The voice artists and comic book nerds strike back at the critics and studio CEOs in "Comic Book: The Movie" which is a bright and inventive mockumentary from first time director Mark Hamill.The story concerns Don Swan (played by Hamill) as he travels to the San Diego Comic-Con convention in order to make a documentary about his favorite superhero, soon to be rebooted as a modern day anti-terrorist.What can you say about such a superb film? Well, it's very well-made (you almost feel as if your there) and the acting is just great with Tom Kenny as the stand-out but that's not to slight this great cast which also includes Jess Harnell, David Prowse and Jim Cmmings. The cast is just unbeatable. The scenery also adds a nice, surreal tone to the whole thing. I had fun just gazing at all the pop culture icons walking around Hamill and his fellow actors.However, it does lose steam in it's last eight minutes. I can't help but feel that they lost confidence and abandoned the format that had served them so well for the bulk of the film. But that minor quibble barely puts a dent in this light and funny film. This is a winner above and beyond.

The movie is basically a 'fan' movie, made with limited resources and shot with hand-held cameras. Only important differences between this and other fan movies is that this one got made by Mark Hamill, who of course has a bigger foot between the door than any other fanatic amateur film-maker. This means he got the right connections and the influence to get actors, film-makers and other persons such as Bruce Campbell, Ron Perlman, Stan Lee, Kevin Smith, Ray Harryhausen and Hugh Hefner involved. It's of course also the only reason why this movie ever got a DVD release, not that I mind though of course.It's a fake documentary, so the movie does not really have a written story and actually features lots of improvisation. It of course nevertheless follows a main plot line, that is good and interesting enough to keep your interest throughout the entire movie. The movie goes on for a bit too long though perhaps and the movie feels rather stretched out at times.It's nevertheless and nicely made and connected movie, with the right editing and camera-positioning for this sort of movie. Mark Hamill really did his homework for this one. It all really clicks together.The movie is of course also made all the more interesting to watch because Mark Hamill himself plays the central character of the movie. Even though he doesn't appear in an awful lot of movies anymore, he still shows that he still knows how to act and he is also good with the improvisation parts.Perfectly watchable fun little film.7/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

Oh my God,this was a waste of time. I've been collecting comics for 20 years so when i saw this DVD at my video store i was looking forward to see it since it has cameos of my favorite artists and writers like Kevin Smith and Stan "the man" Lee but what i saw was a piece of garbage. The acting was so bad,the movie looks awful. After 1 hour of watching it i felt asleep. It was kind of sad because i thought it could be better. The dialog was stupid except the Kevin Smith's part and the only thing of decent value is the DVD bonus of Stan Lee' talking about comic books. It was more interesting than the whole damn movie.

This movie was of poor quality, film wise, but that didn't bug me.So what if it looked like Mark Hamill was shooting with his handicam? Fact is, the plot was so poorly excuted, and the movie so boring, I fell asleep for 30 mins during this... and missed nothing!!!! The cameos were neat, and fun, but not worth the rental price. Very few good one liners. And some pretty hot chicks.