Recently, my wife, who loves me dearly, got me a copy of the movie Fanboys.Fanboys is the story of five friends with a common love, or should I say obsession, with all things Star Wars. Hmmmmm.....sounds familiar.
Yes, I am a Fanboy.
Anyway, in this amazing story, one of the friends has cancer and is going to die a few months before Episode I, The Phantom Menace, is released. So the rest of his friends decide to make a trek across the country to Northern California, where they plan to break in to George Lucas' Ranch, and steal an advanced copy of the movie, so their friend can watch it before he dies.
So far, so good. If that is all there was to the movie, it would be a winner.
What follows in an amazing adventure full of all kinds of crazy encounters. Many of these encounters are rated "R" encounters, so this is definitely not a movie for the kids. But they are quite funny.
The movie has some great underlying themes, including the importance of being who you were "called" to be, though it doesn't approach this from a Biblical perspective. The theme is there, regardless, and as the fanboy writing this review, I will include it. My prerogative!
There is plenty of conflict in the movie as well. Most of it focuses on the fanboys' encounters with Trekkies. I for one think there can be peace between these two types of extreme sci-fi, uh, can I say, nerds? I count myself among their numbers, so I can use that word, right? Anyway, particularly funny in these encounters are the Trekkies with the Spock ears. If you look extra close, you will notice that they are wearing their ears upside down. It's hilarious.
Anyway, I loved the movie. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. The dialogue amongst the fanboys is the same kind of dialogue I have had, time and time again, amongst my fellow fanboys.
Here is the trailer for those who want to know more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
The only thing I was left wondering, after the movie concluded, was why, since I have now lived in Northern California for four year, have I not had access (authorized or not) to the secret Lucas vault on his ranch?
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