Movie: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, the DVD, was very difficult to get a hold of, at least for me. I've been trying to hit Blockbuster since Tuesday when it was released. But I had to stay late to work overtime, and same thing Wed, Thurs, and Fri. (On a good note, I got a decent pay check coming with all the overtime. :))

So by the time Friday rolled around, and I was able to get off work at 7:30 instead of the usual 9:30, I was determined it's Lemony Snicket tonight or bust. Clinging onto whatever false hope that I had that Blockbuster would actually have a copy of LS on a Friday night at 8:00 PM, I went there straight from work. It was, of course, all gone. They didn't even stock full two shelves of them like they did with some other movies. So I've decided to try my luck at Target, who sometimes have deals on new DVD for $15.99 instead of the $19.99 - $21.99 like most places. I drug Hubby with me to the Target within walking distance only to find out that all copies of LS have been completely SOLD OUT!! No kidding!! In a Target!! On a FRIDAY night!! (On hindsight, I should have taken a picture of their empty shelf/section, that was certainly a Kodak moment.) You should see the look on the store clerk's face when Hubby asked for "Lemon stickers." :D

Like I've said, it's Lemony Snicket or bust, so we proceeded onto the second closest Target store (after 2 years and 3 months of marriage, Hubby knew better than to argue with me when I am fixated on acquiring a certain item on a certain day). Guess what? The WIDE SCREEN version was sold out at this Target ALSO!!! :O The only options were Full Screen (who watches full screen?) or Full Screen with book (Hah! A book! What a concept!). So we headed back to the Blockbuster, where I started my LS hunt, and bought a new copy from them at the low, low price of $19.99.

Dispised what Hubby said the review said, I enjoyed the movie. It was very entertaining. A bit fast paced, but I guess better than waiting for a sequel to find out the answer to the mystery. (Yes, I suppose reading the actual books would be an option too. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Reading! Imagine that!) So if you are thinking about acquiring this movie, AND you are not in dire need of possessing it like I did, please click on one of the following links and purchase it from Amazon.com. I have yet to make a sale since I've signed up to their Associate program. :~( Have pity on this girl.

Get the wide screen version for the low, low price of $16.49:

Or the 2-DISC SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION for the low, low price of $21.44 (strongly recommended, I only didn't get this one because I didn't see them at the stores that I went to :(:

Or, if you absolutely MUST, the full screen version, also for the low, low price of $16.49:

I'll put links up for the books later. :D

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BM: Look, I actually took a break from my game (to allow the animals time to heal) to do something else constructive and meaningful -- blogging. No worries on my mental health anymore. ^_^