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List Price: $19.97 | | Label: Weinstein Company
Salesrank: 4325
Released: May 19, 2009 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Color Subtitled Widescreen NTSC | |
Editorial Review:
Get ready for the comedy adventure that’s “smart, funny, and tailor-made for the inner-Jedi in all of us” (Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com). In 1998, four childhood buddies with a shared love of all things Star Wars reunite for one final, hilarious odyssey. Their insane plan: a cross-country road trip to storm George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch and steal a copy of Episode I before it’s released. With the police, a crew of angry Trekkies, and a crazy pimp hot on their trail, what could possibly go wrong? Featuring Dan Fogler (Balls of Fury), Jay Baruchel (Tropic Thunder), and Kristen Bell (Forgetting Sarah Marshall), plus a slew of hysterical surprise cameos, “the Force IS strong with this one!” (Brian Gallagher, MovieWeb)
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Description of Fanboys:
Low on inspiration and laughs, Fanboys is a movie that should have been made years ago. Christopher Marquette plays Linus, a would-be heir to a used-car dealership and former loser who rejects his high-school buddies' continuing preoccupation with childish things, including George Lucas' Star Wars saga. When his lifelong friend, Eric (Sam Huntington), is diagnosed in 1999 with a terminal illness, however, Linus joins geeky Windows (Jay Baruchel), wildman Hutch (Dan Fogler) and comely Zoe (Kirsten Bell) on a cross-country trip to steal a print of Star Wars: Phantom Menace from Lucas' Skywalker Ranch for Eric to have a look. Along the way, of course, sundry disasters and complications await, everything from getting caught in a gay biker bar to a confrontation with a Vegas pimp (Seth Rogen, genuinely funny). The misadventures at Skywalker include a few good moments, especially when the guards look like characters Lucas might have considered for either of the two trilogies. The best comic material concerns hostilities between Star Wars fanatics and Star Trek Trekkers, including a scene set in the Ohio hometown of James Tiberius Kirk. A few good cameos include William Shatner, Carrie Fisher, and Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes. --Tom Keogh
Fanboys Reviews:
Makes me regret a little about being a Star Wars fan lol 
2009-12-22 - This might come off rather odd but this film makes me regret being a sci-fi fan in some ways, more so in my liking of the Star Wars franchise. The problem with this film isn't the story, the story itself is actually not to bad. The problem comes from the characters and the truly awful script.
The character's are pretty generic for a "geek" comedy. You have your normal guy, your over-the-edge geek insecure guy, your hot babe, your over-the-edge geek funny guy, etc. It's a safe cast, but definitely not memorable, because they are so generic. Each character viewed separately seem to be the right fit for the movie, but when they are all put together, they seem to not work to well together. As you watch the movie, it feels like each character bounces off of each other instead of having a free flowing dialog, which can make the movie a little irritating to watch (and listen to) at times.
As I had mentioned before, the story itself is not to bad. The story centered around the pre-release of Episode I when a group of Star Wars fans trying to break into Skywalker Ranch in order to steal a copy of Star Wars: Episode I for their dying friend who won't live long enough to see it in theaters when it is released. They run into quirky set backs along the way but basically you already know the ending result. As I had mentioned, it is not a bad story by far, but it is also not a very memorable one.
By far the worst part of this movie is the script. As you can imagine, a movie about Star Wars fans is going to be riddled with Star Wars one-liners. This movie is filled with those one-liners to the point of narcissism. No character can go one sentence without saying some kind of reference pertaining to Star Wars in some way. It's not to bad at the beginning, but when you hear these one-liners for about an hour, they start getting old REALLY FAST! The script starts loosing its touch and you start to cringe whenever you hear a Star Wars reference. Honestly, being a Star Wars fan myself since childhood, I started to seriously question myself if I sound like them, and I hoped to God Almighty that I didn't.
I can understand the attraction one might have in seeing this movie. Majority of our generation grew up watching Star Wars and have some sort of bond with the films, thus making us all 'FanBoys' to some degree, but do not feel any kind of duty to watch this film. This movie was not made 'for FanBoys', it was made by actors portraying to 'be FanBoys' to an obnoxious degree. It's not the worst movie you will ever see, but it more than likely will be one of the most irritating.
Definitely deserved better advertising! 
2009-12-18 - I'd only had an inkling of the massive production quagmire that this movie went through [..], but when I finally saw the movie on DVD I was astonished that it wasn't promoted properly. "Fanboys" barely cracked the 500,000 dollar mark, and it could have easily made a few million.
Now, it's not a great film, but it's a very enjoyable movie. Granted, I had no expectations, but I was still very pleasantly surprised at how funny it was and how much I liked the characters. As others have mentioned, it's not a deep meditation on the meaning of geekdom like "High Fidelity" or "Galaxy Quest", but it's lots of fun.
It does have a very slapdash quality to it, but what road movie doesn't? I enjoyed the whole entire movie, but the closing line doubled my appreciation. If you're a fan of the original films, but not of the new ones, you'll have fun. Some beers wouldn't hurt!
Oh! Even though the film will likely never have a soundtrack, if you're wondering what that really smooth neo-soul song is that's playing when Windows goes to the coffee shop to meet his online sweet thang, here's the link to purchase it:
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If you like your R&B low and slow and sex-ay, you won't be disappointed with this purchase! I wasn't!
Great comedy 
2009-12-17 - If you're a Star Wars fan (especially if you were one before the new trilogy) this is a must own film. It's a lot of fun and fans will be able to easily relate to the lives of the main characters.
Controversy aside, a poor film
2009-12-16 - The Bottom Line:
As one of the three or four people who saw Fanboys in theaters I can assure you that it's a waste of money--with an almost complete dearth of laughs, fun, or anything that makes a movie enjoyable to watch, this film feels like direct to video fodder and should be avoided by everyone, fanboys and casual movie-watchers alike.
2/4
very funny and entertaining
2009-12-15 - disco es entretenido, pero al principio incluye una gran cantidad de remolques que sinceramente don `t like me. los que me aburren. Sin embargo, el panorama es tan divertido
