"Unicorn City"

This is a tricky one to gauge. A portion of this film was shot right up the street (at one point a stone's throw from my bedroom window) from where I was living at the time; I saw the giant green screen and troll costume and heard the singing of the Bardladin. I also went to a free screening in which the filmmakers were present, introduced the film, and held a Q&A afterwards. This kind of screening is much like a midnight showing in that you have people who are enthusiastic about the film. This creates an energetic atmosphere that seems to heighten all of the emotions meant to be induced by the film. Jokes are funnier, successes are more triumphant, failures are sadder. With that said, I laughed a lot during this movie. Jon Gries (most will probably know him as Uncle Rico from "Napoleon Dynamite") was fantastic as the over-controlling, over-the-top Shadow Hawk. The hero Voss was equally pathetic as sympathetic. Most everyone was believable in that I would totally buy that they game like this. There were tender moments, there were epic moments, and there were hilarious moments. These moments are all made possible if you can just accept that this is an absolute ridiculous premise told in a ridiculous manner which will result in ridiculous fun.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1734589/