CSSCHNEIDER is going on a post-completion binge... lucky devil!
Yeah... about that. I'm working on a film that is currently in development hell, my first feature in fact. So, normally I'd be working 18 hours a day to prep it, but I've done as much as I can on it for the moment, including a number of camera tests, location scouts, etc, but until they find more money I'm taking it easy. So, I'm catching up and padding my numbers for the years end BFCS Awards that I'm apart of.
And onto yet another review...
FANBOYSFrom the little I know about this film from following it in the web this film was troubled, finally getting a limited release this year before ultimately getting dumped on DVD. Two cuts of the film exist, one with the Cancer subplot removed. I saw the Cancerous Cut.
Brass tacks makes me see this for the flawed movie it is. But what they get right is really cool and that is what it meant to be a Star Wars fan Pre-Prequels.
While I've never dressed up in a Star Wars costume, I certainly was very much like these guys and salivated over the thought of new Star Wars films. Now that I know what that actually means (the tainting of something sacred, the terrible effects and acting, the down right disrespect those films show to Star Wars fans) its hard to remember the time before. But the film really does justice, in my opinion, to the fervor and love die hard Star Wars fans had. The arguments/discussions were real, we cared. Now, its kind of embarrassing to be a Star Wars fan, this film reminded me of just how awesome those days were and how much I truly despise what has become of Star Wars.
At ComicCon this year I landed in the Star Wars panel, not cause I wanted to but because I had to sit through it to make sure I would have a seat for the James Cameron and Peter Jackson discussion. The Star Wars panel was maddening. It was a 90 minute commercial for nothing new or entertaining. Most of it devoted to expansion packs for video games, and their video commercials didn't really tell you anything about the games, technology or gameplay, instead they were flashy advertisements. That was really it. You could feel two separate emotions at play. The few that just ate up anything that said Star Wars, but mostly an overwhelming sense of "That's It? Not even an update on the Live Action TV Series? Nothing? Just a run through of stuff we already knew?" And that's what I feel Star Wars has become, a series of empty promises. FANBOYS reminded me that once, Star Wars was wish fulfillment. Something great to be admired. I still love the OT, but its not the same anymore.
Grade B