Movie Review: Veronica Mars

Belinda Hamilton reviews one of my favourite movies.

Veronica Mars the Movie (Kick started by the fans for the fans)

I think this would have to be the single most warm fuzzy moment of my weekend. I just finished watching the extra clip on the Veronica Mars movie DVD. (That is after watching the film itself, of course.)

If you hadn’t heard, after season three (2007) Veronica Mars was axed. (Bet those guys are kicking themselves now, huh?) Veronica still had more stories to tell, so Rob Thomas had an idea…

It began with a promo clip on YouTube…

Then when the project went live on the Kick Starter website on April 13 2013, these are just some of the records that were smashed to bits include:

• Fastest project to reach $1 million.
• Fastest project to reach $2 million.
• All-time highest-funded project in FILM category.
• Third highest-funded project in Kickstarter history.
• Most project backers of any project in Kickstarter history.

Filming began in Early June 2013 and on 14 of March 2014 the film was available to one and all worldwide.

So now, the big question is, were the 91,585 people who donated over 5.7 MILLION dollars wasting their time and well earned money?

Hell no!

Thank you to every one of you for getting it done. Thank you to Rob Thomas for not making Veronica suck in her long awaited return to our screens. And oh what a return it was.

Ten years after graduating Neptune High, Veronica is doing her best to avoid the class reunion. As with all her best laid plans, it all goes haywire when she gets the call from one Logan Echolls, who is, yet again, up to his neck in poop and sinking fast.

Almost all of the old gang were back: Weevil, Mac, Logan, Piz, Wallace, Keith, and a 20 something year old Veronica Mars doing what she does best, being the smartest person in the room

Everything is there: the grit, the tension, the smouldering looks between Veronica and Logan, even the old theme song gets a nod.  

There are quite a few shows I have been really upset to see go, Moonlight, Firefly, Dark Angel and the list goes on. I doubt, besides Firefly, that the fan bases of any of those shows would move mountains to get just one last hurrah from their favourite characters.

If you have any love for the TV series, I urge you to get the DVD and watch it.

This is certainly a master class in having the last word… and making it count.