When a show is cancelled way before it should be, what is one to do? You begin a kick starter and raise enough money, and then some, from your fans to fund the making of your movie. Oh, and did I mention that you also do this in 12 hours? Thus, the movie became available through AMC theaters and any type of On Demand screening. I was lucky enough to be able to see the film at a local Independent movie theater since there are no AMC theaters where I live.
The movie gives a great recap of what the TV series was all about, so if you had never seen an episode of the show you wouldn't be completely lost. However it could have used a little more explaining of who is who. Kristen Bell reprises her role as Veronica Mars but this time she isn't the crime solving detective that she once was. Nine years later, Veronica in her own words, is living in New York City with her boyfriend Piz and about to embark on her first "real" job as a lawyer. Veronica hears a TV news story about one of her high school peers, Bonnie DeVille, who is now a pop singer, who has been murdered and the prime suspect is her boyfriend, Logan Echolls, Veronica's one true love. Cue the call that Logan makes to Veronica for a "favor". As Veronica returns to Neptune to try and help her old friend Logan find a lawyer, she is once again pulled back into her old world, quite quickly I might add. Attending her 10 year high school reunion, one she vowed she would never attend, provides some real entertainment.
All the gang is back. Wallace and Mac are back as her trusty sidekicks; also Dick Casablancas, Weville, Leo (Max Greenfield), and Keith Mars, just to name a few. There are great cameo appearances from James Franco, as well as Dax Shepard, my favorite!
As the story unfolds we hear the traditional Veronica narration throughout the story. It's not hard for Veronica to fall back into her private investigating ways, as she tries to put the pieces of the story together. How could Logan kill Bonnie when that was against everything that she had ever known about him? What other people could have been involved? Was it a conspiracy? Could it have been a jealous fan? Or another lover? Veronica knows that Logan is not capable of murder but how is she going to prove it?
It's pretty much a 100 minute episode and a little funnier than I remember the show being: great chemistry and just what fans have been waiting for. It did not let me down. I know that all Veronica Mars fans will be seeing this movie but I would encourage those of you who haven't seen one episode to give it a try. It has fantastic one liners plus fast, quick dialogue. If you are a Kristen Bell fan it's worth seeing as well. " After all life is tough, but she's tougher!"
The movie gives a great recap of what the TV series was all about, so if you had never seen an episode of the show you wouldn't be completely lost. However it could have used a little more explaining of who is who. Kristen Bell reprises her role as Veronica Mars but this time she isn't the crime solving detective that she once was. Nine years later, Veronica in her own words, is living in New York City with her boyfriend Piz and about to embark on her first "real" job as a lawyer. Veronica hears a TV news story about one of her high school peers, Bonnie DeVille, who is now a pop singer, who has been murdered and the prime suspect is her boyfriend, Logan Echolls, Veronica's one true love. Cue the call that Logan makes to Veronica for a "favor". As Veronica returns to Neptune to try and help her old friend Logan find a lawyer, she is once again pulled back into her old world, quite quickly I might add. Attending her 10 year high school reunion, one she vowed she would never attend, provides some real entertainment.
All the gang is back. Wallace and Mac are back as her trusty sidekicks; also Dick Casablancas, Weville, Leo (Max Greenfield), and Keith Mars, just to name a few. There are great cameo appearances from James Franco, as well as Dax Shepard, my favorite!
As the story unfolds we hear the traditional Veronica narration throughout the story. It's not hard for Veronica to fall back into her private investigating ways, as she tries to put the pieces of the story together. How could Logan kill Bonnie when that was against everything that she had ever known about him? What other people could have been involved? Was it a conspiracy? Could it have been a jealous fan? Or another lover? Veronica knows that Logan is not capable of murder but how is she going to prove it?
It's pretty much a 100 minute episode and a little funnier than I remember the show being: great chemistry and just what fans have been waiting for. It did not let me down. I know that all Veronica Mars fans will be seeing this movie but I would encourage those of you who haven't seen one episode to give it a try. It has fantastic one liners plus fast, quick dialogue. If you are a Kristen Bell fan it's worth seeing as well. " After all life is tough, but she's tougher!"