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    Pixels

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    In some ways it's a nice take back to those of us that grew up with these games. The special effects are well made and overall it's something entertaining. If only the entire movie wasn't made to feel so stupid. And that's the movie's Achilles Heel. For all of its great effects, good ideas, it crashes drastically when it comes to storytelling and acting. The execution with regards to that is pretty horrendous to say the least.

    I used to be a fan of Adam Sandler's brand of comedy some 20 years ago, but it just doesn't seem like he takes his movies seriously anymore. Whatever happened to suspension of disbelief? Whatever happened to actually acting? The entire movie is played out like one big joke. Kevin James plays his role decently well with a lot of humor and completely unpresidential. Adam Sandler just seemed like he showed up to work, read his lines, made a few smiles to Moynahan (who is great btw) and called it a day.

    All in all, I think the idea for the movie was good, great maybe. The execution of the special effects was also pretty well done. The acting and storytelling however could have been done much much better. No matter whether humor is your end game, you need to take it more seriously. And some things where completely useless like the side storyline with the general feeling insulted by Adam & Wonderkid.

    This movie already defined its audience with the retro arcade games from the 80's, basically of Adam Sandler's age. Although I am younger than that group, I played those games and the humor seemed to have missed me completely. It's sad to see such good ideas not be done to their full potential. I would think that Adam Sandler is done as far as acting goes.

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    theonlysteve@  23.9.2015 age: 36-49 987 reviews

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