8-bit Christmas -apkrig Movie Review
Leaving aside the documentaries, there are basically two types of films about games. The first is an adaptation of existing games. In the latter, video games are generally just the subject of some original adventure. The authors of the comedy 8-Bit Christmas, based on the book of the same name, written by Kevin Jakubowski, bet on case number two. The result is a fairly kind Christmas film that wants to be a bit like Home Alone at first, but ends more in the spirit of Rolnička, where you look. But watching it won’t cause you trauma.
If you know what Power Glove was, you will undoubtedly enjoy the “apocalypse” it has been approaching since the moment this mythical “supercontroller” appears on the scene.
Jake Doyle (Neil Patrick Harris) is a father whose daughter Annie (Sophia Reid-Gantzert) longs most for a mobile phone in the world. But she would probably need a real Christmas miracle to get it, because Dad is categorically against it. He prefers to share his own phone with his daughter. But that also brings him to the memory of how he himself wanted to get the best gift in the world for Christmas – the NES console. But even then, the parents were against it. And so, through his memories, we go back to the end of the eighties, so that the great Jake tells us how the little Jake (Winslow Fegley) went through the most amazing adventure ever, at the end of which a longed-for console was waiting.
Although the scenario is expected to take on an increasingly insane pace with the increasing number of minutes, it is an otherwise relatively civilian topic in which no doubt one recognizes it. And you didn’t necessarily want a console from Nintendo to appreciate the plot. Yeah Al that sounds pretty crap to me, Looks like Power Glove aint for me either. But the way of storytelling is also worth paying attention to, because the great Jake may not necessarily be the most reliable source of information for various reasons. For example, how he cared about his own safety as a child.
8-bit Christmas is no definite hit, but quite a nice bearable Christmas comedy, which usually turns out much worse and their lifespan is limited to a single season. It is a film for the whole family, which you can find on our HBO Go platform, but unfortunately it lacks Czech dubbing so that even the smallest ones can watch it. In addition to a fairly decent script, it keeps the novelty slightly above water, especially the cast and processing. In terms of cast, Neil Patrick Harris is clearly the main star, albeit a little backward, but he’s also seconded by his younger alter ego and other little actors. A pleasant surprise for me was the performances of Jake’s parents, who are represented by Steve Zahn and June Diane Raphael.
Although the end of the film, like many similar films, turns into a crazy ride, which I don’t like much anymore, I still have to appreciate the mentioned processing. It may sound a little strange, but I myself have quite a problem choosing in a flood of images that spew various streaming services at us. I don’t want it to look too harsh, but with all due respect, even if there are exceptions, many of these projects still evoke direct-to-video production. They cost more and more money, they have better cast, they are often technically refined, but somehow they don’t look like a real movie that could ever go to the cinema. More like something escaped from television.
After all, who didn’t have a happier classmate to whom you could “go to games” when luck smiled on you? Which usually meant you were just allowed to watch someone else play…
The 8-bit Christmas comedy is already pleasing in that it is a film that would otherwise run in a cinema, for example. Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema will not be denied. Canadian director Michael Dowse has a certain hand and is to know the experienced leadership of someone who has quite succeeded with comedies like Ranar or The F Word. So we’ll see how he handles the planned adaptation of the Just Cause event.
Maybe it’s the eighty mood, maybe the fact that I got to know places in the story. After all, who didn’t have a happier classmate you could “go to games” when luck smiled on you? Which usually meant that you were just allowed to watch someone else play, and continued to dream quietly (not so quietly) about your own computer or console. The story suited me, even though I wasn’t really thrilled. With that in mind, I’d cautiously recommend an 8-bit Christmas try on those who subscribe to HBO Go anyway. At most, you will turn them off prematurely and this attempt will only cost you time.
