Review of Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2014) by Brandon W — 05 Jul 2016

Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie is the directorial and writing debut of James Rolfe and Kevin Finn, and it stars James Rolfe in an independent adventure comedy film about the nerd going with 2 other nerds to a mass burial filled with E.

T Atari games as the fans wanted him to review it for so long, and to see whether it actually is labeled "the worst video game ever." I've been a fan of him when I first saw him on YouTube, which if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't get to see the Nostalgia Critic that was the main influence for me to become a critic.

So when James Rolfe was making a film, I was looking forward to his film, even if it took a while for me to get to watch it even when his film was already out. So when I saw a discount for it from Steam, I bought it and finally got to see Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie, which in terms of movies by YouTubers, this is heck of a lot better than Michael Gallagher's Smiley.

The acting is functional, and the writing by James Rolfe and Kevin Finn is fine. When it explains about the history of Atari's E.T, it's interesting to know about it, even though some of the facts I've heard from Atari: Game Over, which is not the film's fault as it came out before that documentary was out.

The humor is a hit-or-miss for me, and I seem to realize that throughout the film, there are some of the characters that I've never heard of that say the same humor that the Nerd would say. With a budget of $325,327, the effects look surprisingly good as it has the necessary effects to put in for practical and computer effects, while putting in international fake effects for hilarity.

The score by Bear McCarthy is good which it is cool that he wanted to do this film as he's a fan of the Nerd. The movie is honestly too long, which there are some scenes that can be edited out like the dream, which granted the first one is one of my favorite parts for some reason, but the other dream sequences can be taken out, and with some lines edited in, it wouldn't make much of a difference.

It's also a bit self-indulgent which I was like, all right, I get it. I've not seen something like the plot before, and there are some twists that I like. I really like that James Rolfe is passionate about filming, and it really shows here.

There are some major flaws here no doubt about it, but I like what he has done with the film, and I'm happy that I got to watch it as I'm sure that James Rolfe is happy that he actually made a feature film.