Fanboys (2009)
After nearly two years of delays this comedy from Kyle Newman staring Sam Huntington, Jay Baruchel and Kristen Bell was finally released. It is 1998 and a gang of Star Wars fans want to break into Skywalker ranch for an early viewing of Episode one as one of them is dying.
This could have been a good film as there is plenty of material in Star Wars fandom as well as looking at the end result we got with the prequels but ultimately this ends up being a by the numbers road movie that mainly focuses on trivial rather than something more interesting. I would really have loved to see a Simon Pegg/Edgar Wright take on this subject as they have a much better idea on how to balance comedy, homage and reference to popular culture. There are some funny moments but this ends up being a disappointing film.
2/5 George Lucas should have sued somebody.
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