James Rolfe / James D. Rolfe / Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN) / Rex Viper and Cinemassacre / Screenwave - Now with not much grieving about a 41-year old man still making videos on YouTube. We're the balls on the dick.

[Bob Loblaw Law Blog]

he's currently fixing the star wars sequel trilogy

 

[BrunoMattei]

failed film maker telling us how to fix a more successful film

The first 5 or so minutes is James just gushing over Rex Viper. Finally around 10 minutes in they talk about the movie and they liked the flashback... I called it quits right there.

I don't think Halloween Kills is horrible. It's at least not as bad as parts 5-8 but that flashback in the beginning was incredibly unnecessary.

 

[Wraith]

failed film maker telling us how to fix a more successful film

Oh man that thumbnail makes him look really old. Is it just me, or does he look like he's in his early 50s or something? I know time takes us all, but what is april doing to that poor man?

 

[NEETzsche]

I used to like AVGN like... a decade ago. Would Rolfe be a better filmmaker if he had a real budget, I wonder?

 

[Wraith]

I used to like AVGN like... a decade ago. Would Rolfe be a better filmmaker if he had a real budget, I wonder?

There was a black comedian years ago that was taking shots at Richard Pryor. The premise was that when Richard was younger, he had an edge. He had things to confront. But after he was established in jewlywood he became vanilla and all his movies and performances was the "black man panicking and reacting funnily to things." James doesn't need a budget, I believe. He needs something in his soul to propel him to pursue it. Family life and leaving your franchise in the hands of screenwave puts your soul on autopilot. What is in james that his heart yearns after? I think he's dead inside until something happens that ignites the fire until he incinerates anything in his path to pursue it.
People without a budget will find a way to make due. I think james is pretty much at the opening to Office Space level commuting to work, but the drive is just to his basement.
Based on everything we've seen in say the last year and a half, could you even point to a concrete solid goal in his life other than make it to the next video and the next day? [/autism]

EDIT: - poty, I mean typo master rides again...

 

[Jason Wynn]

I used to like AVGN like... a decade ago. Would Rolfe be a better filmmaker if he had a real budget, I wonder?

Doubtful. He’s pretty much a clueless boomer stereotype when it comes to technology, and he’d have to drastically alter his method and way of thinking.

Let’s also not forget he has NO TIME! Do you want him to suffer?

 

[ICameToBooli]

failed film maker telling us how to fix a more successful film

tbf the best part of the film was the end credits song tho

 

[FuzzMushr00m]

There's no fucking way in hell James has played guitar for 20 years even as a side hobby, however if it's true he must have some actual learning disability, he can't even change a string ffs

 

[Zilortha]

There's no fucking way in hell James has played guitar for 20 years even as a side hobby, however if it's true he must have some actual learning disability, he can't even change a string ffs

I swear he mentioned in a video somewhere he picked up guitar a some years ago. It might've been after the AVGN movie? But it's certainly not a brand new hobby for him.
But it's pretty funny he went the "I'm a rhythm guitarist" route to cover the fact he can probably only play power chords.

 

[Abaddon]

I'm not sure how long he's been playing guitar, but he used to play the drums.

He had a band in the early 2000s called Draxoniz: https://web.archive.org/web/20071013233408/http://www.geocities.com/Draxoniz

 

[Kh0rg0sKhul]

I used to like AVGN like... a decade ago. Would Rolfe be a better filmmaker if he had a real budget, I wonder?

Robert Rodriguez made El Mariachi on a budget of $7000, so no, a budget wouldn't make him a better film maker. What James lacks is a fire up his ass to take the risk and just make a fucking movie that isn't AVGN related.

 

[Disheveled Human]

I would not trust millions of dollars for James to be lead director of a film. He needs to maybe be started out as assistant director and screenwriter first.

 

[Jack Awful]

I would not trust millions of dollars for James to be lead director of a film. He needs to maybe be started out as assistant director and screenwriter first.

Some people just don't have the vision it takes to be a filmmaker.
A surprising chunk of movie critics on YouTube fit this description (AVGN, Nostalgia Critic, Spoony, Linkara, etc.)

 

[Pissmaster]

I used to like AVGN like... a decade ago. Would Rolfe be a better filmmaker if he had a real budget, I wonder?

His Indiegogo campaign raked in $325,327, and the AVGN movie is what we got from it. His output only seems to get worse when given more resources.

 

[NEETzsche]

His Indiegogo campaign raked in $325,327, and the AVGN movie is what we got from it. His output only seems to get worse when given more resources.

Wasn't aware of that. Oh well, so much for that.

 

[BrunoMattei]

His Indiegogo campaign raked in $325,327, and the AVGN movie is what we got from it. His output only seems to get worse when given more resources.

And I guarantee you he spent more than that even though it doesn't look it. Shooting in LA (his first and probably biggest mistake) is expensive as fuck for permits. Then he got SAG actors which means unions and even more expenses and then he paid to get the movie a theatrical release and I GUARAN-FUCKING-TEE YOU he spent anywhere from $100K-250K. Maybe more than that because he had it premier at Grauman's Chinese Theater and god knows how expensive that is. Easily $50-100K right there.

 

[JabbasAnalFissure]

failed film maker telling us how to fix a more successful film

James, curator of movie reviews.

 

[Pringles Can]

I used to like AVGN like... a decade ago. Would Rolfe be a better filmmaker if he had a real budget, I wonder?

Unlikely. While James can make good films, and has talent he has a ton of issues that still would plague his movies. Sure, giving him a ton of cash would maybe solve some of those problems, but in the end I think it would still just be crappy at worse, and mediocre at best. It would just have a ton of money behind it.

 

[White Devil]

If it was an honest to god B horror movie and Slobwave had absolutely nothing to do with it at all, I can see James making something entertaining.

 

[Raging Capybara]

James can't take anything seriously, everything he does is always tongue-in-cheek. All of his "films" are comedies and played for laughs, that's the reason why not only the AVGN movie failed but basically anything he ever did. For the AVGN series and to some extent Board James that mood worked because the concept was always too ridiculous to be taken seriously, but for his other endeavors that becomes a serious issue.

Look at Rex Diaper, for example, he's always making silly faces in front of terrible green-screen effects, the arrangement is so over the top that even Europe's The Final Countdown becomes contained and subtle in comparison, and they don't even have the capacity to write new music, just making the band looking even more of a novelty act to amuse parties and nothing else.

Do you think any band in the world would become famous doing this shit? Now think about movie directors.

James set himself to failure because he won't have the capacity to take anything with maturity ever. Everything he does always need to be a silly and goofy comedy, it sucks.