Since 1970, Comic-Con in San Diego has grown from an small and obscure comic book event, to a major multi-media extravaganza attracting thousands. As various creative celebrities discuss what attracts them to this shindig and how it has grown and changed, we follow various people who have come from all over. Whether it be a veteran comic book vendor trying to make a profit in an event that is now marginalizing his medium, aspiring artists wanting to break into it, an ambitiou... (Full plot summary below)
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Since 1970, Comic-Con in San Diego has grown from an small and obscure comic book event, to a major multi-media extravaganza attracting thousands. As various creative celebrities discuss what attracts them to this shindig and how it has grown and changed, we follow various people who have come from all over. Whether it be a veteran comic book vendor trying to make a profit in an event that is now marginalizing his medium, aspiring artists wanting to break into it, an ambitious costumer or a romantic geek with a special surprise for his girlfriend, they all experience a special time of year where the fantastic imagination is celebrated.
Leave your thoughts about Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope.
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid NusairUnquestionably Morgan Spurlock's most entertaining effort since his debut... |
| Hollywood & FineMarshall FineI still consider Comic-Con an insidious and reductive force in pop culture. But I had a super time watching Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope. |
| ComingSoon.netEdward DouglasA surprisingly poignant perspective on the fanboy mecca and really the next best thing to being there. |
| AV ClubNathan RabinFor a documentary supposedly focused on fans-it's right there in the title-Comic-Con Episode IV gets awfully distracted by the star power of professional smartasses like Smith and industry titans like Lee. |
| CinemalogueTodd Jorgenson... an amusing if superficial observation of bizarre personalities and goings-on that probably won't change the feelings of Comic-Con devotees or outsiders either way. |
| CraveOnlineWilliam BibbianiThat rare documentary that plays to the converted and uninitiated alike. |
| indieWireEric KohnOne development gets short-shifted: the onslaught of studios drowning out what made the Con so attractive in the first place. |
| Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreSpurlock has made a marvellous artifact, lacking only the "Odor-ama" that would make this a definitive snapshot of a modern tribe, its sometimes silly sacred relics and sacred rites. |
| OregonianShawn LevyThere's much to enjoy in the lively, fun and fresh documentary Comic-con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope, but chief among them may be that its director, Morgan Spurlock, is nowhere to be seen. |
| The ListHenry NorthmoreWhen you see Marvel happily rubbing shoulders with DC or Star Wars fans chatting to Star Trek fans it makes you proud to be a geek. |
