw it again a few days ago.First, the video quality is pretty bad, I mean ,this is the Beatles you think they would use good quality film equipment but the whole movie looks like those old 8mm home movies.Second, its hard to believe these guys created all those great songs, all I see is 4 guys just goofing around and mindlessly jamming.Without George martin there is no focus or direction.There is no insight to how the songs are created,just a random bunch of video clips.The producers should have taking one song and followed from the beginning to the final mix.But overall its still worth watching though it could have been much better done.

Seamus2829 Let It Be started out as a documentary about The Beatles recording material for what was to be their next album. What director Michael Lindsay Hogg got instead was a documentary about a band who's best days were (unfortunately)behind them & were obviously tired of it all and each other. Hogg shot something like 100 hours,or so,of footage of the Beatles in an glum,dour & sometimes depressed state of mind,and the look on their faces (especially Ringo's)expresses this. The film is broken up in four parts. The first,filmed at Twickenham Studios finds them rehearsing songs,getting in some heated debates,all the time with Paul McCartney trying to be boss of the band (at least in front of the camera). The second part takes place in the basement studios at their Apple Records building,as they jam on some of the oldies that they loved in their youth. In this sequence,they at least seem to be in a somewhat better state of mind (but you could tell that things were far from ginger peachy among them). The third sequence finds them performing what looks like a pre cursor to the MTV style of music video,with the band (with Billy Preston,on organ)playing 'Two Of Us','Let It Be',and a far superior version of 'The Long & Winding Road',without the cloying strings of Phil Spector in the background. The last,and best sequence of the film finds them playing what would be the final public performance of the Beatles,live on the roof of Apple Records for the famous (infamous)free,lunch time concert,which would eventually be shut down by the local Police (also featuring Billy Preston on electric piano). This is a sad,but worthy film for old & new Beatle fans. Although this film earned a 'G' rating by the MPAA in 1970, it does contain a bit of off colour language that'll probably go over the heads of most folk

Michael_Elliott Let It Be (1970) ** (out of 4) This "document" of The Beatles making their final album and leading up to the "Rooftop Concert" is a rather dull and tedious film that I'm sure will only appeal to die-hard fans. As a document, there's really not too much to see here except for the rehearsals, which again, are only for die-hards. It appears the cameramen on the film were either monkeys are cows because the entire thing is uneven, ugly and just downright lazy. Those interested in an hour worth of rehearsals might get a kick out of this but there aren't too many great songs being played. The biggest plus is the concert at the end. I've read that certain members of the group didn't want this released and I can see why. Scorsese's The Last Waltz captured the ugliness of The Band's breakup on a professional level. This film is just very, very lazy and I'm sure a better film could be made of this period.

Marcworks I had heard of this movie for quite some time, and had always been curious about it. The idea of watching the rock and roll legends in the studio, recording wonderful tunes, sounded intriguing. I finally got my hands on it, and I can totally understand why they only release the Let it Be, Hey Jude and Rooftop concert footage. From what I understand, this film was produced due to a contract deal that forced the Beatles into making five films, whether they wanted to or not. Following the disaster of the 'Magical Mystery Tour' film, it's no wonder the Beatles didn't take part in Yellow Submarine (which turned out to be a great film, second to A Hard Day's Night) I've read in various Beatle Biographies that Paul McCartney came up with the idea of having camera's installed in the studio. This turned out to be a bad idea.The Beatles are aware of the cameras, which puts them in a VERY awkward mood. Ringo Starr is silent for most of the time, John Lennon is also quiet and George Harrison seems to fuss with Paul when he speaks. Oh, I almost missed Paul. He speaks endlessly, and makes big broad gestures, pretending to be the genius that we know he is, but coming across as rather full of himself. Camera's are set up for him when he stages Let it Be and Hey Jude, where he is seen staring obsessively at the camera. The camera work is smooth, and very professional. However, when the other Beatles sing a song, the camera is less focused, and more candid. There is also constant, subtle bickering between Paul and George, and at times John. It is wonderful to watch, but very sad to see them act this way together, because I had such a nice picture of them in my mind before i saw this. NOW I KNOW WHY THEY BROKE UP!You'll enjoy the rooftop concert. That is the ONLY scene where all of them seem comfortable together. Well, there was a brief moment where Billy Preston showed up in the studio to play keyboards. They all behaved nicely at that point. I think it is mentioned in the Anthology video.Still, if you did music, you'll have a good time watching, even if Paul gets a little too full of himself.