A young homeschooled boy(the kid from Sky High) goes to a writing conference where he attends workshops hosted by one of his favorite sci-fi writers (Flight of the Conchords’ Jemaine Clement). He submits one of his novels for a writing contest only to have it stolen by his hard-up-for-an-idea hero.
Jemaine stole the story idea and this movie. His portrayal of a primadonna sci-fi writer who feels everything he writes is great because he wrote it is fun, funny, and easily the best part of the movie. Bar none. I personally felt myself identifying with the lead role a lot because I’ve had a lot of the same thoughts about being a writer and not trusting people, etc and in that regard it was a pretty honest interpretation of the young writer. Christopher Paolini may disagree with me but no one cares what he thinks.
Okay, this movie was directed by the guy that made Napoleon Dynamite and it’s just like Napoleon Dynamite with different characters and more of a plot. It even had the same opening credits only with books instead of plates. ND was successful because it was totally unique at the time. It was a different type of quirky than we’d seen before. But now, after six years of copies, rip-offs, and homages it’s not unique anymore. And without that aspect, it’s kind of stupid. Some may enjoy this but I thought it was slow and fairly boring when Jemaine wasn’t on screen. This is kind of sad because the lead is on my list of young actors to keep an eye on. He deserves to do better movies than this and frankly I expect better of Jemaine.
D. It’s a big waste of time and even the energy used both by you to watch it and that you’ll have to pay for in your electric bill later.
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