Connect with us

Movie Review (Pixels)

Published

on

Videogames have been a big part of my life for as long as I can remember. It has given me some of my fondest memories. Adam Sandler brings us a movie about old school games and the gamers that grew up with them using their skills to save the world. It seems like a great premise for a film and a fantastic way to capitalize on nostalgia. Unfortunately I was not impressed.                        Videogames have been a big part of my life for as long as I can remember. It has given me some of my fondest memories. Adam Sandler brings us a movie about old school games and the gamers that grew up with them using their skills to save the world. It seems like a great premise for a film and a fantastic way to capitalize on nostalgia. Unfortunately I was not impressed.

The high expectations something like this undertaking comes with are high as you’re messing with peoples childhood memories. The expectations are always almost impossible to meet. And this attempt missed big. In the end it’s just another Sandler comedy. Not saying that’s a bad thing but it’s been seen before. The high expectations something like this undertaking comes with are high as you’re messing with peoples childhood memories. The expectations are always almost impossible to meet. And this attempt missed big. In the end it’s just another Sandler comedy. Not saying that’s a bad thing but it’s been seen before.

The comedy will make you giggle but, it’s by no means memorable. I can’t give a single quote from the movie that wasn’t drilled in my head by the trailer. I also realized that I’ve never liked any of Peter Dinklage’s work outside of Game of Thrones. I haven’t seen all of his work just the stuff I’ve watched is just not good. Josh Gad is probably the funniest part of the film but still not enough to save it. Kevin James as the President ? I really shouldn’t have to say anymore but it’s like POTUS Paul Blart. Sandler and Michelle Monaghan have comedic chemistry but no romantic chemistry at all. They just don’t fit. Talking Q-Bert that sounds like a Furbie…GTFOH.

The fact that the movie seems to constantly refer to gamers as nerds and losers is counter productive. The target audience seems like it would be gamers but the dialog suggests the target audience are people who waste their lives and talents developing skills that are only useful if we get invaded by aliens using the very games we play to attack us. Not insulting the people you’re trying to get money out of is paramount to the success.

Adam Sandler and company give movie goers a run of the mill movie that had potential and squandered it like it’s main character. This is a huge disappointment as I wanted to like this picture but couldn’t get past the glaring holes in it all. Maybe they should hit the reset button on this one.

Continue Reading

Events

Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

Published

on

During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

Continue Reading

Events

Comic-Con 2024: Those About to Die Activation

Published

on

Continue Reading

Events

DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

Published

on

 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

Continue Reading

Trending

Copyright © 2012 - 2024 That's My Entertainment