The 80s is not only known for the big hair and bright colors, but also the video games that shaped its culture.  are just a few games that were popular. 80s video games have become a popular theme in the 21^st century cinematic industry; games featured in films include Galactia, Pacman, and Donkey Kong  The well-known award winning animated movie “Wreck it Ralph” is only one successful attempt of recreating the video game genre. The newest attempt is a movie named “Pixels”. At first I was very skeptical of the movie, because let’s face it: in the commercials Pac Man was eating people. Who would think that any movie with a large yellow guy eating humans could be a cinematic achievement? The movie proved me wrong, but no too wrong. I did find myself laughing throughout the movie, but I highly doubt it will ever win any kind of serious awards.

“Pixels” would be enjoyed by children of the 80s, or anyone who loves classic video games. It is set in modern day America with flash backs to the main characters childhood in the 1980s. Brenner, a master at classic video games, and his best friend Cooper, who is now the President, take on a force greater than they ever thought possible; their once beloved video game characters are now coming to destroy them — thirty years later. Aliens were sent signal of classic games from a video game competition and take it as a declaration of war. Brenner and Cooper, alongside former friend Eddie and Luglow, must go back to the good ole days and defeat what they had once loved.

One thing I loved about this movie is how the creators made the pixelated game characters look as if they were actually standing in front of the actors. They also outdid themselves by virtually replicating life-size games of Centipede, Pacman, and Donkey Kong.

Out of all the characters in this comedy, Q*bert is was my favorite; Q*bert is an orange circular character with a mouth like an anteater. He was given to the United States as a trophy for winning their first game of the war. This character brought innocence and compassion into the movie by making watchers love the little orange fellow and fear for his safety throughout the dangerous games.

I would give this movie 8 out of 10 stars. It did have a few hilarious points, but I still feel the plot was lacking. Some things in the movie were left unexplained such as when Q*bert turns into another video game character and marries Luglow and has little Q*bert babies at the end. This really killed the “hey this could actually be a great movie” vibe for me. Overall it was worth going to the theatre to see. It is a fun movie, just not necessarily great in the cinematic aspect.