Sony, Happy Madison Playing With Viral Sensation ‘Pixels’

COMMENTS (13)

• i dont get it

  Comment by umm — Wednesday May 12, 2010 @ 6:49pm EDT  Reply to this post

• How is this even remotely a movie? There’s no story here.

  Comment by S.C. — Wednesday May 12, 2010 @ 7:14pm EDT  Reply to this post

• That will be funny stuff!

  Comment by goodtimes — Wednesday May 12, 2010 @ 7:26pm EDT  Reply to this post

• Nice (if slight) visual concept, but once again it’s a case of “all style, no substance” – this is the trouble with 99% video games and/or digital shorts trying to be transformed into feature films: what initially worked fine or is originally charming or even remotely interesting for the duration of a three-minute short typically gets padded-out and ultimately diluted to fit feature length format. Game Over.

  Comment by GameOver — Wednesday May 12, 2010 @ 9:31pm EDT  Reply to this post

  • I agree that the project is most likely doomed to being mediocre at best but I’m not sure it’s fair to say that the shorts or makers of the shorts do so with a view to making them into a movie. Is that what you’re saying? Because I suspect the reason he did it as a short is precisely because of the concept’s lack of breadth.

    Comment by Jules — Monday June 28, 2010 @ 2:24pm EDT  Reply to this post

• Cute. No movie here. Waste of time.

  Comment by EVP — Wednesday May 12, 2010 @ 11:03pm EDT  Reply to this post

• Of course it will be in 3D, why wouldn’t it be?!!!

  The title of this film should be called “Grasping at Straws” or “Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel.”

  Since film rights have been bought for all of the board games, this is kind of crap is the only thing left for new story ideas.

  Comment by shamwow — Thursday May 13, 2010 @ 12:30am EDT  Reply to this post

• Opening shot of Sandler as loser 40 year old. VO describes his life as a failure beyond age of 15. Flashback to him playing in Frogger championship and losing to other 40ish Sandler crony (somebody call Rob Schneider!) who becomes big shot in video game world. Sandler lives with mom, ect.

  Then we reveal…THE MAGIC VIDEO GAME! Wha-? where’d this come from?!! Gotta put a quarter into it. Nothing happened! Oh well. Sandler walks away as sparks fly from the game. SOMETHING DID HAPPEN!!!

  Insert shots of YouTube video intercut with Sandler trying to warn childhood sweetheart (Call Olivia Munn!) of pixels eating NYC. No one believes him until HE BELIEVES IN HIMSELF.

  Set piece,set piece, set piece, lame third act and Rotten Tomatoes give is 31%.

  Oh, and let’s make it 3D, shall we?

  Comment by D — Thursday May 13, 2010 @ 3:06am EDT  Reply to this post

  • Honestly? KEEP this comment. You’ve hit the nail so squarely on the head I can barely believe it. Genius.

    Comment by Jules — Monday June 28, 2010 @ 2:26pm EDT  Reply to this post

• I just watched the short. pretty cool stuff. I’m no video game freak but I was totally entertained. you gotta admit it looked great! is there a story there? not much of one, but there could/will be. also, I’m a bit fed up with having 3D shoved down our throats but sounds as though they’ll shoot it in 3D and it’ll actually benefit the subject matter as opposed to distract from. I smell $$$$$.

  Comment by SB — Thursday May 13, 2010 @ 3:30am EDT  Reply to this post

• that was fucking awesome

  Comment by holy shit — Thursday May 13, 2010 @ 5:39am EDT  Reply to this post

• Producer Johnny Alves…is that Johnny Alves aka Johnny Drama? If so, way to go Drama!

  Comment by Curious — Thursday May 13, 2010 @ 4:17pm EDT  Reply to this post

• Think Tron in reverse with Adam Sandler. Just another High concept comedy, no worse than Bedtime Stories.

  Comment by Todd — Thursday May 13, 2010 @ 9:08pm EDT  Reply to this post