Let me start off by saying, I am a fan of the Angry Video game Nerd. I think anyone using the internet more than they should, should be familiar with the Angry video game nerd and his antics and his reviews, And as such I think that James is probably one of the few guys who can keep up with his style of reviewing video games and then cursing his way on screen. Mainly because HE PRETTY MUCH INVENTED IT, and more importantly made it popular. I believe one close friend of James put it "He's like a Mad scientist of Entertainment"
That being said, I've been seeing a lot of mixed reviews coming from both ends of the spectrum, and one of the most defining thing that shows up is the word "HYPE." centered around false expectations made from seeing a trailer, as well as some behind the scenes info that James himself puts up, the mind wanders about to all kinds of possibilities of what an AVGN movie could be about, and how it can turn out.
Upon seeing the movie twice, In my opinion I think this movie is entertaining. is it the best movie in existence? no absolutely not. Is it a good movie made on a 300,000 Dollar budget, Nothing but Jame's imagination, and the pure fandom of the AVGN? yeah it's pretty entertaining. To put it into perspective. Waynes World has a budget of 20,000,000 dollars, and Bill and Ted's excellent Adventure has a Budget of 10,000,000 Dollars, compared that to the 300,000 that James had, and you have a technically impressive as well as a solid entertaining B-movie.
PLOT: I'm assuming you saw the film when you read this, so please remember spoilers ahead. The plot I felt was pretty solid, only having a few minor conveniences being placed here and there. One of the things that really irked me was the the AVGN was popular in the movie, as it's portrayed in real life. To me I feel like with such the exaggerated world that James has built up, he could've done a better job at having the Nerd be a separate entity besides just a guy who posts videos online, That 15 minute intro where james uses internet clips really irritated me, I felt like with the way the whole movie was done, he could've came up with a more creative way to show that. The rest of the movie itself picks up after The Nerd has his first dream sequence. Form then on there, I was having some fun with the movie. The plot with the US government and the Area 51, along with the scientists were a nice touch to an otherwise drab excavation story, and I felt like they went along nicely with the tone of the movie. Again the only thing that really kept taking me out of the movie were some conveniences, like how cooper could easily find Dr.Zandor, as well as the weird video game type sequence that was in Dr. Zandor's house to test if the AVGN was a gamer or not, things like that, Although in contrast, some of it does go well with the tone of the movie. Things like the Death Mwauthzyx or the Actual E.T being part of the world didn't really bother me, instead I found it to be nice set pieces for continuing the story.
Characters: here's where most of the issues with the movie are. and if the writing for some of the characters just got a bit more development and treatment, this would've been like an 8 or a 9 out of 10. The Nerd himself is a"kind of/sort of" developed character, He is seen as a stoic, kind of whiner, who doesn't want to deal with some of the stuff that's been thrust upon him. which is okay, but The AVGN has always been more of an extension of James Rolfe's Rage. and I feel like if they had fleshed him out just a bit more, james could've had like some kind of arc that he goes through. he's not completely bad, He kind of goes through the motions, The only really motivation he has for anything really is because he doesn't want people to play E.T and be mentally scared like he was. That and he likes his fans too much.
The same with the other two main characters in the movie. Cooper was "sort of" fleshed out, as was mandi, they really didn't have that much personality. and in the end where cooper kisses Mandi, really wasn't set up, so there wasn't any type of emotion i felt when they kissed (be it romance or like a victorious feeling for cooper). the rest of the characters are fine seeing as they really don't need any more personality than they needed, seeing as its like a good guy/Bad guy type of story anyways. but I mean if They had fleshed out the main characters a bit more, this would've been one hell of a B-Movie.
All in all, The Movie is entertaining, I certainly felt entertained by jame's Iconic humor, and I felt like he had a sort of balance between his humor and the way the movie functioned, Obviously he got to pick and show and film a lot of the B-movie type genres and incorporate it into the film. which I enjoyed.
again for this type of budget, and the way james is, it's a solid movie. what more can I say, He's the Fu*king nerd.
That being said, I've been seeing a lot of mixed reviews coming from both ends of the spectrum, and one of the most defining thing that shows up is the word "HYPE." centered around false expectations made from seeing a trailer, as well as some behind the scenes info that James himself puts up, the mind wanders about to all kinds of possibilities of what an AVGN movie could be about, and how it can turn out.
Upon seeing the movie twice, In my opinion I think this movie is entertaining. is it the best movie in existence? no absolutely not. Is it a good movie made on a 300,000 Dollar budget, Nothing but Jame's imagination, and the pure fandom of the AVGN? yeah it's pretty entertaining. To put it into perspective. Waynes World has a budget of 20,000,000 dollars, and Bill and Ted's excellent Adventure has a Budget of 10,000,000 Dollars, compared that to the 300,000 that James had, and you have a technically impressive as well as a solid entertaining B-movie.
PLOT: I'm assuming you saw the film when you read this, so please remember spoilers ahead. The plot I felt was pretty solid, only having a few minor conveniences being placed here and there. One of the things that really irked me was the the AVGN was popular in the movie, as it's portrayed in real life. To me I feel like with such the exaggerated world that James has built up, he could've done a better job at having the Nerd be a separate entity besides just a guy who posts videos online, That 15 minute intro where james uses internet clips really irritated me, I felt like with the way the whole movie was done, he could've came up with a more creative way to show that. The rest of the movie itself picks up after The Nerd has his first dream sequence. Form then on there, I was having some fun with the movie. The plot with the US government and the Area 51, along with the scientists were a nice touch to an otherwise drab excavation story, and I felt like they went along nicely with the tone of the movie. Again the only thing that really kept taking me out of the movie were some conveniences, like how cooper could easily find Dr.Zandor, as well as the weird video game type sequence that was in Dr. Zandor's house to test if the AVGN was a gamer or not, things like that, Although in contrast, some of it does go well with the tone of the movie. Things like the Death Mwauthzyx or the Actual E.T being part of the world didn't really bother me, instead I found it to be nice set pieces for continuing the story.
Characters: here's where most of the issues with the movie are. and if the writing for some of the characters just got a bit more development and treatment, this would've been like an 8 or a 9 out of 10. The Nerd himself is a"kind of/sort of" developed character, He is seen as a stoic, kind of whiner, who doesn't want to deal with some of the stuff that's been thrust upon him. which is okay, but The AVGN has always been more of an extension of James Rolfe's Rage. and I feel like if they had fleshed him out just a bit more, james could've had like some kind of arc that he goes through. he's not completely bad, He kind of goes through the motions, The only really motivation he has for anything really is because he doesn't want people to play E.T and be mentally scared like he was. That and he likes his fans too much.
The same with the other two main characters in the movie. Cooper was "sort of" fleshed out, as was mandi, they really didn't have that much personality. and in the end where cooper kisses Mandi, really wasn't set up, so there wasn't any type of emotion i felt when they kissed (be it romance or like a victorious feeling for cooper). the rest of the characters are fine seeing as they really don't need any more personality than they needed, seeing as its like a good guy/Bad guy type of story anyways. but I mean if They had fleshed out the main characters a bit more, this would've been one hell of a B-Movie.
All in all, The Movie is entertaining, I certainly felt entertained by jame's Iconic humor, and I felt like he had a sort of balance between his humor and the way the movie functioned, Obviously he got to pick and show and film a lot of the B-movie type genres and incorporate it into the film. which I enjoyed.
again for this type of budget, and the way james is, it's a solid movie. what more can I say, He's the Fu*king nerd.