Sorry, this movie sucks

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

I don't know why people don't like it...but if you are a comic geek, like me, you will love this film. Trust me. It all deals with Hollywood wanting to adapt a revamp of a golden age comic character, Commander Courage. When Mark Hamill's character gets involved he tries to get them to go for the golden age character but runs into some obstacles...so anyway, I like it, thought it was great...plus it relates to me because of my hatred for what Hollywood does (sometimes) to comic characters and remaking classic films and turning them into crap. I suggest it to comic lovers...some non comic geeks might find it too boring.

Mark Hammill plays Donald Swan, an elderly comic nerd who attends a con cause he loves Commender Courage (a made-up creation for the movie). If Hamill just made a straight up documentary, this film wouldn't be half as bad. As it is, the jokes are stale, and the guest stars including Kevin Smith, Bruce Campbell, Ray Harryhausen, Stan Lee, and others are pretty much wasted. Which is a damn shame, well not so much in the case of Kevin Smith as he's pretty much a one-trick pony (as evidence of him trying to get away for said one-trick and making a movie that bombed horribly). The extra "behind the voices" featurette on the second disc is better because it's REAL (why the hell did Miramax see fit to give this sad movie a deluxe set boggles the mind, by the way). Mr. Hammill says this move is a 'love letter to the fans', proving the saying "you only hurt the one's you love" all the more apt.My Grade: D+ DVD Extras: Disc 1) List of Cameos; Art gallery; 13 deleted scenes; Cast and crew bios; Trailers for "Spy Kids 3D" and "My Boss's Daughter" Disc 2) "Behind the Voices" 51-minute panel; Faux Extended Interviews with Kevin Smith, Stan Lee, Bruce Campbell, Hugh Hefner, Mark Evanier; Scott Shaw, Billy Mumy, Peter David, and Paul Dini; and some other stuff

This mockumentary had potential, but ends up being mostly unwatchable. The first strike against it was being shot using normal mini-DV. You think they'd at least try to do some kind of film look to make it look more professional. The acting was way over the top. There's more beleivable performances in porno movies.The Comic Con footage really made this look cheap. You kept thinking "O.K., here's Mark Hamill running around the Comic Con screwing around trying to get whatever footage he can".The only good things in the movie was the mock history of the Courage superhero, and Kevin Smith's cameo. It's funny that Smith was making fun of his experience writing a draft of Superman. "They wanted him to fight a giant spider in the 3rd act. Because I lived in Jersey at the time, I didn't get it. Now that I live in L.A., I get it now".What I kept thinking throughout watching this was "That was Luke Skywalker. He was in the biggest trilogy of all time. Harrison Ford is getting 20 million a movie, and he's screwing around with a video camera at a comic convention."I predict in 20 years we'll have a video game mockumentary directed by Elijah Wood.

After I finished watching "Comic Book: The Movie", I would have to say it was enjoyable. With that said, this movie was nothing spectacular. I think people will enjoy it more for the people who collaborated on it, rather than the story itself. There are quit a few funny parts, but not laugh out loud funny ... more like amusing funny. I liked seeing allot of people who are in the comic book/ animation world. The fact that there are so many Icons in this movie makes it a good watch. I especially like how it is a double disc DVD, so you get allot of extras to enjoy. There are people in the movie, you wouldn't even know are big stars because maybe they had a career along time ago or our voice actors. Speaking of voice actors, it seems this movie is busting with them. I love that. It's cool to see them. Then there is Jess Harnell who plays Ricky the Camera Guy. He is pretty funny. Good character and one of the many voice actors who partakes in this featured film.As a Kevin Smith fan, I have to give him a shout out. It was cool to see him in this and a new sight to see him watch his tongue. Although he managed to still bring that edge, we have all come to love. Inclosing, if you are a comic book fan, I would recommend checking this out. If not for the movie, do it for the extras.