Pee-Wee's Big Adventure: There are some DVDs on my backlog I pass up for no good reason. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure is a good example of this. I bought it just before Christmas 2002 in the $5.00 bin (which later became the $5.50 bin.) It has stayed on my shelf unwatched, save for the extras, for four years. Why would I do such a thing? I think the fact is that the film is on cable enough that I tend to catch bits and pieces of it now and then, plus I have seen the film more times than I can count. Oh well, one more time for a DVD review shouldn't hurt!

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure is basically the story of a man and his bike. In short, Pee-Wee's bike is stolen and he travels across the country to find it. There isn't much else one needs to remember outside the fact that this is quite a cult movie. I admit when growing up parts of the film such as the "Large Marge" and of course the "Clown Hospital" sequences scared me quite a bit, now I can see their humor in their total absurdity.

For the extras, the best I would have to say would be the deleted scenes. Every single one of them is left out for good reason but for curiosity's sake they are interesting to watch. I did enjoy the western scene on the backlog with Hugo Montenegro's cover of "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly" although I understand it would have broken the mood of the chase scene.

If it's still in print and you like the film, get it.

Labels: Comedy, Cult Films