Rating of
0.5/4
Pixels
lastonetoleave - wrote on 08/27/15
Pixels (2015) PG-13 Aliens have come to wreak havoc on Earth. It seems, though, they have misinterpreted video feeds of classic arcade games. Now it’s up to a gang of video gamers to save the Earth from a weapons attack in the form of video games. Can someone just give Adam Sandler a hug because he looks miserable making crappy film after crappy film? This film should have been fun and funny. Instead we get a film that wants us to believe that someone like Kevin James can be president and that the character Adam Sandler plays is so devastated by not winning a video game contest that it ruins his life. The only actor who gives a performance with any energy is Peter Dinklage, and it’s just not enough to save this sorry film. The movie has so much product placement in it that I expected the closing credits to say “Pixels brought to you by Bud Light.” At the screening I attended, with about 20 minutes left in the film, the fire alarm went off in the theatre. While waiting for the film to restart, my fellow critics and I were able to figure out how the rest of the film would go; it’s that predictable. The best way to describe this film: unimaginative and boring. And don’t pay extra to see it in 3-D - it was not shot in 3-D, and it shows. So save your quarters and don’t see this mess of a film. My Rating: You Would Have to Pay Me to See it Again - See more at: http://lastonetoleavethetheatre.blogspot.com/2015/07/pixels.html#sthash.9KxMVZff.dpuf
