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Saw National Treasure. It was good. Not as good as Pirates of the Carribbean, by any means, but good. See if you can guess the password before Ben Gates does!
Also, just saw Christmas with the Kranks. Apparently most of the audience liked it. I was ready to walk out about ten minutes in. Not funny, not heartwarming, not good. And some people applauded at the end! I was also distracted by Jamie Lee Curtis actually looking older than she really is. And by her shimmery pale eyeshadow.
The Criterion Spinal Tap's been out of print for ages. There's another version out there, that's the one most people have. (Same goes for all of the out-of-print ones, I think -- Criterion let their rights lapse, so someone else released them.)
Well, no one at the tv wiki can answer this, nor can anyone on the IMDB discussion forums. I guess it is time to bring out the big guns, and unleash the Buffistas.
"… an 80s-vintage teen-oriented movie or TV movie in which a kid with a little red wagon was going around in the background (as a subplot) arranging an incredibly complex chain of deals. It was handled like a running gag, except at the end, the kid was shown walking off having accomplished what he wanted. Anyone got a title on this?"
It wasn't Better Off Dead, was it?
Steph, I think the running gag there was the paperboy determined to collect. It also got a shout-out in "Say Anything."
Radio Flyer?
Better Off Dead is what came to mind, but I know it's not it. This is very familiar, though. Crap. This will drive me nuts.
The kid making deals question rings dim bells for me, too, but I also can't place it.
The Criterion Spinal Tap's been out of print for ages. There's another version out there, that's the one most people have.
I just checked, and I have the Criterion one. Is it worth anything?
Oh, and THANK YOU everyone for going on about The Incredibles until I felt I had to see it. It was really an amazing movie.
The kid-making-deals thing put me in mind of Fresh, which I haven't seen for a while, but it's not that. Do you remember the main plot at all?
I just got back from seeing National Treasure. It was good, cheesy fun. It was what The DaVinci Code would have been if the author had enough sense to realize that the story's premise was inherently silly.