Line #22 YMMV/AngryVideoGameNerdTheMovie


1	* AluminumChristmasTrees: The Nerd bringing and using a record player in his car makes for a hilariously exaggerated DiscoDan gag, but some very vintage cars (i.e. A 1960 Dodge Polara) actually ''did'' come with (optional) record player attachments.
2	* AngstWhatAngst: You'd think Dark Onward would be at least a ''little bit'' angry over the [[spoiler:loss of BOTH of his arms, which is in addition to him ''already being in a wheelchair'' by the start of this movie.]]
3	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: By Music/BearMcCreary, with the request of making the soundtrack sound big and bombastic like you would expect from ''TheMovie'' (the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLUTXuPoD0c behind-the-scenes Vlog]] even has Rolfe and [=McCreary=] referencing ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'' and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxa-sz4TCUI the Lion version of its theme]] as inspiration). For your perusal, his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KA-tZoGMxE remix of the Angry Video Game Nerd main theme]]. Even critics who were less enthusiastic about the film itself conceded that its score was fantastic.
4	* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Death Mwauthzyx putting on Groucho Marx glasses and laughing.
5	* BrokenBase: Not to carry over from the [[WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd main page]], the following concern the movie only:
6	** The production to this movie divided the fans somewhat, with a good chunk of them disapproving of James Rolfe relying on [=IndieGoGo=] to get it funded, while so many others happily contributed to the project, even to the point where he had more than what he needed to make the film happen, and more.
7	** The film's release on Platform/{{Vimeo}} on Demand. $5 to rent, and $10 to purchase. A good chunk of people argued that he ought to make the film free to watch mainly because it was crowd-funded, while many others are ok with paying to watch it and even argued that this took the most amount of effort yet (especially if you've been following his updates) and is worthy of those prices.
8	** The quality of the movie itself. Some thought it was an amazing film with nonstop funny moments, great acting and characters, and were happy James achieved his dream of being a filmmaker. Others thought it was a trainwreck that didn’t live up to the initial hype with a convoluted plot, bad special effects, and found it to be a pathetic excuse to finally review the infamous [=E.T.=] video game. There’s also a [[TakeAThirdOption third, smaller group]] who thought it was [[SoOkayItsAverage competently made]], but otherwise a generic road trip movie.
9	* EndingFatigue: A complaint that has cropped up from some is that the film runs too long (about 2 hours) and could've been cut in some places. The film especially drags once Death Mwauthzyx begins destroying Las Vegas.
10	* HilariousInHindsight: The infamous Atari game burial rumor was proven true on [[http://www.gametrailers.com/news-post/73611/its-true-atari-e-t-cartridges-found-at-new-mexico-landfill April 26, 2014]], months after the movie wrapped up production.
11	* InferredHolocaust: Las Vegas gets trashed in the middle of a busy workweek. [[NarmCharm You'll probably be too busy watching James Rolfe live out his dream of making a kaiju scene to care]].
12	* MoralEventHorizon: General Dark Onward. Among many of his deeds include being willing to kill all the AVGN's fans just for being at the landfill where the Atari 2600's ET game cartridges are.
13	%%* {{Narm}}: The Nerd's "WHOA, did you ''see'' that?" line.
14	* NightmareFuel: The Nerd's nightmare about the carnival actually looks like a realistic Zombie Flick. Even though no blood was shown, the sound effects and terrified expression on the Nerd's face can actually make you think he's being eaten alive.
15	* OneSceneWonder: Mr. Swann, the Nerd's boss in the beginning of the film. Doesn't hurt that he's played by Creator/EddiePepitone.
16	* PanderingToTheBase: The whole point of the film is The Nerd finally doing a review of the infamous "E.T." Atari game, which he finally does at the end of the film. Surprisingly, [[spoiler: he doesn't actually consider it the worst game ever made, and even points out that Atari's "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was more cryptic than their "E.T." game!]]
17	* SpecialEffectsFailure:
18	** One pretty bad special effect occurs when The Nerd, Cooper, and Mandi try to cross [[ItMakesSenseInContext a stream of lava]], that is obviously CGI, and the actress playing Mandi actually ''steps in the lava a few steps'' before jumping on the platform! Other examples are deliberate to invoke laughs, such as the toy models for the van, and tank. The van doubles as NarmCharm as somber music is played as it burns up.
19	** Most of the green screen scenes are ''extremely'' blatant, especially with the Las Vegas scene where Cooper and Mandi have both been captured by Death Mwauthzyx.
20	** Really, some of the special effects are easily to call out, which is part of the fun of watching this movie as a good chunk of it was intentional.
21	-->"Even my dreams are low-budget!"
22	** A few shots involving miniatures look very "off" because they feature a shallow DepthOfField, which is only possible when the subject is very close to the camera. Miniature effects are generally shot with a deep depth of field because it creates the illusion of greater size and distance.
23	* StrangledByTheRedString: The [[spoiler:Cooper/Mandi]] at the end came from where?! She only used him to get close to the Nerd and he accused her of being a DoubleAgent and left her to possibly die, romance was not in the movie.

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