Review of Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) by Steven O — 18 Aug 2009

The movie is very nightmarish, but it's supposed to be. The music is very good, I mean VERY good. "The Wall" is definitely high on my list of "greatest albums". The entire movie is basically Pink's nightmare while he's wide awake, and we're along for the ride.

I first saw this movie, and afterwards I was a bit scared. Very few movies can actually do that to me. To a newbie or the average, it is weird. I don't blame them. It takes a very unique mind to actually follow everything. The animation is great in terms of combining the real with the surreal. The point comes across very much.

The reason I don't give this rating a 100% is because I wouldn't call this a movie so much since there really is no dialog. It's just the music playing and people acting out accordingly. It's as if someone made a music video to the entire album (not entire album, actually, as some songs aren't in it).

But even people have their favorite music videos, and this one is worth my two-cents.

Bottom line: This movie will go over the average moviegoer's head, but the music and the imagery blend well together and create what it's supposed to be: a fable about isolationism and what it does to everyone not just yourself.