I'm not the biggest Pink Floyd band (they're in my top 10, but not top 5) nor am I a huge fan of The Wall (it is not in my top 20 albums, nor is it my favorite Pink Floyd album, which is Animals) so my review is not biased by fandom.This is simply put an incredible musical. Many might argue "it's not a musical" but do musicals need to have dancing? Is dancing the definition of musicals?I'm not a fan of musicals because of dancing, but this film is not a musical without dancing. It's not Broadway and it's not show tunes. It is a rock musical, with a completely different kind of music. The songs are sadder, angrier, more depressed and the picture follows the music.Show tunes about love make for soapy and sappy films. Sad and angry songs result in a much darker picture.There are some things I don't like about this film. In the album Pink cheats on his wife, then she leaves him for someone else. This makes Pink the architect of his own misery. In the film, however, Pink first learns of his wife's unfaithfulness before he starts sleeping with groupies. This makes him a victim. But he's already a victim of many things - overprotective mother, school system, lack of father. We don't need another element for his victimhood. They could've used that to give us another side to Pink's personality rather than hammer in the idea of him being a victim.I also don't like some of the animation. Some of it is great, but the trial, particularly the judge, is a miss.The additional songs and re-recorded pieces are great. What Shall We Do Now? is one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs.I wish they would make more films like this, either entirely live action or animated.This is what musicals should be. 9/10.

"Pink Floyd The Wall" is a study on a rock star's descent into depression, madness, and ultimate realization of what his life has been. Pink Floyd songs add as much to the meaning of the movie as the visuals (which are live and animated). I was in my early teens when I first saw this movie, and I couldn't make heads or tails of it. Viewing it for the second time in my forties, I understand it very clearly, and look upon it as a modern work of art. My most memorable, movie moment of "Pink Floyd The Wall" is the sequence where a fascist group has a rally and then take to the streets to destroy anyone who is not like them. This is especially notable today in America, where there is a growing movement of intolerance, hatred, and prejudice.Mannysmemorablemoviemoments

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."

"Pink Floyd: The Wall" is a celebration of spot-on directing, effective animation, and chilling yet powerful imagery. And it is one of the few musicals whose primary source of story-telling is the soundtrack. The main character is a rock star named Pink who has locked himself in his hotel room and is left to his own devices. Which in this case is his mind. And what we find down there when watching this movie, is pure insanity. Getting darker and darker as we go deeper and deeper into his head. He imagines his past and how it could have been different. For better or for worse. The film is brilliantly well done, and deserves a spot on any of my lists for the greatest musical of all time.