(I
see a lot of live performances, but don't usually review them. But
this one holds a special place in my heart.)
Synopsis:
(hijacked from Desert Star Playhouse's web site)
Science
Fiction geek Walter gets a “Dear John” from his fiance because he
spends too much time fantasizing about "Star Wars" and
"Lord of the Rings." Now Walter must journey to
Middle-Earth with a zany band of misfits to return balance to the the
world...and his girlfriend. Come along on this hilarious adventure to
find out if Walter can defeat the Dark Lord Sharon and become a hero
to couch potatoes everywhere.
Why
did I watch this movie again?
Uh,
hello...LOTR, Star Wars, geeks, Middle-Earth, parody? What part of
this doesn't scream win?
5
out of 5
Characters
It's
always amusing to see what these Desert Star team will come up with.
I'd have to say that I pretty much loved all of the characters. They
all made me laugh, they all made me cringe, and—as they were
supposed to—they all kind of reminded me of me.
5
out of 5
Did
I care what happened?
Yes.
Although the plot for Walter to take the ring back to his girlfriend
to see if he could re-win her heart didn't pull me along nearly as
much as Ken Jennings' random answers in the phrase of a question did.
Whoever wrote this play was great, and this character in particular
was hilarious.
Each
character had something they wanted, and they were all equally
ridiculous in their desires. So nice job.
4
out of 5
Plot
Holes
A
production like this only uses a plot to string together a rather
impressive number of jokes. Which it did fine at.
3
out of 5
How
many times did I yawn?
No
yawning. Princess Leia made me roll my eyes a few times, as did
Hillary Clinton/Gollum. But I think they did that on purpose.
At
one point the dialogue seemed to slow down, but it picked back up
pretty quick. And I laughed a lot, which was the whole point!
4
out of 5
Cool
Factor
I'm
going to change this to the Funny Factor.
I
went to this show expecting to be completely entertained by geeky
references, Mormon references (because they always toss them in),
political zingers and ridiculous circumstances. I pretty much got
all of that.
4
out of 5
The
End
The
end—when Walter gets back into the real world—made me laugh
pretty hard, because we got to then see who all of the characters in
his “Dream” were based on. And some of them were really funny.
4
out of 5
Overall
Enjoyment
I
laughed. Out loud. Multiple times. The switch from an Orc attack to
a Dork attack really entertained me, and my not so inner geeky self
loved it!
4
out of 5
Score=31
That's
a Brown Belt
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