Absolutely.

I just scored getting the 30th Anniversary DVD box set of Close Encounters of the Third Kind for $8.99 at Barnes. It has 3 versions of the movie on it. I think iSm said they were all the wrong versions but I thought the price was pretty good...

According to iSm aren't all the versions the wrong versions, except the one screening in 1977 at the Cinerama Dome, 8:45 screening? After that, kaput?;)








Sorry :iSm: I could not resist

Yes.

It's definitely not the first. An Education and A Serious Man have gotten far better reviews and came out earlier. Where the Wild Things Are, too, for tat matter.

Finally saw Zombieland. Yay, fun! Inevitably my thoughts turned towards comparison with Shawn of the Dead, and while I think I still prefer Shawn for sheer cleverness and consistency, Zombieland had much to love. And for the second time in a matter of weeks in this thread I'm in complete agreement with iSm regarding Flippy's bit of criticism. Any determent to the film, which I can understand where he's coming from, is totally outweighed by the sheer delight the sequence instilled in me. And I remarked as we left how surprised and happy I was that, even weeks into the run, I had not heard even a whisper of said sequence, so it was a totally unexpected treat. :)

While I thought that sequence weakened the story, and said story never regained any momentum after that, I will admit that

D'oh -

What I meant to say:

While I thought that sequence threw the movie into a torpor from which it never really recovered, I admit that


There is clearly set-up for a sequel, what with the narrator even saying something like "so until next time..." - I'll be there for whatever they do, but I'm hoping the stakes are a little higher on the next go-round.

Count me in as loving Zombieland. I'm still not hugely impressed by whats-his-name mini-Andy Samberg, but he did well enough. Everyone else was great.

I liked Zombieland a lot, too.
:)

One thing about the film and Breslin that I'd like to point out.