Yeah I know this is quite late and I do apologise for that. I had other reviews to get through so this is why its up near the end of August. Anyway, so the team at TGWTG decided to do an anthology film where a series of the site's producers create some short films which is very different to what they did before where it was just a bunch of reviewers mocking different genres of films and video games. As this is an anthology film, I'll be reviewing each of the different short films that make it a whole film.
Dragonbored (created by the Walker brothers)
So created by the Walker Brothers (Doug and Rob) and starring the usual people that you would see in a Nostalgia Critic episode along with some special guests, this shows what happens if a video game character that you create and play as, comes to life and decides to take over your life. As someone who plays video games, this was one that I thought was actually pretty good. Its dark, funny and tells us all that playing video games may be enjoyable, but has its own consequences. 9/10
Dragged In (created by Leo Thompson aka Sci-Fi Guy)
In this film, created by Sci-Fi Guy, aliens begin to invade the world and take away one of the internet's most watched animals, cats. And the government bring Sci-Fi Guy in to help with the situation which does end on a happy note. Now I wasn't really sure about this one, I mean its good, but it's not as good as the others in my personal opinion as it builds up to something, but ends with the thing that we all expect for it to end with. 8/10
The Reviewers (created by Brad Jones)
Now in this one created by Brad Jones, this shows us how hard it is to get famous online and to make a living out of it (or in better terms, get paid for it). It shows 2 people competing to get famous online and this really is what all the producers of TGWTG did in order to become part of the site. Its very good in that it gives you an idea of what Internet fame is like and I thought it was pretty good. 9/10
Internet Dating and Me (created by Mike Jeavons)
In the first of 2 documentary films in this film, created by Mike Jeavons, MikeJ tries to get a date online and explains about his experience of it and ends up meeting 2 of the most unlikely people to date (both of which are producers on the site). As someone who has tried doing this sort of thing with no success, this was quite good in that you never quite know what to expect in the world of online dating and I thought it had a very important message there too. 9/10
Darkside of the Internet (Created by Mat Williams aka Welshy)
In the second of the 2 documentary films, created by Welshy, we get a film about the Internet and the dangers of trolling and social interaction featuring real Internet celebrities and users. Towards the end of this film, I nearly went into tears as its something that I personally have been involved in and that statement alone, makes this a very good short film that in my honest opinion, should be shown in schools, colleges, universities and maybe even in the workplace too. 9/10
The Pointless Epilogue (Created by Jerrica Benton aka Diamanda Hagan)
In the last of the short films, created by Diamanda Hagan, this wasn't really much of a short film as this was just a way to end the film itself. Basically Hagan wants to share her contribution, but fails to get it in time and as an act of revenge, kills The Webmaster (Nash) and Thomas (Rob) (both of which, are the presenters of the film with some kind of rivalry between each other as they have both booked the place for the same time) before being asked by Channel Awesome to bring them back. Really not that much else to say about it, other than I thought it was a funny way to end it. 7/10
So as a whole film, it was another great anniversary film that allows everyone to make a contribution rather than have a select number of people who have to fly to Chicago to do it. I loved every minute of it. 9/10
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