If you liked the trailers you will probably like the movie, but if you had doubts about the new characters and the writing right off the bat, you will probably think like me.
I'm a fan of the AVGN from the beginning and will always be a fan.
But that movie is not well-written. Not well at all. Some people that were at the Fantasia film festival reported that all jokes were met with roaring laughter, but I was at the same screening and did not experience that. The laughs were scarce and only a few jokes are really clever and well written in the dialogue. So most of the movie was silence and polite laughs once in a while. About 10 "real" laughs.
The writing is REALLY sub-par and underwhelming. Might that be the contribution of Kevin Finn, compared to James Rolfe writing alone his episodes of AVGN? I don't know and don't want to dump the blame too easily on one person.
It seemed like the wits, the cleverness of James scripts (usual AVGN episodes) were gone and all that stayed was a naive, unsubtle script and dialogues. Most of it is contrived, a little stupid and clichéd.
The effects are good and fun, there is some really cool model work there, and I found that the effect shots and the editing were really well done. I know a lot of things were done in post-production, but it doesn't show, the movie holds very well together.
If only the writing was there to support the rest of the movie and make it funny... That should have been the bone that holds all that meat together, but it fails.
The sidekick of James is naive, annoying and stupid. Not really the actor's fault because his lines are so bad... They should have went, after all, for Mike Matei. I know he's camera shy and everything, but I felt people wanted to see people they knew and would pardon a couple of acting mishaps if need be. We needed a cynical, witty sidekick, not a naive idiot making bad jokes over bad jokes. Sometimes the same bad joke like 5 times during the entire runtime (like his mother calling him over and over).
The nerd girl character arc is mostly boring and unnecessary. They could have cut 5 or 10 minutes from the movie for her alone. All her interactions with the bad guys are cringe worthy. Here again, I feel the actress is good but that the material is seriously lacking.
It's like they thought it was funny on paper with the quick repartees and physical humour, but it doesn't connect so the "uncleverness" of the dialogue and script REALLY shows.
It is unfortunate like I said because the movie by itself could be very fun! They could have cut at least 30 minutes of bad dialogue EASY if you ask me. The whole thing felt slow and didn't pick up quick enough. Should definitely have been more fast-paced and less relying on the sidekick and nerd girl. We were there to see James after all. Having a well-written better sidekick could have worked in though! :) I am still very proud of the final product as far as EVERYTHING else besides the dialogue, because it looks GREAT and feels GREAT.
It is only my opinion and I don't intend to offend, I still love James and his work. I will still support the guy in his future endeavours and WILL buy the movie to help him finance whatever else he might want to do.
I'm a fan of the AVGN from the beginning and will always be a fan.
But that movie is not well-written. Not well at all. Some people that were at the Fantasia film festival reported that all jokes were met with roaring laughter, but I was at the same screening and did not experience that. The laughs were scarce and only a few jokes are really clever and well written in the dialogue. So most of the movie was silence and polite laughs once in a while. About 10 "real" laughs.
The writing is REALLY sub-par and underwhelming. Might that be the contribution of Kevin Finn, compared to James Rolfe writing alone his episodes of AVGN? I don't know and don't want to dump the blame too easily on one person.
It seemed like the wits, the cleverness of James scripts (usual AVGN episodes) were gone and all that stayed was a naive, unsubtle script and dialogues. Most of it is contrived, a little stupid and clichéd.
The effects are good and fun, there is some really cool model work there, and I found that the effect shots and the editing were really well done. I know a lot of things were done in post-production, but it doesn't show, the movie holds very well together.
If only the writing was there to support the rest of the movie and make it funny... That should have been the bone that holds all that meat together, but it fails.
The sidekick of James is naive, annoying and stupid. Not really the actor's fault because his lines are so bad... They should have went, after all, for Mike Matei. I know he's camera shy and everything, but I felt people wanted to see people they knew and would pardon a couple of acting mishaps if need be. We needed a cynical, witty sidekick, not a naive idiot making bad jokes over bad jokes. Sometimes the same bad joke like 5 times during the entire runtime (like his mother calling him over and over).
The nerd girl character arc is mostly boring and unnecessary. They could have cut 5 or 10 minutes from the movie for her alone. All her interactions with the bad guys are cringe worthy. Here again, I feel the actress is good but that the material is seriously lacking.
It's like they thought it was funny on paper with the quick repartees and physical humour, but it doesn't connect so the "uncleverness" of the dialogue and script REALLY shows.
It is unfortunate like I said because the movie by itself could be very fun! They could have cut at least 30 minutes of bad dialogue EASY if you ask me. The whole thing felt slow and didn't pick up quick enough. Should definitely have been more fast-paced and less relying on the sidekick and nerd girl. We were there to see James after all. Having a well-written better sidekick could have worked in though! :) I am still very proud of the final product as far as EVERYTHING else besides the dialogue, because it looks GREAT and feels GREAT.
It is only my opinion and I don't intend to offend, I still love James and his work. I will still support the guy in his future endeavours and WILL buy the movie to help him finance whatever else he might want to do.