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That sentiment is expressed in the top rated comment on IGN's version of this story: «It is in fact the smartest thing EVER done for a video game movie,» writes KDonivan.

There's also a video game - themed Vanellope's Sweets & Treats shop that's features characters from Disney's Oscar - nominated video game movie, Wreck - It Ralph.

As someone who admittedly isn't into video games, this is the one video game movie I'd die to see.

At this time, video game movies had just begun

Video game movies, as comic books movies currently do, need a time to excite the public.

Which of course is easier said than done, especially when it comes top video game movies.

Dwayne Johnson's Rampage manages to be both one of the more enjoyable and one of the dumber video game movies in recent memory.

In the end, Rampage is very much the tongue in cheek and otherwise goofy video game movie that its trailers have promised, for both good and bad.

Instead, this particular video game movie fits squarely into Johnson's established «brand» and could have easily been an original sci - fi film about The Rock battling giant monsters, had it dropped the references to the original games.

This whole movie feels like a series of why not «s — it's about time for somebody to break the video game movie mold.

In theaters worldwide this weekend is yet another video game movie, one that we thought could change video game movies forever.

The Assassin's Creed movie has only just started filming and it's already in the running for the best video game movie of all time.

But the video game movie still needs, for lack of a better term, a game changer for the genre.

Will Assassin's Creed break the video game movie curse?

Michael Fassbender may be able to fly and bend metal as Magneto in the X-Men movies, but he stands to pull off an even more impressive feat in his last film of the year, Assassin's Creed: convincing audiences that a video game movie can actually be good.

Mainly because there hasn't been a single genuinely good video game movie adaptation yet.

Okay, perhaps we're being a bit unfair — Warcraft definitely had its moments, even if it was kind of a mess overall, and The Angry Birds Movie was a bonafide box office hit — but the fact remains that on the whole, audiences have had very good reason to be skeptical about video game movies for a very long time.

Even if the movie's a stinker, it will undoubtedly be one of the best video game movies ever by default.

Warcraft was the most successful video game movie of all time, and a sequel sounds like it may come together despite a disappointing box office performance in the United States.

It was important to him too that Rampage not succumb to the curse of video game movies.

Directed by Justin Kurzel (Macbeth), this Ubisoft property has a real shot at breaking the deadly video game movie curse.

Despite the best intentions of everyone involved, Warcraft failed to break the dreaded video game movie curse a few months ago.

There is no way this is just another lousy video game movie... right?

Not even Oscar winner Alicia Vikander is enough to elevate this video game movie — although there are some kind words here and there.

A good video game movie is the golden goose of modern cinema.

It's solidly decent, which for a video game movie qualifies as a miracle, but it gets off to such a solid start that it's a little disappointing when it starts going through the motions.

We may have reached a point where there's a dozen awful video game movies for every successful — relatively speaking — attempt, but it's films like Silent Hill that keep me from developing an entirely pessimistic view of the popular trend.

There was a time when German - born director Uwe Boll and video game movies were synonymous.

2016 looked like it could be a turning point for video game movies, but so far the results have been severely mixed.

Macbeth director Justin Kurzel is reteaming with star Michael Fassbender for the big screen adaptation of Assassin's Creed, and the caliber of talent involved has many hoping this really will be the video game movie that actually works for gamers and movie lovers.

The Tomb Raider review embargo has lifted, and the general consensus seems to be that this is yet another disappointing video game movie — a mixed bag at best.

I will say it's the best video game movie — ever, but that's damning the movie with faint praise.

Hopefully with this tremendous cast, we could witness the first video game movie that doesn't make you regret your life decisions.

In fact, the film draws on a long tradition of deadly video game movies (encompassing the likes of Tron and eXistenZ), although it ultimately fails to add anything new to the genre, despite its apparent potential.

Never was much of an AC fan, and I don't have any faith in Hollyweird gettin any video game movie right.

But if that kind of compromise is what it takes for more video game movies to make it to the silver screen, it's a bad deal.

Having opened in twenty territories over the weekend, Duncan Jones» long - developed video game movie Warcraft: The Beginning (or just Warcraft in North America) has earned around $ 31 million.

DEADLINE: One tricky part of video game movie deals has been rights - holder involvement in film, a medium they don't really know, where they press filmmakers to adhere closely to the game.

THR is reporting that director Brad Peyton is set to follow up the upcoming video game movie adaptation Rampage by helming the sci - fi mystery The Epoch Index for 20th Century Fox.

In some ways you could say this movie suffers from the pitfalls of other video game movies where there's not enough time to flesh out exposition and the action sequences suffer from rushed conflict resolution.

Video game movies are usually received poorly by critics and aren't exactly blockbusters when it comes to the box office but the success of the recent Tomb Raider movie shows that its possible to make a decent movie that's based on a video game franchise.

This may not be the worst video game movie, but that says a heck of a lot more about the other video game movies than it does about «Doom.»

2016 is not only a big year for the comic book adaptation, it's also a proving ground for the video game movie.

Video game movies have not exactly been considered critical darlings throughout their history, however, this hasn't stopped film studios from taking chances on these types of movies.

The movie panders to the sensibility that a video game movie should try as hard as possible to recreate the experience of playing a video game.

Like a football match with extra time, this is an episode of two halves: firstly, Oli and Luke's immediate thoughts on Warcraft — the release that was meant to kickstart the video game movie craze — and secondly, a spoiler - FULL review of X-Men: Apocalypse.

Warcraft: The Beginning is the third video game movie released this year and the first one which is acting as a studio tentpole.

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Many fans would point the finger to the fact very few video game movies are up to muster, while the filmmakers behind the adaptations will tell you that Hollywood has little faith in the concept and fans have too high expectations.

Jake Gyllenhaal's great — a handsome dude who seems to genuinely try to be in good movies, and also, for some reason, video game movies.