Fanboys

As I watched the end of Fanboys last night (and there are SPOILERy things following hence), I thought to myself that The Phantom Menace was maybe what killed poor Linus, that maybe he’d have held on longer if he hadn’t seen it early and known what a departure from the Original Trilogy it was.

That musing aside, Fanboys isn’t a film about Star Wars.  Not really, though a comprehensive knowledge of both Star Wars and late-90s Internet culture are recommended to get maximum enjoyment out of the film.  It’s about a friendship between five people and the commonality that manages to bring them back together even when they’re scattered to the winds for months or years.  I have friends like that, who due to scheduling differences or distances don’t talk to me as often as I might like (and vice versa).  The movie’s not perfect, but it has some solid, geeky laughs and an emotional core that not many movies with its focus or budget successfully muster.  And Kristen Bell in a slave girl Leia outfit - that was pretty okay, too.