Here's the plot. Young George Lucas has writer's block and if he doesn't finish his film thesis he won't graduate from USC Film School. The ingredients to writing the perfect screenplay are all there already--except that our young George doesn't know it yet. His roomate is a dork who hallucinates about the "power of the force"; his dorm neighbor suffers from asthma and breathes like Dark Vader; his teacher talks in monosyllables: "Seek not inspiration; inspiration will find you."
Then in the thick of writer's block, a Princess Leia look-alike walks into George's college life, serving as her muse, funny bunny hairdo and all. George finishes his task, and that he graduates from film school is implied. Plain enough?
It is in the execution where this Internet movie really takes off. The edits are clean, the dissolves and the segues are well-intended. Of course, the treatment runs faster than a regular movie, as Internet movies are intended to be. But the nice thing is despite the fast pace of this new medium, the director shows a masterful feel for knowing when to slow down and when to run off.
The exposition part is speedy, yet the dissolves are pretty good. The music also helps. Though we know it isn’t original, it gives off exactly the same feel as the Shakespeare In Love flick. But somewhere in the middle, it mixes with the Starwars theme. And it feels like a new drink, a new bar mix-and-match with amusing texture.
The actors are also well-chosen. Yes, George Lucas could look like that if he were young. And where did they get the Princess Leia look-alike: amazing! The scene in the USC film auditorium is rather romantic--detailing how George and his muse first met--and fell in love. I love it how the camera shifts from George to his muse and back, and then how the camera pans around the two--alone in the auditorium.
What I didn’t like though was the muse’s hand tugging around George’s neck while he struggled to finish his script. It must be hard typing that way--pretty unrealistic if you ask me.
But as far as film quality is concerned? Well I have been recommending it constantly to my friends. The entire film has great texture--that would make even George Lucas feel proud. Mind you, this film didn’t take years to produce, unlike the Starwars series. Which makes me wonder why George Lucas takes years to finish his movies--while the average fim production is around six months. Which makes me wonder further if George Lucas could venture into Internet films at all. It might take him a year to produce one short flick?
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