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Friday 26 July 2013

Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope (2011)

A glimpse into the lives of attendees of the San Diego Comic-Con that rarely feels like a legitimate documentary. It's more akin to a filmed attendee memento that'll please people there at the time. It has very little to say beyond that. The sense of community that should've been the lifeblood of the crowd was absent. The comic collectors and page-sniffers were outnumbered by the cosplayers and actors. If the focus of the film was representative of the event, then it seems to have become a place predominantly for people more interested in seeing Hollywood movie actors and games companies promote and peddle their crap. Is it time they changed the name?

2½ lanyards out of 5

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