Yup. When you're +1, everything costs double.

Aww, I liked it. It was perhaps a little bit of a let down for me, though I actually liked the fanboy's style.

It brought to mind other movies that are about film stars who think they've been hired for a role but it's a real situation. Three Amigos, Galaxy Quest. Are there any more?

Wow, this is one of those movie plots that my father has mentioned to me a million times over the years but I've never heard referenced anywhere else. You never cease to amaze, Alex.

Two along a similar vein that immediately come to mind are:

In The Last Shot, Matthew Broderick plays a movie director hired to make a movie. Unknown to him, it is actually an FBI sting operation.

In The Man Who Knew Too Little, Bill Murray thinks he's participating in a a bit of theater playing out in the real streets but is actually involved in spy business.

I'm curious as to how this would come up in conversation very often.

It is an end-of-the-world movie worth seeing. A bit melodramatic (and Fred Astaire plays an Australian) but understated in good ways that modern end of the world never will be again.

Australia movices that come to mind:

Mad Max (1&2)
The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Walkabout
My Brilliant Career
The Last Wave
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Strictly Ballroom
Sirens

Then there's the inverse, where someone's real life becomes a movie unbeknownst to them. The Truman Show, The Secret Cinema, and, my favorite, Bowfinger.

I really want to see both of those. In the promos Betty White looks hilarious, glad to hear she was! Sometimes a good chick flick is exactly what I need, being a chick and all;)

Betty White was funny in a couple spots but she's abused by the script in a couple other places and I felt bad for her.

But then I really didn't like the movie.

Aussie zombie movie- UnDead- funny as hell. Total camp...but fun. Zombies, aliens, weird rain and killer fish....

Also Rabbit-Proof Fence

You could do a NZ fest too:

The Piano
Whale Rider
Once Were Warriors
Heavenly Creatures
Lord of the Rings trilogy (although it was just shot there, not "set" there)

There's no such place as New Zealand.

Cool, guess I've been to nowhere 5 times!