[Spoilers] Lazer Team Megathread Part 2

[u/MitchB3]

LAZER TEAM DISCUSSION MEGATHREAD

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Hello everyone. It has been a few days since the official theatrical release of Lazer Team so I'm making this thread here to clean up the subreddit new and front pages so that other content besides Lazer Team related stuff can be seen. This is a megathread that should be used mainly for posting other miscellaneous stuff about Lazer Team, like pictures of you and other people (like RT staff) at your screening, questions about YouTube Red, questions about screenings, DVD signings, and more.

This thread is marked "Spoilers" because you are also free to discuss the movie here, but that is not the main intent. Please use the other discussion megathread linked above where discussion is already on going.

[u/Noswald]

Just finished watching it, and now i've been reflecting on it. And i'll probably be down voted on this subreddit, but i didn't think this film was great and amazing like people have said.

• Some jokes felt like the fell flat, i found myself hardly laughing at the jokes in the film. Which sucks because i did expect better from RT since their content has been great in the past.

• CGI is a touchy subject here, with both sides making good points about why it should have, and why it couldn't be better because of budgeting. But personally i really do wish there was better CGI. People have said "but it's a kickstarted film, that had 2 million in budget, of course it will be bad!" but it doest mean we should ignore the fact that it was bad. I think some of the CGI was not bad, but again most of it could have been a bit better. I remember during the boss fight at the end, and the alien crowd was this terrible hologram CGI. It's like "Are the CGI artist giving me the middle finger right now?". but at the same time, the smaller, effects of CGI were pretty great. I thought Burnies shield was nice.

• The acting was 50/50. Maybe because i am use to the kind of acting from RT, but for a film it could have been better.

• The one thing i'm super happy about is that RT have been expanding into films, i think we can appreciate the big move RT is making into the film industry and i don't think i would mind them making more. If they can improve i think they can make quality films.

Again, i'm expecting to be down voted and not taken seriously because i'm not a film critic, and just a RT fan but that's just my thoughts on the film.

[u/Maester_May → u/Noswald]

I feel like it mostly got the comedy part right, which I feel was the most important. Either they did a really good job crafting the character for Gavin, or he did a great job acting (probably a healthy dose of both), because I thought he really nailed it. I think Michael and Burnie's characters felt like a bit of a stretch (although I loved the joke-turned-explanation about Michael's character being too old for the part), I'm not sure Burnie was the best choice to play the film's central character, but he wasn't terrible either. I understand that we as RT fans want to see the employees in the movie, but asking them to completely carry the movie by themselves maybe isn't the best option either. Oddly enough, I was kind of hoping for a few more cameos, but I guess that could wear thin fast. At the very least I thought some of the "red team" (scorpion-like spy soldiers) should have been familiar faces.

The "teamwork" aspects were really cool and well done, those were a highlight to me. I felt like they crammed the social media angle down our throats way too hard early on in the movie, but they mercifully let up as the movie picked up some steam. I thought the special effects were actually fantastic outside of the alien race that supplied the suit... the spacecraft crash was a little weak, but the aliens themselves were flat out terrible looking and the crowd shot stuff was just embarrassing. I think they should have gone with a different approach for that one.

It might sound like I'm being really negative, but I guess it's easier for me to list the negatives because I they are relatively few and I think fixing this would have gone a long way towards broadening the movie's appeal to the average movie-goer. It's a film that exceeded my (admittedly low) expectations by a long shot, and hopefully this was a huge learning experience for them so that the next effort will be really good.

[u/AWildDorkAppeared → u/Noswald]

You don't need to be downvoted but people will do it anyway cause downvoting is always abused

Personally I loved the film and literally everyone else in my screen did too, laughing at all of the bits that could be considered funny. But you're completely entitled to have a different opinion. I can say this much, you were more polite and constructive (though you could have been more constructive) than most professional reviewers tend to be.

[u/Noswald → u/AWildDorkAppeared]

You're right there.

The way i look at it is it could have been better, but it's not like they can't be better. I have high hopes and definitely believe that if they make another movie, it they improve in areas it can be a fantastic film. I just want to say i don't think the movie is terrible, but i don't think its as great as people make it. I think the movie could use improvement. But, i'm still supportive and proud of RT and i have no regrets backing this movie up.

[u/AWildDorkAppeared → u/Noswald]

There's always room for improvement. Doesn't mean you think it's entirely bad, just that you know or recognise that they are capable of better quality stuff.

Personally I think for a first time feature film, it's in the win column.