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Release Date: 27 January, 2004 Retail Price: $14.99 OUR Price: $13.49 You SAVE: $1.50! Cast: Complete Cast (17 total) |
Comic Book - The Movie Reviews
Comic yet bittersweet in a low-budget way
After watching "Comic Book - The Movie" on DVD I wasn't completely sure completely sure what to think. Yes, Mark Hamill was trying to do another "Spinal Tap" / "Best In Show" / "Trekkies" mockumentary, and he does star in it - but between the high-profile "Directed By Mark Hamill!" tags and the shot-on-video low budgetness of it all it seems like he just wanted to get a directing debut at any cost and could probably self-finance this one.
The plot is actually pretty good, and true to the heart of comic-book collector fandom; in fact, there's a lot of well-researched backstory behind the made-up story of "Captain Courage" and the phony Hollywooders trying to remake a golden-era pseudo comic into a "GI JOE 2004" doomfest. There's also an attempt to play the comic-book fans with heart too, but in the end it's not enough heart - like "The Cable Guy", Mark's quixotic quest doesn't overcome the "Trekkies"-type mocking atmosphere of the film. I'd give it 2 stars - though Donna D'errico (as "Papaya Smith") is still superbly cute. Knowing what I know about Donna from Motley Crue's "The Dirt", I wonder how she could actually keep a straight face with a name like that!
Clueless producers meet their match when fans strike back
Mark Hamill plays a rabid comic book fan hired as a consultant by a production company to lend credibility to its movie about a famous Golden Age comic book character. The production company of course has no qualms about making wholesale changes in the mythos of the character to appeal to modern audiences, much to the horror of Hamill's character, who the producers continually brush off and try to get out of their hair. Eventually they decide to just keep Hamill busy by giving him a camera and letting him shoot bonus materials for the eventual DVD at the famous San Diego Comic-Con, the biggest comic book convention in the industry. It's fun to see Hamill then use all the comic artists, actors, and other celebrities at the convention to help turn the tide against the current, slick version of the movie envisioned by the producers and try to bring about a more faithful treatment of the character. You don't have to be a comic book fan to enjoy the film (in fact, there's lots of good stuff about the trials and tribulations of being the spouse or significant other of a comic book enthusiast throughout the movie), but fans will get the most out of it. Entertaining extras on disc two make for a really nice package as a whole. In the end, I can't say this is a great, great comedy, but it is a good one and worth a look. Alas, it's a shame there wasn't a real-life version of Hamill's character roaming around the sets of the last couple of Batman movies.
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