Review of Pixels (2015) by Kuehnau — 05 Aug 2015
First let me be perfectly clear, I grew up in the golden age of video games, so I am going to be naturally biased. The reality is, this game really is more for the nostalgic adults who grew up in the yester-years of video game history, they grew up in smoky arcades and spent late nights playing video games.
The story is a cliche alien invasion movies, that obviously learns towards game companies like Atari and Tatio. In the 80's humanity sends a VHS off into space, space aliens take the tape as a challenge in response to their video game footage.
The actors are all well known and beloved and it's always wonderful to see them get together in a halfway decent movie. The reality is, they are aging and they are taking on newer roles that some of us may not always enjoy or take seriously. That doesn't change the fact that the cast is spectacular and the acting is spot on.
The movie runs quickly, although it is a tad bit predictable, you can guess the results of the movie from a mile away, but that didn't stop me from enjoying the film. The fact of the matter is, I enjoyed Pixels more then I enjoyed Jurassic World; which is sad. Jurassic World should have been a block buster hit, but they were too worried about promotional gimmicks and relying on a franchise name to actually give a crap.
This review of Pixels (2015) was written by Kuehnau on 05 Aug 2015.
Pixels has generally received mixed reviews.
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