{"id":26480,"date":"2015-11-18T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=26480"},"modified":"2015-11-17T19:39:24","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T01:39:24","slug":"pixels-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/pixels-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixels"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"pixels\"<\/a>\u00a0 I admit, after watching this movie, I do not know if anyone that was born after 1985 would enjoy this movie. \u00a0Maybe they would if they like to play old arcade games when they come across one. \u00a0But playing an arcade version of Pac Man at Happy Joes is nothing like going to an actual arcade and being surrounded by various games and players. But I digress.<\/p>\n

If you do remember going to the arcade and playing games such as Donkey Kong you will find the movie Pixels<\/a><\/strong><\/em> enjoyable. \u00a0No, it will not win any Oscars but it is a fun movie to watch. \u00a0Starring Adam Sandler, Peter Dinklage, Kevin James and Josh Gad, this fearless foursome were the some of the top arcade game players back in the day. \u00a0The movie opens in 1982 with Brenner\u00a0and Eddie facing off for the championship. \u00a0At the time, a time capsule is launched into space containing various things including video games.<\/p>\n

Fast forward to the present year. \u00a0Aliens attack a U.S. military base in Guam. \u00a0The attack came from creatures that looked similarly to the old video game Galaga. \u00a0Cooper is the current President of the United States and he calls his old friend Brenner\u00a0for help. \u00a0The aliens have sent messages to Earth. They received the time capusle from 1982 and they viewed it as a declaration of war. \u00a0The aliens have sent video games in the form of pixels to attack Earth. \u00a0In order to survive, Earth has to win three rounds of classic video game attacks. \u00a0A second attack happens at the Taj Mahal in India before the U.S. is able to react.<\/p>\n

Brenner and Ludlow train a group of soldiers to fight the video games. \u00a0The key to defeating the game is knowing the pattern. \u00a0When a third attack happens in London, the soldiers, Brenner and Ludlow fight off the alien video game version of Centipede. Even the soldiers tried, it is Brenner and Ludlow that save the day. \u00a0The fourth game is in New York City and the game is Pac Man. \u00a0In order to defeat this game, they are going to need four ghosts. \u00a0This is where Peter Dinklage comes into the movie. \u00a0The fourth ghost is played by Pac Man creator Toru Iwatani. \u00a0Watching a giant Pac Man chomp down the streets of New York is a visual experience I never expected to see. \u00a0Eventually Pac Man is defeated until the aliens send a message that one of the ghosts cheated.<\/p>\n

The next attack is in Washington, D.C. \u00a0And this time, it is not just one game. \u00a0It is ALL the video game characters attacking Earth. \u00a0For Earth to win, the game Donkey Kong has to be defeated. \u00a0Even President Cooper joins the action and fights the aliens.<\/p>\n

Before you watch Pixels<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, you should watch the documentary, The King of Kong: a Fistful of Quarters.<\/strong><\/em><\/a> \u00a0Unemployed school teacher Steve Wiebe has a Donkey Kong, Jr arcade game. \u00a0He spend\"kong\"<\/a>s a lot of time playing it. \u00a0He looks up the high score for Donkey Kong, and thinks to himself that he can beat that score. \u00a0So Steve Wiebe goes after Billy Mitchell’s high score for Donkey Kong. \u00a0You may think that no movie about a Donkey Kong score could be interesting to watch. \u00a0But you would be wrong. \u00a0Apparently, those high scores still matter to a lot of people. \u00a0It is an intense experience watching Wiebe go after the high score. \u00a0I mention this documentary because you will quickly notice the similarities between these characters and the main characters in Pixels.<\/p>\n

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