Millions have now grown up with video games, so why is it that studios have failed to make a single video game movie that doesn’t stink? Facebook Twitter Pinterest Video games fare better as movie-fodder when they are tackled conceptually … Tron, 1982. Film critics have often relished the opportunity to have a pop at video games as a whole in their takedowns of awful film adaptations. Instead, video game adaptations tend to get caught up in tedious backstory. Photograph: Allstar/Constantin FilmThere’s no good reason why video game movies should stick slavishly to the meandering plots of actual games.

Source: The Guardian March 29, 2018 13:30 UTC