Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie
Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.
Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.
Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
justin-fencsak When this movie came out nearly 35 years ago, it was met with cult reception and broke records in limited release for an R rated rock opera that blended live action with groundbreaking graphic animation by Gerald Scarfe, who did work on the animation for their Wall tour upon which this movie is based on. The surround sound in this movie is amazing, and the Panavision cinematography is gloomy yet captivating. Nearly every song from the album is here, along with a song created for the movie, "When the Tigers Broke Free", which would be used in another Pink Floyd album released the year after this movie came out. I first saw this movie on VHS in stereo and then rented it on DVD and saw it in HD on cable TV. I can't wait for the bluray release with the original 5.1 surround track when it comes.
coleluxton The Wall is an amazing in depth album about how aspects of his life leads to creating a social barrier between himself and the rest of the world. Someone that doesn't know much about the album would find it very difficult to follow along as there is some seriously powerful psychedelic sequences, but if you can understand them then the movie should be very enjoyable. In my own opinion Pink Floyd are my favorite band with the only close runner up being David Bowie and I'm not one of those guys that thinks "The 80's music is better than everything every made" however Pink Floyd as a fact are one of the greatest bands ever and the film is a great representative of their musical talents. I give it a 10 because the film is so unique that I haven't seen anything like it and the messages behind it are extremely powerful, I love the way they reference previous albums and one in the future.
roddekker From my point of view - The Wall was, pretty much, just a mindlessly meandering, 90-minute rock video, showcasing the finger-pointing rantings & ravings of a whiny, self-destructive pop star named Mr. "Pink" Floyd, who turned out to be a delusional pothead seriously addicted to TV.Haunted by unhappy childhood memories, "Pink" (clearly an unbalanced Neo-Nazi wannabe) shaves off his eyebrows and inevitably loses his already precarious grip on reality.In spite of some impressive, in-your-face imagery, I'd say that the viewer would have to be well-beyond the "comfortably numb" stage to take The Wall's "We-Don't-Need-No-Education/We-Don't-Need-No-Thought-Control" nonsense at face value.When it came to utterly dry and humorless storytelling, The Wall certainly delivered its little tale of modern-day madness in aces.With its screenplay written by none other than Roger Waters (of Pink Floyd), I'd say that this dude definitely bit off more than he could chew with the likes of such a heavy-handed project as this.And when it comes to director Alan Parker, I think that if this guy had any rational sense he would've steered clear of this inevitable "train wreck" and tackled a more promising production.Yes, folks - "The child has grown. The dream is gone."
classicsoncall I don't think the word 'enjoy' is one you'd particularly use to describe your feelings about this movie. Especially with a catatonic protagonist who as a youngster was virtually devoid of all human following the death of his father, who then built a proverbial 'wall' to shelter himself from the rest of humankind as an adult. It's kind of a depressing film actually, putting form to what was an immensely popular album of the era. Can't believe it's over thirty years old already, that was another big shock to my system when I pulled it up here on IMDb.There's a lot of symbolism utilized in the picture, probably a lot that got by me as well. That scene of the faceless school kids being extruded through a meat grinder might be truer than a lot of us would like to believe and a severe indictment of modern public education. Funny, but somehow I had a sense of that meaning to the lyrics before ever stumbling across this flick.The Nazi symbolism and crossed hammers - I didn't quite know what to make of all that, but the FQA section on the main page here answers that question. Turns out it was Pink's hallucination induced by the intravenous drug injection. I wouldn't have come up with that on my own the first time around, and it's pretty doubtful there will be a second time.I don't know if being a Pink Floyd fan would have any bearing on one's reaction to this film. I found their music to be OK but they're not favorites of mine. For what it's worth, Geldof did a fine job portraying the zoned out rock star lost in his own mind, but I'd understand if someone watching this wound up banging their head against a wall.
