Author: Wyatt Sanderman Day | Published: August 16th, 2009

    
Fanboys

    "Fanboys" is more about friendship than poking fun at overindulgent fantasy boys in this coming of age film of the young, slow to grow older, in a culture that tends to nurture immaturity.

    These fan boys: Eric, played by Sam Huntington, Linus, played by Chris Marquette, Hutch played by Dan Fogler and Windows, played by Jay Baruchel, are from a small Ohio town, oar approaching their mid twenties, and are continuing under the indirect care of their respective parents. The fan boys are obsessed with the film "Star Wars," and stop at no barrier to prove their loyal to the George Lucas series of sequels and prequels. Now, here is where it gets funny. The fan boys have a running feud with the fantasy boys that are obsessed with Star Trek, and with the magic of scripted words only appear marginally less pathetic than the "Trekkies."

    The fan boys leave their small town for a cross country trek to steal the original print of the latest and highly anticipated prequel from the home editing studio at George Lucas's "Skywalker Ranch" in northern California. They are not wanting to take possession of the print for financial gain, they only wish to be the first, outside of Lucas's people, to see the new edition. It is an adventure, and with Linus very sick, it could be their last together.

    The film boast cameos from Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, William Shatner, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Danny McBride and Seth Gogen in multiple roles - most notably as the Trekkie's head geek. Diminutive and vexing Kristen Bell plays the female addition to the fan boys, and unsurprisingly exhibits more gumption than the boys. Danny Trejo plays a kindly Native American Chief, who introduces the fan boys to peyote, and remarkably, his character doesn't die in this film.

    Director Kyle Newman used the script by Earnest Cline and Adam F. Goldberg to present a cogent story, in only 90 minutes, of immature young boys striving to reach manhood, as they coast to their mid twenties, the only way they know how, and, of course, it involves "Star Wars"

    Humor is whatever makes you laugh, and "Fanboys" did pretty well in that category without offending my intelligence. Decent film.

    Rated PG13. Released on DVD may 19, 2009.

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