Fanboys

Fanboys was an interesting movie...I get that it was based in the late nineties and so the humor is not really politically correct today but it was rather hard to get through.  I did not really get what about this movie was sci-fi besides the fact they were all big star wars fans, I would say it is more sci-fi themed than actually sci-fi.

The films plot is based around this idea that a group of friends have had in their minds since they were kids.  The idea is to break into the Skywalker Ranch and steal a copy of Star Wars Episode I so Linus can see it before he dies of some cancer that is there but not really ever seen, however, the cancer part came after the initial break in plan was thought of.  Linus never even acts like he is sick.  So Eric and Linus don't really get along because Eric left his old group of friends to act like an adult and work for his dad's company.  Well some how they all see each other at a Halloween party, Eric is filling up his beer and notices his old crew.  Going back to why everyone doesn't like Eric,it seems kind of strange, why does working at a car sales place make you not able to be a huge star wars fan with your friends?  This wasn't about Star Wars at all and they just have grudges about growing up differently.  So in efforts to make amends with Eric's old group of friends he is going to go on the adventure to Skywalker Ranch to live out their dreams!  They all are eventually up for it and start driving across the country where numerous terrible and funny things happen along the way.  Zoe comes to rescue these boys out of some terrible situation and joins the adventure.  And she has a super major crush on Windows.  They get to where they planned with the help of some mysterious people with amazing connections.  They do get caught though, but thankfully because Linus has cancer they let only him watch the new Star Wars Episode I.  Then fast forward to after Linus is dead, everyone else is doing much better, all their dreams have come true.  Zoe and Windows are dating, Eric does comics, Hutch does detailing, and Linus is remembered by them all.  The End.

The film in detail is filled with terrible jokes about race, gender, and a ton of gay slurs.  Things of the 90's that were maybe funny back then but just sound stupid now.  That really turned me off in this movie, and the fact that it just had shallow characters and nothing that seemed "sci-fi".   A reality tv show or documentary about a real person who is obsessed with any science fiction show, movie, comic, book, etc. would have been a million times more entertaining than watching these actors pain through it.  They seemed more like frat boy stoners than Star Wars nerds, accuracy of an actual fanatic would have done wonders for this film.  I don't think it represents an actual group of people correctly.  It can be compared to what is going on with LGBT films today, a lot of the community feel like a majority of "Gay and Lesbian" genres of films in mainstream cinema and media do not portray the community accurately.  There is nothing wrong with being a fanatic and so we shouldn't mask their culture with what society thinks is sell-able.  In the end it all comes down to money in mainstream anything.  Creativity and accuracy you have to search for.