Comic-Con Episode Four: A Fan's Hope 2011 ★★★★

Watched Jul 10, 2012

Morgan Spurlock's love letter to geek culture. Sure the cover says it's about the San Diego Comic Con, but it's a Morgan Spurlock film so you already know it has to be about something more then that.

The film is really about the so-called geeks, who are really just people from every walk of life imaginable that are passionate about pop culture. I don't just say comic books, because the documentary also covers how the Comic-Con has gone beyond just comic books and the positives and negatives that entails.

Spurlock does a great job in selecting a diverse group of individuals to showcase the different aspects of the people who attend the Con. You get the action figure collector, the would-be comic book artists, the costume designer, the comic book store retailer and just the basic geek fan that loves everything at the Con.

All these individuals are represented in a great light and never shown as freaks. They just come off as normal people who happen to be passionate about something that isn't considered mainstream (or is it considered mainstream now?).

The film is filled with little snippets from celebrities who talk about the Con, comic books or just geek culture in general. You get the usual culprits like Kevin Smith and Joss Whedon, but we also get some you usually don't hear from on the subject matter like Eli Roth and Kenneth Branagh. They're really just a little bit of icing on the cake though because the film is really about the fans.

Geek culture is something that's very close to my heart and I loved this doc from it's opening credits to the end. For anyone that's like me this is a must watch.

8 Comments

  • You big geek.

  • Never denied it.

  • I'm looking forward to this movie a lot. I would looooove to go to SDCC but the crowds would really freak me out... Oh well, I'll just obsessively check twitter and blogs and look forlornly at my shelves of comics that are going unsigned all weekend

  • @Julie: The crowds do look a bit insane at the con. The sad thing is the crowds around the comic book retailers, like Mile HIgh Comics, look sad. They cover how comic books have taken a back seat to movies and video games... which makes me sad.

  • a bit?! =) but yea, I've also heard how the movie and game companies are finally realizing that nerds are profitable, and overrunning comics. I've never been to a con, period, I'd like to go to a smaller more indie one. but fuck it, if I had the chance, I'd still go to SDCC =)

  • Yes even online, it gets annoying when you check SDCC coverage and you're looking for actual comic book news and you have to filter through pages and pages of movie, video game, toy and tv news to finally find a snipet of comic news.

  • hahaha I just saw this illustration, thought you might like

  • HA! Love it!

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