Meatballs - BLURAY

I guess one shouldn't write a review on their favorite movie of all time but I have to share my feelings. I have owned every version of this movie, from a recorded copy off tv to a vhs, then the Canadian DVD with the weird sound track and the American re-release to FINALLY the blu ray! I grew up watching the underdog misfits of Camp North Star and learned many things from it. Meatballs was the movie I could watch over and over again and as I grew up I began to understand the jokes and laugh again and again. It is very under rated and most everyone I know remembers the sequel with the dumb alien and to be honest, I wish the sequels had stayed true to the original, I think it would have been a great franchise of those days like Police Academy was. Sadly, very few people know it exists and though it isn't one of Bill Murray's most memorable movies, he still is a charming funny guy that you wish was your older brother! I hate to gush like this but it is a movie I have always loved but I have to. It just doesn't matter if you like this movie or not, I hold it as my number 1 movie of all time.

Bill Murray classic. A must have. Funny !

A classic American movie about the classic American tradition of summer camp with the hilarious and lovable young Bill Murray!

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Blu-Ray looks & sounds amazing. ●Exactly as described & arrived on time●

Ivan Reitman's 1979 comedy hit stars Bill Murray, who effortlessly parades around campgrounds and cliches found in many a kids' outdoor comedy, in this warm and satisfying summer-camp classic, packed with all the genre hallmarks one would anticipate. You may have seen other movies like it, but "Meatballs" is still the seminal camp movie, with its semi-raunchy humor (you'd never see a PG rated kids comedy now with as much adult material as this), fun mix of Elmer Bernstein score and songs (many written by Elmer and Norman Gimbel), and steady stream of laughs making for a good time for one and all. Surprisingly, "Meatballs" had something of a turbulent post-production process. Reitman's original version of the film focused mostly on the adventures of the various camp counselors, but when the director went to cut the film down, taking out nearly an hour of footage, he found himself with a 70 minute feature that needed "more." The director then decided to develop more material around the relationship between Murray's counselor and young Chris Makepeace, resulting in an enhanced emotional center at the heart of the picture (those scenes also stand out since Makepeace looks noticeably older). An independent production that's bounced around various video labels over the years, "Meatballs" was last issued by Sony in a Special Edition DVD that included a decent retrospective documentary. That edition was supposed to be released on Blu-Ray but never happened, leaving fans to wait until this excellent new Lionsgate HD package materialized. While the BD lacks the Sony documentary and other extras (it does retain a fascinating commentary track with Reitman and co-writer Dan Goldberg), the 1080p transfer is spectacular: crisp, colorful, and freed of DNR. The DTS MA stereo audio is likewise fine, and the original Paramount logo is retained (Paramount beat Fox and Universal for the rights to distribute the film theatrically in 1979). For Murray fanatics and comedy fans, this is a terrific catalog release that comes highly recommended.

Great movie.

Funny, sentimental, don't miss this movie.