Charming and brutal

An action-packed slog

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

The reviewing of poor media products on the internet has become a whole genre of comedy in itself. Movies, video games, anime, comic books, music, etc, all have dedicated reviewers who will pick them apart and criticize all in the good name of entertainment. One of the most famous perpetrators and originators of this genre within the cyberspace of the internet is none other than The Angry Video Game Nerd. The Nerd (James D. Rolfe), is a fouled mouthed, short tempered retro gamer, destined to review as he would call them, "sh***y f**king games".The Nerd's trademark humor is comprised mostly of strong profanity and over the top comparisons to describe how awful a game is, i.e. "This game is so hard it would actually be easier to outside in a thunderstorm and dodge rain". It's an acquired taste but trust me when I say there are few times in my life in which I laughed as hard when I first discovered this guy and watched his Ghostbusters review back in 2007.This is partially due to many of the games he reviews being so horrific they almost review themselves but also because of James' charisma as a performer. Let's face it, almost everyone who goes on the internet and makes videos in which they try to entertain or inform (including top subscribed You Tubers, although I won't name names) are ether dull or are trying to force a personality onto themselves. James on the other hand is just a complete natural. He's always an absolute joy to listen to and makes the art of appearing on camera and reviewing media (whether comically or straight) seem easy. However James is first and foremost a film maker and thanks to this The Angry Video Game Nerd had considerably greater production values than most other internet content. Frankly the guy is one of my personal heroes. I still continue to enjoy new episodes of The Angry Video Game Nerd. I'm glad James now only makes several episodes per year, whereas at the height of the series productivity we had two every month. Some of the more recent episodes are among some of the funniest he's ever done, not bad for something which debuted on YouTube 9 years ago. I just hope he will keep the character in this state of semi retirement. With The Angry Video Game Nerd, James Rolfe managed to create something totally original. Countless imitators will come and go but the original will never be topped.

Edit, AVGN is not so active after the AVGN movie.If you like elder Video Games, or are a die hard fan I recommend you to see this on Youtube right now.Or, if you are into comedy and the 1980s and 1990s.This is the AVGN.A man that raves about Video Games.From Atari sex games, and up to old magazines.The room that the AVGN sits in is a gamers wet dream.Whenever the AVGN flips out over games like Super Mario Bros. 3 it's comedy gold.Funny to see AVGN go both in depth, and also give his rants.Now switch to see this program on Youtube.10/10

At first he was funny. Original as no one else did stuff like this and it's admirable for him to get to where he is thanks to youtube. But but now that he has begged what is left of his fans to kick start (donate money) to support his wet dream of making a crappy Hollywood movie independently he's lost anything I enjoyed about his videos in the past as when I started watching him top gun or something along those lines JUST came out so this is almost 10 years ago. I know it's extremely tedious to make a 2 hour movie but hire writers or submit what you're proud of. Quality over quantity. He's nothing but a pretentious parasite.To be fair after 100+ videos whatever he's up to he's practically running on fumes for bad games. It's to the point he has to talk about spooky books and all his horror movie garbage to get some youtube money in his wallet to stay from starving and moving back in with his parents.He's very talented at video editing like the NES accessories video was a personal favorite but the anger is put on and not legitimate. It's the same old choice of words "i mean i mean i mean"... conjugation of "crud" as I can't swear on here. Look at the background of this stage it looks like "crud".. heh .. the bricks in Mario look like crud too. COME ON WHY CANT THIS GAME BE LIKE SUPER MARIO 3!! and then he drinks water out of a beer bottle when he pretends to be angry. At least he's insightful not like iRate gamer and beat a few difficult games. Where as... you've got rooster teeth gamer Michael who legitimately gets angry and frustrated what he says is funnier and I'm sure there are other youtubers playing games but who has the time. The surgeon simulator one I actually burst out laughing watching the steam version.the only way for AVGN to stay relevant is if he FINALLY invest in some more N64 games and of course venture into the strong hold of sony PS1, PS2 and regular Xbox to Gamecube games so it's still somewhat nostalgic and he can make money. But if he doesn't I'm staying unsubscribed. The only reason I came across this looking for new shows to watch and he doesn't even deserve a 6 / 10. Re-runs of the simpsons are more entertaining.

Well there's no real point in saying what has been said over and over again about the series but it can't simply be ignored either. I'll put it to you like this... I made mention of the show to a friend of mine who is overly critical about a lot of things in general. He told me he didn't like watching almost any web shows as he prefers his entertainment to have some sort of production value to it. That's fair I suppose, anyone can get in front of a camera these days and throw it online. Several weeks later he was over at my place and I threw it on for some background noise and my friend couldn't keep his eyes off my TV. I think that's a good example of how a lot of us felt during one of our first AVGN experiences. We couldn't stop and we haven't let AVGN stop since either. He is very entertaining as he is extremely creative. He has friends work with him on reviews who also do a great job in adding to the +1 stuff that gives you more than just a standard video game review and hey are 'recyled' well throughout the series. That being said, the reviews will often do well to provide a history and back story to not just the game that being reviewed but almost anything applicable to it as well. What I really appreciate about AVGN is that he plays well on his strengths and while turning his weakness into positives as well. He is quick to make running jokes about simple props and makes great use everything available to him. This obviously has a lot to do with his cinematic background and education. Overall he is very entertaining and any flaws can be easily overlooked or spoken to. He has turn what seemed to be a weekend project of reviewing a select few games he wanted to speak out about from his childhood into one of the most successful web shows today. So successful that a movie is well on its way to the public as I type. That says a lot right there. So whether its a game, console or concept review I can safely say that AVGN will always hold a special spot in my heart as one of my favourite shows ever.