The title of this documentary is spot-on--it is truly all about the last Blockbuster on the planet, which is treated like some sort of shrine here. A similar documentary could probably have been made about Sam Goody or Border's Books (although Colin Hanks did make a documentary about Tower Records). It is rather ironic that this documentary is streaming on NetFlix, which is usually mentioned as the reason Blockbuster went bust. It wasn't (as this movie reveals). As someone who worked at one of Blockbuster's competitors in the '80s, mentioning other chains such as Hollywood Video or Erol's would have been nice. Especially since it was Erol's (based in Virginia), not Blockbuster, that revolutionized the computerized inventory of store movie rentals. Driving 15 hours just to experience a Blockbuster again seemed rather excessive to me; I would understand that for Tower Records, but Blockbuster? Entertaining as a whole but not particularly enlightening.
Review of The Last Blockbuster
