Such a frustrating disappointment

Don't listen to the negative reviews

Absolutely the worst movie.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

The filmmakers focused on four of the most eccentric, pretentious, controversial indie developers they could find -- three of whom were essentially starving themselves while working on their games. It makes for an entertaining film, but it doesn't really represent indie development. That being said: I watched the film 5 times. 9 stars.

A very well put together and intriguing documentary, no matter if you do not enjoy the subject matter regardless, for a director's first debut the movie was very well done, and looked like he had been making films for decades, and if you didn't appreciate the amount of effort that indie game developers put into there work, you should after watching it. Highly Recommended.One of my favourite documentaries, maybe it's because i have a soft spot for indie games, especially The Binding Of Isaac, one of my favourite games ever made. The documentary centers around the creators of the games 'Super Meatboy' and Fez, the documentary also makes you hate Microsoft even more than you did before. It also gives you an interesting, back story to the creators, Ed Mcmillen and Phil Fish.

People are reviewing it as garbage, but giving it 5+ stars? Cmon, little bit of logic here.Some documentaries are well done, although decent video game oriented documentary does not come to mind at the moment, and some are garbage, like this one.People selected to be featured in this documentary were badly chosen. Phil Fish is known drama queen of indie game community. Guy threatens to kill himself every other week, just like he did in this documentary, then doesn't. He has some sort of mental issues and I do not want to make fun of him but I also do not feel he should be used as representation of indie game developer as its insulting to the community.To prove my point, Phil Fish stated he would kill himself if he does not finish sequel to Fez, ... then just ... nothing. He just quit. Its not that I wanted guy to kill himself, but if he was that adamant he would finish Fez sequel, then he should have finished it. I would not have played it as I did not like Fez, but this way I just lost all respect for the guy. He left all of his fans hanging and is not nothing but a butt end of the jokes all over internet.The other guys featured were equally disappointing. Edmund McMillen just makes games that are perhaps suited to be free on Kongregate and ad supported, but there is no way I would ever deem them worth paying for. On top of that he seems intent on making himself sound like rejected weirdo during the course of entire documentary. Its like he just keeps screaming "look at me, I am different", problem is, it does not come off as a positive thing.Unless you know who people featured are, or are interested, I would give this one a pass. Even then, it is one of most boring, uninformative, documentaries I've seen recently. If you want to know about topic its more productive to hit forums or just contact few indie guys on Facebook. Seriously.

Solid amounts of time spent navigating Super Mario in the '90s did not make me a huge fan of video games. This mustachioed plumber was both - a great entertainer and timewaster. Co-directors of documentary Indie Game: The Movie (2012) Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky do not try to advocate possible benefits of video games either. They let us witness final stages of few independent games development, giving thorough insight of what it feels like to be on the outskirts of the ever growing 10-digit revenue industry. Indie Game: The Movie was not made for game professionals, it was made for average person who tried to play at least once. Where you hooked? Where you excited? Well, you were expected to, as apparently, it might take up to several years of daily overtimes to create even a simple game. Now, compare large production company with unlimited budget and army of developers versus team of two or even one working on an indie game. It's hit or miss and either way – very personal. "Meat Boy is a boy made of meat. He is a boy without a skin, so he is exposed to the elements. Maybe he is always in pain, but he just deals with it..." tells developer of Super Meat Boy, calling this game the best form of communication. As a book for the writer, as a painting for the painter, this film proves – a game is someone's whole life.Co-directors did a brilliant job editing this picture. Indie Game: The Movie, unlikely for descriptive documentary, is stunningly picturesque. Long, almost landscape and urban photo-like frames changing extreme close-ups, which makes spectators go through full scope of emotions. Clever editing (awarded at Sundance) and soundtrack made same scenes very symbolic and engaging, so that I've found myself almost jumpy about the success of these games. "If you don't see a vulnerability in somebody, you're probably not relating with them on a very personal level." says another successful indie game developer.Strong parallels can be made between indie games and indie films. High level of freedom and control on one side of the scales, immeasurable amounts of efforts and emotional attachment, preventing from critical view on the other. Peace, Popcornwww.popcornbanned.com