AVGN Movie Bomb

[Otaking]

I was looking around to see if there are any reviews of the new AVGN movie and saw this review from RetroGamer3, he absolutely trashes the movie

I haven't watched any RetroGamer3 videos in years, I vaguely recall he was a big AVGN fan.
I quickly scanned his old videos and found this video.

[Punch]

ET's atari being the worst game ever is like saying Plan 9 from Outer Space is the worst movie ever. Which is not far from the truth but their awfulness gets hyped too goddamn much.
I can't see a movie based on "LOL ET IS SHIT" being good, but I'll still give a try to the AVGN movie someday.

[MrFulci]

ET on the 2600 wasn't a bad game, it was just a mess. Falling in pits got old after a while. I don't think I ever beat it. "Haunted House", on the other hand, I eventually defeated.

[_joshuaTurbo]

ET was a terrible game, but I would rather play that game than watch this movie again.  It is a complete drag of a flick.  I was so disappointed...

[HailingTheThings]

I liked the big, stupid monster thing, Darth WhateverThef*ck. Overall, though, I wanted more from that movie. Still it felt almost worth the $5 I spent to rent it from Vimeo.

Hoping that the next flick James does is an awesome horror themed one.

[xelement5x]

ET on the 2600 wasn't a bad game, it was just a mess. Falling in pits got old after a while. I don't think I ever beat it. "Haunted House", on the other hand, I eventually defeated.

The thing with those pits is that they're oddly done.  You fall down them if an edge of your guy touches them instead of if you actually go over them.  There is actually a rom hacked version of this that has been updated to fix a lot of the "bugs" that exist in the game.

[SuperDeadite]

Haven't seen the movie, but from the few previews of his I watched, I assumed the focus was on doing lots of old-school practical effects, the E.T. attachment was just there for the sake of all AVGN works needing to be linked to a game of some kind.

[Medic_wheat]

I liked the big, stupid monster thing, Darth WhateverThef*ck. Overall, though, I wanted more from that movie. Still it felt almost worth the $5 I spent to rent it from Vimeo.

Hoping that the next flick James does is an awesome horror themed one.

I can't picture you spending $5 on non obey things.


Tell the truth..you torrented this didn't you

[HailingTheThings]

I liked the big, stupid monster thing, Darth WhateverThef*ck. Overall, though, I wanted more from that movie. Still it felt almost worth the $5 I spent to rent it from Vimeo.

Hoping that the next flick James does is an awesome horror themed one.

I can't picture you spending $5 on non obey things.


Tell the truth..you torrented this didn't you

lol

I really spent an old fashioned fiver on a 24hr rental of this flick, I'd been looking forward to it for what seemed like forever.

I will admit that before doing so I kept thinking "Now, do I really wanna use this $5 for a movie I can only watch for one whole day and then it goes poof? Hmmm...could use it towards finding a manual for Deep Blue instead...hmmm."

[SamIAm]

I haven't watched the whole thing. I'll reserve judgement until I see the end, but there were a few jokes that I would have edited out, absolutely.

[TR0N]

I was looking around to see if there are any reviews of the new AVGN movie and saw this review from RetroGamer3, he absolutely trashes the movie

I haven't watched any RetroGamer3 videos in years, I vaguely recall he was a big AVGN fan.
I quickly scanned his old videos and found this video.

Funny enough the nostalgia critic like it though he did sum it up it's for the fans.

[Tatsujin]

I guess you have approach this movie with absolute 0 expectations, other than utterly trash non-stop..lol

[Medic_wheat]

I think this is proof why he is "best" as a youtube show typically running 12 minutes per video.

Some people despite desire to be more really are just one note.

The character of the nerd is unappealing. James as himself is much more engaging and interesting.

[SamIAm]

Agreed.

[DragonmasterDan]

The problem is when he tries to get too cinematic in his reviews he takes the focus away from what he does well which is critique games in a humorous manner and it emphasizes what he does poorly, which is over the top special effects and people in costumes swearing and using gross-out humor.

I'm didn't have high expectations for the AVGN movie in the first place as while I think James is a very talented film critic, I think he's not quite as good of a comedian or film-maker based on the AVGN /Board James/ You Know What's BS shorts.