[QUOTE=CLungcancer;45897306]The general was fucking hilarious tbh[/QUOTE]
That guy reminds me of this:
[IMG]http://www.rankopedia.com/CandidatePix/117066.gif[/IMG]
Which is quite clever I guess.
Watched it and loved it
I liked the first 40-50 minutes of it, but then it got really boring and uninteresting.
I can't remember a single line of dialogue from the nerd.
I feel like he didn't say that much or got that much screen time compared to the other characters in the film.
[QUOTE=bigmansham;45901516]I liked the first 40-50 minutes of it, but then it got really boring and uninteresting.
I can't remember a single line of dialogue from the nerd.
I feel like he didn't say that much or got that much screen time compared to the other characters in the film.[/QUOTE]
Maybe he was worried the film would come off as an ego thing if it was just about him being the coolest cat on the block.
I thought it was overall enjoyable, but some parts of the movie dragged on way too long. If they had cut this movie by maybe 20 minutes then I would have enjoyed it a lot more, and not feel like I'm forcing myself to get through it.
I still gotta watch it but it pretty much seems like a love it or hate it kind of thing.
I think that's about the reception I was expecting for it
Crossposting my review from Facebook:
I'm 30 minutes into the Angry Video Game Nerd's movie, and so far, I'm underwhelmed.
Warning: Minor spoilers, and a major rant, ahead.
[sp]Now, let me start off by saying I'm a huge fan of James Rolfe, and his Angry Video Game Nerd character. In fact, I've been a loyal fan of his since before he was AVGN, and was still going by the name Angry Nintendo Nerd. His reviews are hilarious, and usually spot-on (though, I do sometimes disagree with him. . .his scathing review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the NES, for example. I have fond memories of playing that as a kid. While I do agree that the underwater level was nothing short of infuriating, it wasn't a terrible game). He's a cool guy, and the AVGN character speaks to that side of every man, woman, and child that has ever felt betrayed by a shitty video game.
But this movie. . .ugh.
It has funny moments. When the jokes work, they really work. But many of them work because they're ripped directly from Rolfe's previous review videos.
Much of the movie is predictable, especially if you're a fan of the AVGN. He curses, at length. He compares video games to shit, in various ways. He drinks Rolling Rock. Various props from the videos make their appearances: The pocket protector, the NES/toaster mod, the game collection, the Commodore 64 (which can apparently connect to the internet).
42 minute in now, by the way. There are a few laughs to be had, but many of the gags fall flat (there's a stereotypical "chase through a middle-eastern market" scene, which breaks the fourth wall frequently, with characters commenting on how there always seem to be fruit stands in chase scenes. The punchline being two workers carrying a pane of glass. A car hits it. Instead of the glass breaking, the car slams, and stops. The glass is unbroken, and the car is in flames. The reason given: "double-pane glass." Ha. Ha.).
Great. Now there's a convoluted plot about aliens.
Okay, so the movie is relatively well-made. It mixes cheap special effects (which lead to an actual chuckle from the line "Even my DREAMS are low-budget!"), with some adequate CG as needed. The effects work when they need to work, and look like shit when it's funnier to have shitty effects. It's effective, and I have to give Rolfe credit for this.
It does have a few actual actors, who shockingly don't phone in their performances, for the most part. Rolfe himself gives an adequate performance, but does tend to telegraph his jokes, either from his muggy facial expressions (of which there are more than I can count. . .which I can't really fault James for, as they're a staple of his review videos), or the extremely predictable nature of the gags (we hear what sounds like the Nerd having sex, along with a girl yelling "It's so hard!," only to find. . .BIG SHOCK. . .they're playing a game on the NES running pad accessory).
An hour in, now.
So, yes. There are a few laughs to be had. But not many.
Oh, shit. Now, there's a fucking prophecy.
Okay, there's a decent cameo from the guy that does the AVGN's theme song. That legitimately made me smile. But that's the thing: This movie gives you just enough smiles to distract you from the fact that you're incredibly bored between smiles.
Don't get me wrong, I respect what Rolfe is doing. He's trying to give the fans something special. Though I do disagree with the way he's done it: He crowdfunded it on Indigogo, but didn't offer a free copy of the film to the people who donated to it. Instead, he's charging $9.99 to watch it on Vimeo.
This is in stark contrast to fellow Youtuber/reviewer Ashens, who released his film, ASHENS AND THE QUEST FOR THE GAME CHILD, for free on YouTube.
But, more on that in part two of this rant. See you after the movie.[/sp]
[editline]5th October 2014[/editline]
PART 2 of my rant on ANGRY VIDEO GAME NERD: THE MOVIE. Minor spoilers ahead.[sp]
By the end of the movie, I'm no more enthused than I was 30 minutes into the film. The special effects I praised earlier in the rant have bitten this movie in the ass by the end. Without getting too deep into plot, allow me to just say that the effects get worse, until you reach a point that suggests that either Rolfe ran out of production money at a certain point, or just stopped caring. Undoubtedly, many of these effects are played for laughs (such as "robots" consisting of people wearing cardboard boxes adorned with duct tape, or a major homage to Godzilla and Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers), but the laughs fall short after a while. The jokes get progressively more forced by the end, as well. One in particular: a magnet ensnares a young woman. It's revealed that the magenet is a literal "chick magnet."
By the last twenty minutes, the movie felt more and more like an obligation. It was like homework. . .it wasn't enjoyable, but I felt like I had to sit through it, and finish what I had started. There were a few more points that I genuinely enjoyed. One being the end credits, where Rolfe finally reviews E.T. for the Atari 2600 (or "Ee-Tee," to avoid copyright issues). The review was honest, and refreshing. He shockingly manages to find a positive side to the worst video game in history, and his logic is sound. It didn't quite have the same feel as the Nerd's "classic" reviews, but it gets the point across, and had some genuine entertainment value. Another bit I enjoyed was a brief cameo from Doug Walker, A.K.A. YouTube reviewer "The Nostalgia Critic." Walker appears for roughly five seconds, and yet his five seconds amounts to the funniest moment in the entire film. Seriously, I was grinning from ear to ear.
That actually annoys me, now that I think about it. . .The Angry Video Game Nerd and the Nostalgia Critic have quite a history. Their "rivalry" on YouTube has led to some wonderful crossovers, confrontations, and, in the case of the review video for the Teenge Mutant Ninja Turtles: Coming Out Of Their Shells Tour, a simply delightful team-up. Doug Walker has screen presence, and an understanding of comedic timing. He's also a gifted physical comedian, writer, and editor. He has a good understanding of pacing (something else this movie had in short supply). This movie would have benefitted immensely from having Doug Walker in a bigger role, and possibly behind the camera. Possibly a co-writer. Rolfe and Walker work well together. He could possibly have been a foil for the Nerd. There were a million ways Doug Walker could have been used, and could have made this a far better film. But, instead, we get five seconds of the funniest bit in the movie.
Earlier, I mentioned Ashens, a fellow YouTube reviewer, and his movie, ASHENS AND THE QUEST FOR THE GAME CHILD. I bring it up as an example of what this movie could have been. It had a far lower budget than AVGN, and a far less ambitious storyline. And yet it succeeded in every possible way that the AVGN movie failed. It was genuinely funny (minus the opening sequence, which served little purpose other than to introduce the audience to the concept of Ashens, and give exposition for the MacGuffin of the film. The first five or so minutes drag on a bit, but the film quickly finds its pace). It had heart, and was truly made as a gift to the fans. It was also released free on YouTube, with extra revenue to be made from sales of a special edition Blu Ray. AVGN, by comparison, is currently strictly pay-per-view. As mentioned earler, fans who donated to the production weren't even treated to a copy of the film. I saw it because someone uploaded an unauthorized rip on YouTube. It comes across as mainly a vanity project from Rolfe, and not much else.
That aside, it wasn't a terrible movie. It was a competent narrative, for the most part. It did have some bits of fan service, and some of it legitimately worked. But I find it telling that the biggest laughs I had were from Doug Walker's cameo, and from footage from the Nerd's review videos. I didn't like it, but I didn't hate it. I truly went into it WANTING to like it. I had looked forward to it for a very, VERY long time. But, sadly, it just didn't deliver. Some people will love it. Others will hate it. Me. . .I'm in the middle.
I'll close with the following: As feature films by YouTube personalities go. . .it was better than "Fred." Take from that what you will.[/sp]
I've been a fan of the nerd since 2007 and I completely forgot he released this film. Reading this thread, reviews seem pretty mixed but I would like to see it for myself.
How does Vimeo on Demand, do I just rent it, watch and after some date the movie expires?
I'm glad this thread came up so I could write about the movie.
It felt so weirdly paced. And the character of the nerd barely felt like the nerd. Like it felt like he was just a series of lines and not an actual character as opposed to the Nerd series itself. He was like some alternate nerd. Also, did anyone else fucking hate Cooper? I get that overacting is part of the campiness but good god that kid didn't shut the fuck up. He also didn't help. It honestly felt like the nerd was getting dragged along his whole movie. The effects were nice and whatnot, but it all felt unsatisfying. I would've liked to see him to do the review in the basement, that would've been full circle. It sucks too cause he put a lot of work into it, so I hate to say I didn't like it as an AVGN movie. Even as a standalone movie it was 'eh'. Again, the nerd didn't play a big enough role in the plot. He kinda just hated everything and didn't wanna do anything and then he got thrown into the whole ET thing
[editline]6th October 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=mark6789;45885950]My only complaint is that there wernt enough AVGN qualities in this. Like i wanted to see [sp]Super Mega Death Christ 2000, him using the Super Scope or Light Gun as a gun, Power Glove, Bugs Bunny, ROB.[/sp][/QUOTE]
Fucking this, like there just wasn't the same feel of the basement nerd
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;46166797]The beginning where it shows him in his basement is pretty much the only time it feels like the show.[/QUOTE]
Exactly. I would've liked to see him touch more on the roots of the AVGN, and then tie it to exploring outside of the basement. Instead it felt more like this weird trip and the Nerd was just some archetype going along with all of it, not really making any decisions and just being kinda militant. Like others said I can't remember a single line of dialogue from the nerd, and that's cause he almost never said anything. Nothing relevant to the plot. I understand fully what we was trying to do. I could see where he was trying to make it campy. But in the process the potential for doing this really popular character justice was lost. There was so much shit I was expecting to happen that would've been perfect but none of it ever happened. It was like looking at an amazing steak dinner and then you cut into it and it's just a little on the rare side, so you keep eating it, and it's pretty good, but oh man if only it were more cooked, and you finish it and you know it could've been better. And by the end you're a little sick.
Seriously though, if he had just ended the movie with a classic style review of E.T., even having the show's intro theme show up, that would've been fucking mind blowing.
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;46164356]I almost forgot about the movie and I saw it for the first time less than a month ago.
If you really want to watch everything AVGN related, go ahead and watch it, but I found myself feeling genuinely uncomfortable throughout, and not in a good way. I'm not gonna say I didn't laugh a few times, but I was mostly bored, and I'm never bored while watching James Rolfe's content.[/QUOTE]
I think I need to truly see to believe it, might be a bad decision but meh I'm an absolute fan of the nerd but I'll watch this movie with no expectations or high hopes
Its biggest failing is the fact it's the AVGN.
James is a film buff who knows his shit. He got all of the funding he needed, he had complete creative control, and really it was just disappointing.
I think if given something different to work on he'd make something fairly decent, but given the AVGN the best he could do with that was simply underwhelming.
When Shit Pickle showed up, I was so numb from everything that came before, I literally just pointed at the screen and mumbled "Hmmm. Shit Pickle."
I also have to say that, when the (toy) tank with the Colonel sticking out of the top went over the cliff, it would have actually worked if it had been an homage to the terrible shot of the Nazi in the tank careening off the cliff in Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade. Just a bad matte shot with an action figure in a tank, zooming toward the camera. It was such a logical choice that I'm honestly shocked that Rolfe didn't go with it. It would have saved the entire sequence.
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