Unicorn City

So for those of you who don't know, Unicorn City was released earlier this month on iTunes and Amazon. In short, it's a movie about a guy who wants to get a job at "Warlocks of the Beach" and decides to create a gaming utopia to accomplish this, or basically a full time LARP.  I was really, really looking forward to it, and while it was entertaining and funny, it kind of fell short for me.  Here's the trailer:

The trailer makes it look really funny. And it is very humorous.  It's just not... whimsical enough I suppose. The characters in the movie are entertaining, but they are more funny awkward rather than the zany types depicted in the trailer. The main character Voss is a little too unappealing for too long. As a friend of mine put it,  the movie is one of those "How does a manchild become a man?" stories. You know he is going to make that transition, but I feel this transition is put off until way too late in the movie. It would have been nice to see an evolution of character rather than an epiphany. To put my feelings on the film in perspective, I'm a fan of low budget fantasy comedy, but after having rented it I'm just not sure if there is enough rewatch value to it  for me to justify plunking down more money to own it.

That said, they do the best with what they have. I'm really looking forward to "The  Knights of Badassdom" too, but this features a real special effects budget as well as actual C to B+ grade actors in it (Peter Dinklage, Steve Zahn, Danny Pudi, and Summer Glau).