Breakinger A Brilliant Conflict

Whitech It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

torstensonjohn A rarity that a little film devoted to a whole series comes across your screen and is actually pretty decent. Yes the film is about fans of the Star Wars saga, but the subplot of their devotion of a friend who is dying of cancer gets lost along the way. The film centers around going to Skywalker Ranch in California to steal a preview of the new Star Wars film. A lot of hijinks and comical disasters happen along the way. The humor is vulgar, set as in revenge of the nerds style. I enjoyed the film and it has Kristen bell in it which is always a bonus..

GusF Taking place from 1998 to 1999, this is a well-meaning but only intermittently funny film. It concerns a group of die-hard "Star Wars" fanboys in their 20s who resurrect their fifth grade plan to break into the Skywalker Ranch so that they can see a rough cut of "The Phantom Menace". The impetus for this is the fact that one of them, Linus, is dying of cancer and will not live to see the film's release in May 1999. In a bizarre case of life imitating art, this is somewhat reminiscent of Daniel Fleetwood's dying wish to see "The Force Awakens", which was granted by Disney and Lucasfilm. The film has a good main cast including Sam Huntington as Bottler, Kristen Bell as Zoe, Chris Marquette as Linus and Dan Fogler (who gets the best material) as Hutch but Jay Baruchel is, as ever, very irritating as Windows. The cameos are great, my favourites being William Shatner, the self-described "Star Wars" nerd Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Carrie Fisher and Billy Dee Williams. Christopher McDonald deserved more screen time as Big Chuck. The cancer subplot was the subject of controversy before the film's release as it was edited out before being edited back in on the foot of the very negative reaction to its removal. As a result, the film feels rather disjointed. Linus' cancer is kept very much in the background until towards the end of the film and even then there is only really one heartfelt scene dealing with it. Perhaps if it had not been edited out in the first place it would have better but I can only judge the film in front of me. As it stands, the film focuses more on the humour of its great premise. However, the problem is that the film is not very funny. For instance, the fight between the main characters and the "Star Trek" fans in Captain Kirk's future birthplace Riverside, Iowa should have been hilarious but it only raises a few smiles. One of my favourite moments was the Ewok appearing in the drug trip but even that it is not as funny as it could be. There are so many missed opportunities for humour. I don't know if they had permission to use music from the films but it would have been very funny if they had played the Imperial March when William Shatner since he is the idol of the sworn arch-enemies: the Trekkies.I knew that Kevin Smith appeared in the film and so all I could think was that it would have been so much better if it had been made by him as he typically can juggle both comedy and heavier themes very well in his films. Even though "Star Wars" was the main focus of the storyline, it didn't really remind me of the reasons that I love the franchise as it should have done. Funnily enough, Smith's films are able to do so in spite of the fact that his love of "Star Wars" has never been the main focus of any of them.Overall, the film had its heart in the right place but it would have done well to be a bit more satirical when it came to some of "Star Wars"' more extreme fans. The "Trekkies" films may have been documentaries which deal with the other franchise but they could have provided a useful blueprint on how to make a very funny comedy film about sci- fi fandom. "Galaxy Quest" dealt with fan culture very well in that sense even though it did not play a huge role in the film.

Guy DeMatties More than a salute to all things "Star Wars", "Fanboys" also tips its cap to childhood friendship and hero idolatry as kids. A band of "Star Wars" geeks plan on fulfilling a childhood dream of breaking into George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch. They also want to steal a print to see the then-new "Star Wars: Episode I" before the passing of one of them, who is suffering from terminal cancer, which causes the only "responsible" member of the group to rejoin them. The film shows their journey from Ohio to the Ranch, and what they encounter. Some great cameos occur throughout the pic, and there are tons of movie references to satisfy all of the "Star Wars" fans. There are laughs throughout the film, but one has the feeling the movie could have been even funnier if not done so casually. A good video watch, but should have been better.

elshikh4 This is fun. Firstly, it's a love letter to Star Wars, or any movie you're obsessed of for that matter. Here being a fan mirrors a case of true love no less. Secondly, it's a comedy concerning becoming a geek out of that true love for Star Wars and Star Trek as well. It's nice to make jokes at yourself, knowing that the movie's makers are original fanboys no doubt, fulfilling this and that in a chase of a movie that's full of non-stop comedic action. Thirdly, it smartly managed to be sentimental too in a way most of the comedies miss. And that's a key of immortality. It's how this movie wins some honesty to be more than another comedy, spoof, whatever.The problems are few. For instance I felt that the leads should have been around their thirties. There are no better fans of Star Wars than the ones who lived their early years with its first release at the end of the 1970s, namely born at least at the late 1960s. But maybe the producers wanted more hip, more young, cast which made it a bit unreal for audience has been born the year of the first movie, namely 1977, to be that insanely fascinated of it. Simply that generation lived its childhood with later classics such as Indiana Jones, Back to Future..etc. Then, I felt it needed more action to it. I mean at the palace another Star Wars needed to break out. Yes, there was some noise here and there, but weaker than what I imagined.Some of the moments are well made : the debate-turned-into-fight between the Star Wars fans and the Trek fans. A touch like seeing (Kristen Bell) smoking a big cigar beside the van while the rest of the guys are completing a mission (a swift parody out of the 1980s TV show : The A-Team, which refers to the leads as fugitives, and to loving some of the 1980s work too). The way the van hurls on the road as another Millennium Falcon yet on earth. Seeing the original movie's stars (Carrie Fisher), (Billy Dee Williams) and (Ray Park) in cameos was joyful. It assures how Fanboys isn't another HaHa movie; it's sincere, diligent and honorary. However the best moment is the one where the leads were trapped in Locus's trash room. It's a parody of similar moment from the first movie (Sorry, the forth : New Hope that is !). And it's a perfect nightmare for those crazy fans, who would think of usual trash as a space weapon. And – finally – it's a heck of a laugh. Sure that moment summarizes the movie's brilliance.Fanboys is the perfect fanboys movie. By tangible effort at writing, directing and acting it succeeded at being a decent memorable comedy. Having the 2 merits has become pretty rare matter nowadays, as long as we're talking about Hollywood comedies ! It pays a tribute, criticizes bitterly (the dumbest character thinks that Jar Jar will be the best, the sick boy as if died because of seeing the prequel !), and declares that love doesn't die. Thus, to answer the movie's question / lovely last line "what if it sucks?" : Well, at least those fans still have the love of the first movies.