Review of Ratchet & Clank (2016) by Basicnewb — 06 Sep 2016

This is the first time I've ever seen a video game based movie that actually stayed true to it's intended story.

Many great games have become terrible when converted to movies, and the same goes the other way around.

What Ratchet & Clank the reboot and the movie do very well is the fact that they complete each other.

This might not seem a hard thing to pull off, but in my opinion it actually is. Because no one wants to see a "recycled" story,.

The filmproducers often seem to think. Kevin Munroe does what I think many gamers have always wanted, and that is to make a.

Video game based movie that resembles the actual game!

On with the review...

First off we have to ask ourselves, what is this movie and who is it's intended audience?

Clearly this movie is a tribute to the series as a whole, and according to my opinion, the majority of the intended audience is actually.

Us, the gamers. You could argue it's a kids movie, which it is to some extent. Though, who would find this movie funnier and more enjoyable,.

A 25-year old Ratchet & Clank-nerd like myself or a 7-year old who knows nothing about the series recurring gags and "Simpsons styled comedy"?

Statement: This movie is mostly a hardcore fan service, which is noble, but backfires since the general population and "critics" don't understand it.

And thus hate on it.

Is it a great movie? No. Does it have plot holes? Yes. Do we care? No. Why? Because it's Ratchet & Clank, we love to enjoy this duo in action.

And all other weirdos that seem to populate the Solana Galaxy.

Storywise it's smart in the way that it gives us some explanation to the storyline in the game, not to say the least.

It explains Qwarks actions. Which is in itself a tribute to the first Ratchet & Clank game from 2003.

Sure, the story is an utter cliché, but that's more to make it easier to digest for newcomers I think.

The drawbacks are the fact that it lacks in action, sure I absolutely love the fact that they present and use many of the cool weapons and gadgets.

That were in the actual game, but as a gamer I'd like a scene that resembles the one in Doom (the movie) where we see some "gameplay".

Because we all know, Ratchet does not just land on site and strolls to the control room without some heavy resistence along the way.

I'd like to get to know the characters better though, it seems that Drek, Nefarious, The Rangers are just thrown in there, withouth any backstory.

The same goes for the "citizens" in Aleero city, at times it feels empty and shallow, and the only one we actually feel is with us at all times.

Is Ratchet, and that can get lonesome. Even Clank has pretty little screen time. And I can't describe any of the Rangers' personality,.

Because we never get to know them. I know Drek and Nefarious, but that's thanks to the games, not the movie.

However Qwark gets a pretty good introduction, thanks to Jim Wards marvelous voice acting.

The soundtrack, well... it didn't impress me at all, If I need to find it by myself after searching online to get it to reach out to me,.

Then it failed in the movie.

The voiceacting I feel was marvelous, with many originals thrown in there, feels comfy.

Many jokes were hilarious, no to mention the Wilhelm scream awareness, the robots' lactose intolerance, and overall the crew ignoring Elaris and Clank.

Graphics were amazing, too little down time on the planets though, and I'd love to see more of the in-game planets.

I give this movie a 6/10 because: It absolutely is watchable and rewatchable if you, like me, are biased, which you should be since it's.

Our childhood heroes' story brought back to life and not a cheesy blockbuster. I had my share of laughs and reminiscing moments in the movie which is.

More than enough reasons why you should give it a shot if you at all dig the games.

I would have given it higher, but the story doesn't do well on it's own, and nor does the character introductions, or any real action in the movie.

I can't give it any less, because that would imply that it is barely watchable (i.e. a 5/10).

Oh... and unfortunaely, they never "kick some asteroid"... spoilers.