The best thing going for вЂ PixelsвЂ is its premise and its use of licensing. Will enlists Sam as well as other video game expertsВ Ludlow Lamonsoff (Gad) and the now-incarcerated Eddie to fight off the invaders. In the present day, the time capsule is intercepted by extra-terrestrials who misinterpret the video game footage as a declaration of war and invade earth taking the form of arcade games. A time capsule containing footage of the event and the video games played gets launched into space by NASA and Sam Brenner grows up disappointed in himself for losing and is best friends with Will Cooper (James) who is President of the United States. But despite succeeding at almost every arcade game, he loses in the finals to Eddie Plant (Dinklage) at a game of вЂњDonkey KongвЂќ. In the 1980s, a 13-year old Sam Brenner (Sandler) enters an arcade game world championships. But with a wonderful premise such as iconic video game characters invading earth and a 90$ million budget, surely something entertaining can come out of this, right? And Happy Madison havenвЂ™t produced a good film since 2006 (even longer if you didnвЂ™t like вЂ ClickвЂ).

DoubtfireвЂ and the first two Harry Potter movies, hasnвЂ™t directed a good movie since 2002. Neither of which have had a promising career over the past decade with Chris Columbus, despite directing family-friendly classics such as вЂ Home AloneвЂ, вЂ Mrs. This short has now been adapted into a feature film directed by Chris Columbus and created by Adam SandlerвЂ™s production company Happy Madison. The premise was that arcade and 8-bit video game characters from the 1980s, such as Pac-Man, Tetris Blocks and Donkey Kong invade New York City. In 2010, Patrick Jean directed a short film entitled вЂњPixelsвЂќ which was met with great critical acclaim in its native France, winningВ the Annecy Crystal for Best Short Film at the 2011 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Josh Gad, Peter Dinklage & Michelle Monaghan Written by: Tom Herlihy & Timothy Dowling Since вЂ PixelsвЂ is not a very good movie, I donвЂ™t feel particularly bad about this. This review of вЂ PixelsвЂ will be spoiler-filled.

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