Mikael79

I watched Confessions of a Superhero last night, on my Xbox 360 via Netflix, and I was impressed with it. Has anyone else watched it lately, now that it's freely available to Xbox and Netflix users?

To those who haven't seen it, it's the story of several people who dress up as superheroes (or cartoon characters) and hang around Hollywood looking to make money off of pedestrians who take their pictures. Every person in the movie is pretty much clinically insane, but it has some touching moments along with several funny ones. The guy who dresses up as Superman stole the show, in my opinion, as I'm guessing the director agreed as he has the most screen time.

Definitely recommended to those out there who are looking for titles to add to their Netflix queue.

Oh, and this girl is pretty hot, in my opinion...

PopcornTreeCt

Are these the guys that hang out in front of Mann's Chinese Theatre? Ugh.

Brent L

Wait a second.

This is actually a documentary, and not a mockumentary?

I bought this a while back in one of those Movie Gallery store closing sales, but I thought it was a mockumentary about real superheroes. I may have to actually watch this sometime soon.

LickTheABCs

I rented it a couple of months ago.

George Clooney was hilarious in it and yes I too wanted to bang Wonder Woman.

fumanstan

Never heard of it, but it sounds kind of interesting.

Travis McClain

I've had this in my Netflix streaming queue for quite a while and just watched it. I loved it! It starts off with a Trekkies vibe, but quickly moves away from being a punchline to showcasing some genuinely touching moments of humanity. I know entirely too many guys like Maxwell Allen ("Batman") and can't stand that aggressive bravado nonsense, and Christopher Dennis clearly has some delusional issues but his heart seems to be in the right place so he gets a pass. Joe McQueen and Jennifer Gehrt, though, are both very accessible and I found myself cheering when he got the role of a villain's henchman and I was sad when Gehrt's fly-by-night marriage went south.

Matt Ogens did a great job keeping the four concurrent stories moving and focused; I never felt like it was meandering, and there were plenty of opportunities for the movie to stray. Not only are the subjects genuinely fascinating, but as a documentary I thought this was very well assembled. Maybe it's the fact I watched it in the middle of the night/early morning when everything else was quiet and serene and I was able to get lost in the movie. Maybe it's that I admire people who are willing to take absurd risks to pursue something when most people are content to live conventional lives and mock those risk-takers from a distance. Whatever the reason, this one really won me over.