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0 of 5 stars. Truly a horrible film.

thezenfool | 12/26/2009

(1 out of 5 stars)

"0 of 5 stars. -1 star, if possible.

This is an RPG "comedy" written by someone who never played an RPG, and who simply is not funny. The movie has NO understanding of RPGs, gamer culture, nor humor. It is perhaps the worst film I have ever watched, and certainly the dumbest, stupidest, most idiotic film I've ever watched. This film seriously gave me an upset stomach.

The premise of this film is a mocumentary of Gamer culture, but the film displays no knowledge of RPGs or Gamers. The only reference that the clueless writer is aware of is that sometimes RPG characters die, and all the RPG jokes in the film are based on this concept. The rest of the film is based on the gamers who are all shallow, undeveloped pseudo-cliches who yell at each other, and are cruel to each other in between meaningless, poorly developed scenes which often don't support any plot.

Besides the complete lack of any understanding of RPGs or Gamers, the humor in this film is horrible. It is the most obnoxious, super-low-brow, immature, juvenile, insultingly dumb humor I've ever seen in a film. This film displays the worst comedic timing I have ever seen, and the director stretches out bad jokes over minutes. I do recall three jokes which made me smile, and one of the gamers Swinger parents made me laugh, but the bulk of this film is VERY bad jokes (dull, immature, and unsophisticated), which are forced on the observer for near unbearable amounts of time.

To summarize the humor, it seems like the inane prattle between two 12 year olds with obvious problems with their attention spans, intelligence, and basic awareness. Besides the complete lack of anything clever about RPGs or Gamer culture, this film fails to deliver in any way imaginable. It is poorly written, poorly directed, poorly edited, poorly acted, and is simply NOT funny.

On a positive note, there is a good part to this DVD. The DVD has extra features which include the trailer to the film. The trailer is well done, as whoever edited it has an understanding of comedic timing and humor. Stick with only the trailer and you may laugh and have good feelings about the film. If you want that laughter removed, and those good feelings to go away, just watch the entire movie.

This movie is unforgivably horrible. It's just terrible.

If you want a good RPG movie, check out "THE Gamers" or even "Fear of Girls". They both have clever and very funny RPG references, as well as the ability to make you laugh out loud.
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