Movie Review, “Pixels”

Movie Review, “Pixels” 

I bought a movie ticket for this movie years ago.  While the movie does present us with lots of graphics on the video game industry, it feels empty inside.  A problem with this video game movie is the actors get to social expressions without any hard obstacles and we don’t actually see acting from them.  Adam himself especially just hangs around on the movie screen with social cues which would be more appropriate for everyday living as opposed to theater performance; having a job in acting should revolve on a powerful task for expression.  Some guys here are rather crazy for their age; madness like that is social, but it’s not acting.  People do ought to be themselves in acting with particulars to great and terrific statements that aren’t likely to be made in real life.  Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and Space Invaders are some of the best arcade games from the 1980s and it’s disappointing to see the film give it such weak treatment.  Graphics can be powerful during the weak acting.  Honestly, I’ve felt out of touch with this movie.  Playing video games in real life in the 1980s would’ve been a challenge although I’m not seeing the movie put in any original statement on the 1980s phenomenon.  After watching the picture, we don’t get any more ideas about what a controller can be- the movements, the gestures, the dreams from playing videogames.  No actor on the stage really exhibits respect for him- or her-self.  Guys who play video games do like familiarity with objects and people; maybe the directors for this pic wanted a kind of dejavu experience while the new graphics get under way.  You know?  I’m kind of in the mood for video games no matter what comes in my way because, generally speaking, I need to spend time in some kind of hobby or else I’m dreadfully bored.  And, the people who act in the film are also dreadfully bored.  Just look at Adam’s face!  Just the idea of making a video game movie gets to be problematic since players are often bored from the very thing they love: videogames.  The music in the discount theater where I watched the movie surrounded my ears like thunder but I was still waiting for Donkey Kong or Pac-Man to have better purpose.  There’s also something about how… well… the movie may be about videogames, but it still isn’t a video game in of itself.  I’ve found things to enjoy in this film only because I’ve played video games at other times in accidental preparation for the upcoming movie.  The movie really seems too much like an accident and it doesn’t truly involve a performance to speak of.