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Title: Video Games - The Movie
Post by: Richardgregory on February 21, 2015, 05:04:49 am: This movie got released 2 weeks ago - has anyone seen this documentary movie yet?

It looks interesting.
Title: Re: Video Games - The Movie
Post by: Rick on February 21, 2015, 06:47:08 am: This has been available for months. (In fact, I downloaded it 7 months ago.)

I enjoyed it. Lots of famous actors talking about how video games influenced them, and high production value.
Title: Re: Video Games - The Movie
Post by: thomas_surles on February 21, 2015, 07:57:34 pm: Yeah. I enjoyed it. It's on Netflix
Title: Re: Video Games - The Movie
Post by: Ginsu Victim on February 22, 2015, 07:51:50 am: It's not very good. It's well made, but you'll learn nothing you didn't already know.
Title: Re: Video Games - The Movie
Post by: Hoopz on February 22, 2015, 12:43:18 pm: Quote from: Ginsu Victim on February 22, 2015, 07:51:50 am
It's not very good. It's well made, but you'll learn nothing you didn't already know.
This. The production was great. Content was basic at best.
Title: Re: Video Games - The Movie
Post by: thomas_surles on February 23, 2015, 11:55:13 pm: Quote from: Hoopz on February 22, 2015, 12:43:18 pm
Quote from: Ginsu Victim on February 22, 2015, 07:51:50 am
It's not very good. It's well made, but you'll learn nothing you didn't already know.
This. The production was great. Content was basic at best.
True I was a little disappointed. I felt like they left too much out.
Title: Re: Video Games - The Movie
Post by: menace on February 24, 2015, 07:11:50 am: I thought it was ok as well--I can't put my finger n why it didn't click but it almost seems like they were trying to cover too much so just glossed over some of the things that I thought would have got a bigger mention. It also seemed to focus on the "human" aspect of the games--what they mean culturally etc. I'm not so big on the fluffy "how did it make you feel" type of approach so maybe that put me off..Still don't regret watching it though...
Title: Re: Video Games - The Movie
Post by: mgb on March 01, 2015, 09:21:28 pm: I just caught this the other day.

while its not terrible, there is no big breaking new info in it, but I guess like most here, I've already read about most of what was covered in this documentary.

I just thought with the title of this movie, it should have better lived up to it.
And why were there so many clips of little known actors, etc. telling their tales about video game history.
The movie kinda shot all over the time line and missed some important stuff. Did they ever really even go into a discussion about Tennis for Two?
There was one clip where a guy who I'd guess is younger than me (I'm 41) tells about how bummed he was during the video game crash of 83. I don't even remember knowing there was any so called crash at the time.

And what's up with the opening song? Who the hell chose Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now", and why did they play almost the whole damn thing? That just seemed out of place.
Title: Re: Video Games - The Movie
Post by: nitrogen_widget on March 03, 2015, 07:30:27 pm: Watched this on HULU the other night.
100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience (2012)
http://www.hulu.com/watch/513254?playlist_id=1097&asset_scope=all (http://www.hulu.com/watch/513254?playlist_id=1097&asset_scope=all)

A little dry but I learned the Japanese liked Space Invaders WAY more than we did along with a few other interesting facts.