I start by saying that I am really, really sorry for my awful English, it's not my first language. I have been in a war with my spell-check and it won. My choice was keeping Swedish as the language for spelling or throwing the computer out the window. I decided that horrible English cost less than a new computer...besides spell-check does nothing on bad grammar so ;)
With that out of the way, here's my review: I am a marshmallow, and Veronica Mars is my favorite show of all times. I was one of the fans that wanted a movie from the start, but as the years passed, I gave up on that idea and I was surprised when I saw that there was one on the way because I missed everything about the kick-start-thing. I really looked forward to it, but I tried to keep my expectation low because movies this long after can go either way. Still, I rented it online as soon as it was possible and was hoping to be able to give this movie the 10 stars the show have gotten from me, but unfortunately not.
I loved parts of it, the first hour took me like 2,5 hours to get through because of my constant rewinding to see the the hilarious and good scenes over and over. Veronica was brilliant as ever, I loved all the scenes with Mac, Wallace, Weevil, Dick and Piz. I have always been a big fan of Piz - even if I didn't want him as a love-interest for Veronica - and I thought that he was even better in the movie. I loved Keith as always, I loved the familiar faces and some of the cameos, and even if I loved to hate Don Lamb - when they killed him of was one of the worst parts of season 3 - they got a great replacement in his older brother. I loved the reunion and of course all the snark and all the jokes, because that's what's made me fell in love with the show from the beginning. So that part of the movie was way over my expectations and I was pleasantly surprised.
But as my voting shows, I was disappointed in other parts of the movie. The murder-plot was uninteresting, I figured it out almost from the start. My only reaction was "not Dick as a suspect again". Thankfully they didn't really made him a suspect which was the only good thing about the whole thing. As I wrote before, I loved most of the first hour or so, but the last half-hour was boring IMHO. I didn't like the sub-plot with Weevil and Celeste Kane and I didn't like what happened to Sacks and the fact that the movie left so many unanswered questions. It's to obvious that they are angling for a sequel or spin-off or something. In a way I have more questions now than after the end of the show.
I haven't mentioned Logan. Dohring was excellent as always, but because of the storyline we got the surly and depressed Logan. I understand that, but I still missed the more snarky and fun Logan. It's natural that he wasn't because after all, he was accused of murder but still, I love him when he is snarky :D
The whole love-triangle thing was to predictable. One of the first things I said after seeing the last ep of the series was "It didn't end with LoVe so if they ever get a movie or the show get another chance, the first thing they are going to do is getting those two together". And even if I was a big LoVe-shipper in the first two seasons, in season 3 I was so tired of it and I didn't even think they where that good for each-other. But nine years have past so who knows, maybe their epic love-story will last this time. Still predictable and I would have preferred that Veronica ended up with nobody.
So summary: There is parts I love and I'm going to watch again and again, There is parts that makes me laugh, there is parts that is a let-down, there is parts that where predictable and there is parts that bored me. But I was happy to get a trip down memory-lane, and I thank the really "obsesed" marshmallows out there for that. I hope they are totally in love with the movie, because after all, it was thanks to them the movie was made. I really wish I could give the movie more stars, I wanted to love it the whole way through, but the end dragged it down for me and when the credits rolled I felt a kind of sadness that I can't explain. I liked that Veronica stayed in Neptune though, it's where she belongs and normal is not the watchword for Veronica Mars!
With that out of the way, here's my review: I am a marshmallow, and Veronica Mars is my favorite show of all times. I was one of the fans that wanted a movie from the start, but as the years passed, I gave up on that idea and I was surprised when I saw that there was one on the way because I missed everything about the kick-start-thing. I really looked forward to it, but I tried to keep my expectation low because movies this long after can go either way. Still, I rented it online as soon as it was possible and was hoping to be able to give this movie the 10 stars the show have gotten from me, but unfortunately not.
I loved parts of it, the first hour took me like 2,5 hours to get through because of my constant rewinding to see the the hilarious and good scenes over and over. Veronica was brilliant as ever, I loved all the scenes with Mac, Wallace, Weevil, Dick and Piz. I have always been a big fan of Piz - even if I didn't want him as a love-interest for Veronica - and I thought that he was even better in the movie. I loved Keith as always, I loved the familiar faces and some of the cameos, and even if I loved to hate Don Lamb - when they killed him of was one of the worst parts of season 3 - they got a great replacement in his older brother. I loved the reunion and of course all the snark and all the jokes, because that's what's made me fell in love with the show from the beginning. So that part of the movie was way over my expectations and I was pleasantly surprised.
But as my voting shows, I was disappointed in other parts of the movie. The murder-plot was uninteresting, I figured it out almost from the start. My only reaction was "not Dick as a suspect again". Thankfully they didn't really made him a suspect which was the only good thing about the whole thing. As I wrote before, I loved most of the first hour or so, but the last half-hour was boring IMHO. I didn't like the sub-plot with Weevil and Celeste Kane and I didn't like what happened to Sacks and the fact that the movie left so many unanswered questions. It's to obvious that they are angling for a sequel or spin-off or something. In a way I have more questions now than after the end of the show.
I haven't mentioned Logan. Dohring was excellent as always, but because of the storyline we got the surly and depressed Logan. I understand that, but I still missed the more snarky and fun Logan. It's natural that he wasn't because after all, he was accused of murder but still, I love him when he is snarky :D
The whole love-triangle thing was to predictable. One of the first things I said after seeing the last ep of the series was "It didn't end with LoVe so if they ever get a movie or the show get another chance, the first thing they are going to do is getting those two together". And even if I was a big LoVe-shipper in the first two seasons, in season 3 I was so tired of it and I didn't even think they where that good for each-other. But nine years have past so who knows, maybe their epic love-story will last this time. Still predictable and I would have preferred that Veronica ended up with nobody.
So summary: There is parts I love and I'm going to watch again and again, There is parts that makes me laugh, there is parts that is a let-down, there is parts that where predictable and there is parts that bored me. But I was happy to get a trip down memory-lane, and I thank the really "obsesed" marshmallows out there for that. I hope they are totally in love with the movie, because after all, it was thanks to them the movie was made. I really wish I could give the movie more stars, I wanted to love it the whole way through, but the end dragged it down for me and when the credits rolled I felt a kind of sadness that I can't explain. I liked that Veronica stayed in Neptune though, it's where she belongs and normal is not the watchword for Veronica Mars!