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Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

zkonedog "Video Games: The Movie" is not a bad documentary. Unfortunately, it isn't a great one either. The main problem here is that it tries to tackle "the history of video games" in a sub two-hour documentary. In essence, the subject matter is just broad enough to appeal to pretty much everyone, but not specific enough to appeal to anyone in particular.The general format of this movie is to look at the creation of video games all the way through the "current generation" (PS4, XBOX One, Wii U, etc.). It looks at pretty much all areas of the industry, from its initial creators (the guys in white shirts and skinny ties monkeying around with circuits) to its ever-improving technology, and even delves into the philosophical underpinnings of why people enjoy being "gamers".Like I said, though, this is a very general look at the industry. If you know nothing about gaming industry/innovation, you'll probably get something out of this. But, if you've been at all paying attention over the last, say, 30 years or so, there is nothing new here. Again, not to say that it is bad...just rather bland. The epitome of a three-star rating.When it comes right down to it, I like to appeal my own personal principle for documentaries: Does it cover a subject that A. Someone cares about; and B. Shows something in a new light. "Video Games: The Movie" nails "Part A", but completely fails on "Part B". It got me to watch, though, so the strategy must be working to a certain extent (!). Just don't expect anything deep and you'll enjoy it.

mtmdays This "documentary" had the brilliant idea of quoting Ghandi while presenting the audience with nothing more than a disjointed commercial that had more montage than substance. If you're a gamer, this isn't even interesting. It's just as bad as World of Warcraft: Looking for Group.The movie uses a timeline graphic, but does not follow it. I don't mind non-linear stories, but it shows us a timeline! Then, the talking heads are trying to explain how important their work is. I love video games--so much--but the talking heads need to take themselves a little less seriously, making broad social commentary that is ill-informed and amateurish. I don't typically get this worked up, but man, this movie was so bad, I was insulted and embarrassed.

MartinHafer It needs to be pointed out that the subject matter for this film is way too broad to be crammed into a single movie. It would be like trying to cram WWII into a movie! It's just NOT possible and the only decent way to attempt this is to make a mini-series. So, because the film is only 105 minutes long, MANY important innovations are breezed over or ignored completely. For example, if you'd like a discussion of early home computers and the games you could play on them (such as the Commodore, Tandy or Atarti 400/800), look elsewhere. And, if you want them to connect the dots from one game system to another...again, look elsewhere. Instead this is NOT so much a documentary but some folks reminiscing about some of the highlights--THEIR highlights--not necessarily the real highlights. And, because it's THEIR highlights, they oddly spend more time talking about the SuperNintendo instead of the much more important and groundbreaking NES or never really talk about the Coleco or Intellivision systems. The bottom line is that you might enjoy this film but it's also painful to watch because it misses so much. Worth seeing but don't take it as a historical or systematic film. Heck, it bounces back and forth SO MUCH chronologically that you'd almost think the person behind all this suffers from a bad case of ADD!!

paigebensinger The movie from my 20 year old standpoint was good but very lacking. It tended not to focus on games themselves and focus more on the hardware. They mentioned a few key titles like street fighter, pong, and mario but neglected to mention things like pokemon or kingdom hearts.In going over the systems they did a pretty poor job, yes i learned about the origions of gaming and about the first consoles but short of a BRIEF and i mean BRIEF commerical they played adverting the Nintendo hand-held and a persons testimonial about how a ds helped him keep amused while in the hospital: they made no mention of portable gaming systems let alone the xbox 1, ps4, vita, wiiU or 3ds.They did a brief overview of most everything they didn't touch too long on any subject and left a overall very lackluster impression to me. In looking at it the best description for the film would be "Gaming technology then and now at a glance" or "gaming 101 a brief overview" the film lacked a good bit of valuable information but it did hold some appeal overall a very middle of the road production