Awesome Movie

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

I didn't make it past the time-line at the beginning, when they omitted the Wii U from it. That, there, told me the to watch the rest would be to waste my time. 'Nuff said.But I do have to write more.The little I did watch had nothing but flash and pizazz, but seemed like a rotten apple on the inside. I feel the authors of this work have never actually played a video game, never actually watched a documentary, or even watched a YouTube video by people like the Gaming Historian or Kim Justice. Lots of MTV-style flash in the pan editing, most likely done on a MacBook Air with the default iMovie version installed.So, they funded this on Kickstarter? They need to return the money to the investors. And calling themselves "The Movie"? They missed that honor by a King's mile! There are ways to do documentaries on this subject, and still be accurate. Even offering a companion book, etc. I mean, I doubt they covered video game magazines, like Nintendo Power, GamePro, etc., that were VERY powerful during video game history.Nope. Just a bunch of ignorant PS3 players who "think" they know video games. I'll repeat my opening paragraph to close:"I didn't make it past the time-line at the beginning, when they omitted the Wii U from it. That, there, told me the to watch the rest would be to waste my time. 'Nuff said."

The film completely ignores the co-development of PC games. A gaping hole as far as I'm concerned as the superior capabilities of the PC allowed the development of more sophisticated games(e.g. Wolfenstein 3D, Civilization etc.). The film also does not detail the corresponding improvement in microprocessor technology which completely dictated the advancements in graphics and game speed. Otherwise the film is well put together and for the most part touches on the major milestones of game history. Personally I would have enjoyed more emphasis on the early mainframe computer game development. For instance the origins of Colossal Cave Adventure and it's subsequent genesis into the RPG games of today

Well I had to review this movie sooner or later so I might as well get it over with.Now I am a long time video game player and fan, I love video games for as long as I can remember and have many favorites.So one day I found this on Netflix and thought I would give it a watch and unfortunately this one doesn't make the fold.Video Games The Movie does feature footage and clips from video games some of my favorites like "Super Mario World" "Uncharted 3: Darke's Deception" "Super Mario Bros" and others but the film pretty doesn't hold up much for it.The film features interviews with Chloe Dykstra and Will Wheaton among others.Most of the film only show brief history of each generation of games and hardly talk about Sega or PC Games.It seem almost like a dart contest between Nintendo, Playstation and X-Box. I love Playstation and Nintendo but come on let's talk about games and not which is better. They go back and fourth through history of video games and it kind of ruins the film when you can just start from how video games were born but no we don't get that in this film.Also we could have gotten more people and better ones at that to talk about video games and what makes them so great and what have you.Plus more games like "Resident Evil" "Sonic The Hedgehog" "Transformers War For Cybertron" "Tomb Raider" and others if they would have got feature as well.To me if you want to make a film based on video games talk about games that have left their mark on us like "Mortal Kombat" and "Street Fighter 2" but we don't get that in this film.It is pretty much like a commercial on video game which I agree with other reviews on this film.While it is nice to see footage of video games from the classics to the new but it would have been better to have a history of games that meant more to all of us.Only watch if you're curious but other than that it's only a one time once I only give it this rating because of seeing video games that I grew up with as a kid.I give Video Games: The Movie a 6 out of 10

I really loved the documentary. I feel like its something which people who do have a very negative opinion on not only video games but, also technology in general should watch and they might alter their original views. As someone who loves technology, watching the history and cultural aspects of the gaming world was intriguing and inspiring. The way they incorporated the fact that some people believe that video games make murders and cause violence I think was done really well. It shows how much more accepting the gaming industry is compared to mainstream media, who always seem to twist things and show the bad in everything without really looking at the bigger picture. Maybe I'm biased because I do love technology but for me at least I really enjoyed it, far more than most documentaries which a lot of the time is outdated and I find frustrating.