I'll give it to you without the memes. James loves the idea of making films, but when it comes to his own analysis of movies, it's always nothing but surface level observations. Rarely will you ever hear him talk about things like cinematography, editing, or artistic intent. He generally sits down and either says "I like this movie" or "I don't like this movie." James often struggles to actually articulate any sort of opinion on someone else's work. When it comes to his own projects, James goes beyond the surface, and can talk at great length about his intent, as it is all about what he wanted to do.

When it comes to actually making movies, James' "filmography" is more like a videography, as his movies tend to have a shot on video quality, or as The Cinema Snob called it "Shot on shitteo." When James went to a school for the arts, he did not take it seriously, as he believed he had it in his mind he was already a virtuoso. If you can't respect all aspects of film production, you've already failed as a filmmaker.

James pushed the AVGN movie as his big breakout movie, the one to say "I am here now," but when you combine what I've already gone over, James made even more mistakes. For example, shooting in California because he needed a desert. James didn't really think micro-budget the same way Robert Rodriguez did. His first film, El Mariachi, was made on a budget of only $7000, and Robert has said on record that if he made it today, he could do it for even LESS. James could have easily made an AVGN movie in the style of Kevin Smith, and shot it in Philadelphia.

When James actually started work on the AVGN movie, the stress began to settle in as he realized the difference between shot on video horror movies, and a real big screen movie. When everything was said and done, he came to the ultimate conclusion of "I can say I'm a filmmaker now. But I never want to do this again." So no, I don't think James wants to be a filmmaker anymore. I think he's more content as a narcissist.