To Boldly Flee |
USA • 2012 • 209m •
   • Directed by: Doug Walker. • Starring: Doug Walker, Lindsay Ellis, Lewis Lovhaug, Noah Antwiler, Brad Jones, Todd Nathanson, Joe Vargas, Mathew Buck, Phelan Porteous, Allison Pregler, Jacob Hope Chapman, Bennett White, Kinley Mochrie. • Music by: Michael Schiciano.   After discovering a mysterious entity that is located near the planet and attempting to spread the word, The Nostalgia Critic is placed under house arrest by the government in order to maintain their secret. Quickly, he calls upon his fellow reviewers Linkara, Lindsay, Spoony, Cinema Snob, Film Brain, 8-Bit Mickey, MarzGurl, JewWario, C.R., Todd in the Shadows, JesuOtaku, Luke Mochrie, Phelous, Lupa, Sad Panda, Oancitizen and Angry Joe for help, and together, they convert the Critic's house into an intergalactic cruiser and blast off into space to see what's up for themselves.
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The storyline was also unique. People can complain all they want about plot holes in other movies but in this film the entire story revolves around a Plot Hole in space which is voiced by Doug's brother, Rob. Any plot holes in the storyline such as how Nostalgia Critic's car was able to work in space are explained by simply feeding into the Plot Hole, which was ingenious. The fact that Nostalgia Critic actually meets the writer gave Doug the freedom to leave as many plot holes as he wanted, without affecting the overall quality of the story. However even with that freedom, he did his best to make the story as watertight as possible, which is a sign of considerable writing talent. While it is largely based off Star Wars, using a literal Plot Hole to advance the story instead of leaving plot holes for people to complain about was something you won't find in any other film.
Although not as well known as his sibling, Rob Walker was great as Ma-Ti but was especially memorable as the Executor, who was basically To Boldly Flees version of Darth Sidious. The Executor was rather funny in some scenes, being very over-the-top during the confrontation with Last Angry Geek. However I think Rob was deliberately being over-the-top as he showed that he's also capable of subtlety through his amused expression whilst watching Luke beat the hell out of Darth Snob.
Noah Antwiller also did well at playing Terl, Spoony and Doctor Insano. Much like Doug, he's skilled as switching characters. When I first saw Terl, I didn't know it was the same actor, although to be fair he did have a good costume which made him harder to recognise. Although Terl was rather over-the-top, I saw that as being a part of the character's personality, much like the Executor.
Most of the performers in this film are good, with Doug Walker being superior or at least on par with most Hollywood actors, but there were two actors who couldn't pull off their roles as well as the others. Bennett White showed no emotion at all when he commented about the Plot Hole being unstable, treating the potential destruction of the universe as if it was just a mild inconvenience. Mathew Buck seemed rather unnatural as if he was forcing himself to show grief at the Nostalgia Critic's departure and was unnecessarily over-the-top when trying to coax information out of Spoony before going back into his mind. While some of the others were a bit over-the-top, most of them seemed to be doing it on purpose, while Buck seemed to be trying to go for either subtle or emotional but made them seem too forced.
Overall it was a great internet movie, perhaps a bit too long but enjoyable nonetheless
Review by tom-43722 from the Internet Movie Database.
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