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Old 08-28-03, 06:13 PM
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Just bought some bargain bin titles; were they worth it?

I just bought from Walmart

$5.88:
Beatles Unathorized/ Fun with the fab four
The day reagan was shot
The best of times
The longshot/ They went that-a-way & that-a-way (double feature

$9.44:
As good as it gets
Ghostbusters

Were these titles worth it? I still havent opened all of them, so please do tell me. Have you seen them? Good deal, good movie? Thanks.
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I'd pass on all of them. does that help? didnt think so.
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I'd put Ghostbusters right up there with Requiem For A Dream: Director's Cut for "best value" dvd. They are both packed to the gills with extra content, and good movies to boot.
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Ghostbusters and As good as it gets are good. The Beatles one could be good too but I haven't heard of it or any of the other ones.
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Ghostbusters is great, dunno bout the others tho.
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Those el cheapo 5.88 DVDs made by only god knows who make baby Jesus cry.
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Best Of Times is fantastic...too bad not anamorphic or I would have it.

Longshot is funny. Decnt horseracing/gambling movie.
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As Good as it Gets is a very good movie that could have been great. Ghostbusters is good too and has a lot of rewatch value (like most comedies.) Can't say anything about the others.

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Ghostbusters -no
As Good As It Gets -yes
dont know about the others
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Old 08-29-03, 09:39 AM
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Fun with the Fab 4 is an acceptable buy if you are enough of a fan. It was orginally out on VHS and the quality is not much better on the DVD. There's no music on there anyway but it does have some good clips including a very funny sketch they did for some BBC show that you can't get any other way.
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Old 08-29-03, 10:11 AM
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Hey, as long as you like the film they were worth it. Do you really need someone else to justify your purchase?
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Re: Just bought some bargain bin titles; were they worth it?

Originally posted by homerun31
I just bought from Walmart

$9.44:
As good as it gets
Ghostbusters

Were these titles worth it? I still havent opened all of them, so please do tell me. Have you seen them? Good deal, good movie? Thanks.
Ok - those other films I could understand not seeing - especially the 5 buck ones. But *HOW* in gods name can you not know if Ghostbusters is good? What - you've never SEEN Ghostbusters?!?

Bah! Kids these days.
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Old 08-29-03, 10:21 AM
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I suspect you'll find yourself wanting to get rid of some of those $5.88 cheapies when your storage space starts filling up, and many new releases are annouced by studios.
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You must have bought all of them for a reason (besides it being cheapo) so keep them all.

$5.88 is like a rental fee nowaday so keep them and enjoy them.
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Old 08-29-03, 10:38 AM
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I've never really understood this....YOU just BOUGHT some DVDs and you'd like to know if WE think they're worth it? I don't know, were they? As far as I'm concerned, there's only one person that can tell me if spending my money on something was worth it....ME.
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Old 08-29-03, 12:09 PM
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If I were in your shoes, I might have picked up As good as it gets and Ghostbusters too!
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