Even before I watched this
flick, there were already cat-calls from some quarters that Pixels was gonna be
another clichè Adam Sandler no-brainer comedy movie. True to some extent but
one should never be so fast in dropping the judgment hammer down before you
actually watch the film. The same happened when Grown Ups 2 came out. GR:2 was
a box-office success despite many labelling it as 'just another Sandler
goofball flick'.
A good
comedy movie will be a good comedy movie. That is all to that right? My family
and I had a good laugh watching this one. Coupled by the fact that my wife and I
actually went through the heydays of arcade games, so it all made perfect
sense. Even our young son grew even fonder of the classic retro games after
watching this movie. Oh and the movie opens and closes with Cheap Trick's '
Surrender', another favourite 70s tune of mine....so what's to hate about the
movie.
I love
Peter Dinklage's character Fire Blaster. There were a few brilliant funny lines
that came out of the man and I didn't think it would've sounded as funny if
some other actor have said it instead ("I want a card that says I saved
the world and I don't want to pay anymore sales tax..." haha brilliant!).
Kevin
James was being himself as usual and I think I kinda get the recurring use of
the name Lamonsoff in Sandler's movies (although it's not James' character name
this time around). I also dig Dan Ackroyd's cameo in the beginning of the movie
though I secretly wished he had played more role when I first saw his character.
In short,
Pixels is a stoner comedy that just runs silly for an hour and a half or so.
Don't get your expectations too high but as clichè as it may be, get ready to
laugh your socks off!
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