Monday, August 6, 2007

I have so little else to look forward to, it seems

Let me tell you about a movie that I'm really stoked to see come January (hopefully I can see it with Cambria, as I will have been in New York for months already--right????). It's called Fanboys, and it's an indie that got so much respect after it was finished that the director received additional funding to go shoot more scenes that they had to cut because of monies, etc. So that's good news. It's about a group of teenage boys (and, apparently, one girl) who travel to Skywalker Ranch to see Phantom Menace, that boring-as-hell first Star Wars prequel before it is released upon the request of their best friend who died* or something. If you check out the IMDb listing, you'll know why I'm really pumped to see it--not only is my new new fake boyfriend Chris Marquette** in it, but so is Kristen Bell (of Veronica Mars fame) and this kid Sam Huntington, who I didn't know by name but definitely by face. He was in two episodes of Veronica Mars during the first season, and they happen to be two of the best episodes in that season, and despite the fact that his character doesn't get tons of screen time and also is a drug dealer, he made him seem likeable and real. I was just watching those episodes the other day and thinking, "Why haven't I seen this kid in more things? He's great!"*** So now we know. Fanboys. January 2008. Who's with me?

*Actually, Linus is their former friend who is in the process of dying and who they have just reconnected with. They're going to Skywalker Ranch so that he can see the movie before he starts pushing up daisies. Chris Marquette is playing the not-long-for-this-world Linus, so y'all know there are going to be lots of tears coming from his corner, which is awesome because he is SO good at that (see: almost ever single episode of Joan of Arcadia). Sadly, he will probably not be the character to hook up with Kristen Bell's Zoe--I'm always so much more interested in characters when there's a 'ship I can board. It's a sickness, I know.

**Considering how long it took me to move from Shia LaBoeuf to Chris Marquette, God knows I'll probably have a new new new fake boyfriend by January, but who said exes can't stay friends? I know I didn't.

***I'm sure Scott was poised to correct me on this--apparently, Sam Huntington was that kid in Jungle 2 Jungle which, thanks IMDb, I was trying to forget that movie existed. More recently, he played Jimmy Olsen in that crapfest Superman Returns.

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