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A review by a_chickletz
Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made by Alan Eisenstock
4.0
Back in 2003, I remember seeing the review from Ain't It Cool News? regarding the adaptation. I shifted through the internet looking for a download. It wasn't until years later I found one, watched this glorious piece of work, I saved it to a disc to have and to hold forever. Was it my love for Indy - raised on the films since I was a babe? Or was it that I always wanted to do the same thing? Create an ~amazing fan film~ like they did?
Whatever the reason, it was amazing finding what I could on the internet. But I hungered for more, I wanted to know more about what went on behind the scenes between takes, the 'creation' of the sets, the overall experience leading up to now.
Being that I created a group on fb for the film, and being that Chris is a part of said group, when a link was posted (by him) about this book: I knew I had to have it. So I ordered it and quickly began to read it.
I gotta admit, I was pretty entertained. I felt by the end of the book I knew them. I think the author did a good job of working together with Chris and Eric in getting a constancy that did not feel unreal or 'fake'. Though I kind of admit, I was a bit skeptical of the the conversations (of how much dialogue one could recover from years ago). Overall, I felt that it kept in tone what the kids would think of or say during that time.
The only reason I did not give the book a full five stars is that the pieces of the notebook wasn't scanned into the book, or other pieces of their work (like storyboards, drawings, etc.). Seems other people felt saddened by that decision (or lack of) as well.
I think the book was a great read. I can easily see this as being the precursor to the eventual film. :)
Whatever the reason, it was amazing finding what I could on the internet. But I hungered for more, I wanted to know more about what went on behind the scenes between takes, the 'creation' of the sets, the overall experience leading up to now.
Being that I created a group on fb for the film, and being that Chris is a part of said group, when a link was posted (by him) about this book: I knew I had to have it. So I ordered it and quickly began to read it.
I gotta admit, I was pretty entertained. I felt by the end of the book I knew them. I think the author did a good job of working together with Chris and Eric in getting a constancy that did not feel unreal or 'fake'. Though I kind of admit, I was a bit skeptical of the the conversations (of how much dialogue one could recover from years ago). Overall, I felt that it kept in tone what the kids would think of or say during that time.
The only reason I did not give the book a full five stars is that the pieces of the notebook wasn't scanned into the book, or other pieces of their work (like storyboards, drawings, etc.). Seems other people felt saddened by that decision (or lack of) as well.
I think the book was a great read. I can easily see this as being the precursor to the eventual film. :)