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** Begs the question of what those reviewers think of the [[MenAreTheExpendableGender other actual trophies]] since neither side's trophies were female. The first was a male Air Force sergeant, the second was the Indian man proposing to his girlfriend, and then the Arcaders earned the dog from ''[[Videogame/DuckHunt Duck Hunt]]'' and Q*bert. An argument can be made that [[spoiler: Q*bert changed himself into Lady Lisa out of sheer will]].
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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Part of the reason the movie is off-putting to fans is the presence of Creator/AdamSandler. Others felt the reliance on 80s games and/or references could also alienate both younger audiences (who won't get said references) and older audiences (who are more likely to be familiar with the VideoGamesMoviesSuck problem; see below).

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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Part of the reason the movie is off-putting to fans is the presence of Creator/AdamSandler. Others felt the reliance on 80s games and/or references could also alienate both younger audiences (who won't get said references) and older audiences (who are more likely to be familiar with the VideoGamesMoviesSuck VideoGameMoviesSuck problem; see below).
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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Part of the reason the movie is off-putting to fans is the presence of Creator/AdamSandler. Others felt the reliance on 80s games and\or references could also alienate younger audiences.

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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Part of the reason the movie is off-putting to fans is the presence of Creator/AdamSandler. Others felt the reliance on 80s games and\or and/or references could also alienate both younger audiences.audiences (who won't get said references) and older audiences (who are more likely to be familiar with the VideoGamesMoviesSuck problem; see below).
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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Part of the reason the movie is off-putting to fans is the presence of Creator/AdamSandler, who has not exactly created the best reputation for himself in recent years. Others felt the reliance on 80s games and\or references could also alienate younger audiences.

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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Part of the reason the movie is off-putting to fans is the presence of Creator/AdamSandler, who has not exactly created the best reputation for himself in recent years.Creator/AdamSandler. Others felt the reliance on 80s games and\or references could also alienate younger audiences.
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* JustHereForGodzilla: Most people are expecting, and are used to the fact, that this is ended up being another horribly reviewed Happy Madison Productions movie, but are going to see the movie anyway for the 80s video game references.

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* JustHereForGodzilla: Most people are expecting, and are used to the fact, that this is ended will end up being another horribly reviewed Happy Madison Productions movie, but are going to see the movie anyway for the 80s video game references.
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* RootingForTheEmpire: Why wouldn't you want to root for an alien race that brings your childhood favorite video game characters to life? The [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome cool visuals]], and the fact that they're fighting a group of humans led by Creator/AdamSandler, also helps.

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* AssPull: [[spoiler:Q*Bert becoming Lady Lisa... somehow.]]



* EnsembleDarkhorse: Many can admit to liking Q*Bert mainly for being relatively not annoying unlike some of the human characters he is paired with, though the ending where [[spoiler: he turns into Lady Lisa just so Ludlow can marry and eventually produce children with him]] pretty much kills that enjoyment afterwards.

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: CriticalResearchFailure: It's a major plot point that [[spoiler:one character uses ''cheat codes'' in '''arcade games.''']]
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Many can admit to liking Q*Bert mainly for being relatively not annoying unlike some of the human characters he is paired with, though the ending where [[spoiler: he turns into Lady Lisa just so Ludlow can marry and eventually produce children with him]] pretty much kills that enjoyment afterwards.afterwards.
** Peter Dinklage's character is usually considered the highlight of the movie, thanks to his actor putting effort into his performance.



** Sam, partially because he's played by Creator/AdamSandler.

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** Sam, partially because he's played by Creator/AdamSandler.Creator/AdamSandler and partially because the film seems to be something of a fantasy for his actor (as many reviews noted) - a former arcade master who [[ManChild never grew up emotionally]] gets to both save the world and start a relationship without having to really develop as a character.



* WhatAnIdiot: Really movie version of Toru Iwatani? You think that because you created Pac-Man means you're able to tame an alien weapon designed after him?

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Many reviews remarked that the premise (while rather nonsensical) could have made for a fun movie with the MST3KMantra in full effect. Instead, the film never really ''does'' much with the characters.
* WhatAnIdiot: Really Really, movie version of Toru Iwatani? You think that because you created Pac-Man means you're able to tame an alien weapon designed after him?
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* InternetBackdraft: Most critics revile the film, and reviews on Website/RottenTomatoes are mostly negative. One person did give it a positive review, bumping the RT score up from 0% to 18%, and...well...[[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment let's leave it at that.]]
* JustHereForGodzilla: Most people are expecting, and are used to the fact, that this is most likely going to end up as another horribly reviewed Happy Madison Productions movie, but are going to see the movie anyway for the 80s video game references.

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Many can admit to liking Q*Bert mainly for being relatively not annoying unlike some of the human characters he is paired with, though the ending where [[spoiler: he turns into Lady Lisa just so Ludlow can marry and eventually produce children with him]] pretty much kills that enjoyment afterwards.
* InternetBackdraft: Most critics revile the film, and reviews on Website/RottenTomatoes are mostly negative. One person A few people did give it a positive review, bumping the RT score up from 0% to 18%, but, and...well...[[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment let's leave it at that.]]
* JustHereForGodzilla: Most people are expecting, and are used to the fact, that this is most likely going to end ended up as being another horribly reviewed Happy Madison Productions movie, but are going to see the movie anyway for the 80s video game references.



* UnfortunateImplications: Several reviews note the movie's sexism:
-->"[Ashley Benson is] a fictional video game heroine with zero lines of dialogue who exists only to look beautiful. It's no secret that video games in general have not had the greatest track record with female characters, but do we have to spread that failure to video game movies as well?" (''[[http://www.guidelive.com/movie-reviews/2015/07/22/pixels-leans-heavily-video-game-nostalgia-collapses-c Dallas Morning News]]'')

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* UnfortunateImplications: Several reviews note the movie's sexism:
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-->"[Ashley Benson is] a fictional video game heroine with zero lines of dialogue who exists only to look beautiful. It's no secret that video games in general have not had the greatest track record with female characters, but do we have to spread that failure to video game movies as well?" " (''[[http://www.guidelive.com/movie-reviews/2015/07/22/pixels-leans-heavily-video-game-nostalgia-collapses-c Dallas Morning News]]'')



** Begs the question of what those reviewers think of the [[MenAreTheExpendableGender other actual trophies]] since neither side's trophies were female. The first was a male Air Force sergeant, the second was the Indian man proposing to his girlfriend, and then the Arcaders earned the dog from Duck Hunt and Qbert. An argument can be made that [[spoiler: Qbert changed himself into Lady Lisa out of sheer will]].

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** Begs the question of what those reviewers think of the [[MenAreTheExpendableGender other actual trophies]] since neither side's trophies were female. The first was a male Air Force sergeant, the second was the Indian man proposing to his girlfriend, and then the Arcaders earned the dog from ''[[Videogame/DuckHunt Duck Hunt Hunt]]'' and Qbert. Q*bert. An argument can be made that [[spoiler: Qbert Q*bert changed himself into Lady Lisa out of sheer will]].



* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Generally agreed to be one of the lone bright spots of the film. And it's not hard to see why.

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* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Generally agreed to be one of the lone bright spots of the film. And it's not hard to see why.why.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The film unsubtly features dozens of surprisingly raunchy sex jokes, FamilyUnfriendlyDeath scenes and various other inappropriate stuff, but that hasn't stopped the film getting much publicity for children, with outlets such as ''[[Creators/{{Nickelodeon}} Nickelodeon]]'' featuring promos and tie-ins for the film.

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* {{Squick}}: [=Q*Bert=] [[spoiler:becoming a human woman and ''having sex with Josh Gad's character.'']] Just... ''why''.



* {{Squick}}: [=Q*Bert=] [[spoiler:becoming a human woman and ''having sex with Josh Gad's character.'']] Just... ''why''.
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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Part of the reason the movie is off-putting to fans is the presence of Creator/AdamSandler, who has not exactly created the best reputation for himself in recent years.

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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Part of the reason the movie is off-putting to fans is the presence of Creator/AdamSandler, who has not exactly created the best reputation for himself in recent years. Others felt the reliance on 80s games and\or references could also alienate younger audiences.



* VideoGameMoviesSuck: The movie has received very negative reviews from critics.

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* VideoGameMoviesSuck: The movie Not based on games but using their characters, ''Pixels'' has received very negative reviews from critics.
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* InternetBackdraft: Most critics revile the film, and reviews on Website/RottenTomatoes are mostly negative. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Let's leave it at that.]]

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* InternetBackdraft: Most critics revile the film, and reviews on Website/RottenTomatoes are mostly negative. One person did give it a positive review, bumping the RT score up from 0% to 18%, and...well...[[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Let's let's leave it at that.]]
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* IKnewIt: A few fans have predicted that this movie would be bad and from the reviews, it looks to be coming true.
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** Begs the question of what those reviewers think of the [[MenAreTheExpendableGender other actual trophies]] since neither side's trophies were female. The first was a male Air Force sergeant, the second was the Indian man proposing to his girlfriend, and then the Arcaders earned the dog from Duck Hunt and Qbert. An argument can be made that [[spoiler: Qbert changed himself into Lady Lisa out of sheer will]].
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* {{Squick}}: [=Q*Bert=] [[spoiler:becoming a human woman and ''having sex with Josh Gad's character.'']] Just... ''why''.



* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Generally agreed to be one of the lone bright spots of the film. And it's not hard to see why.

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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Part of the reason the movie is off-putting to fans is the presence of Creator/AdamSandler, who has not exactly created the best reputation for himself in recent years.
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* VideoGameMoviesSuck: Arguably its a movie ''about'' video games rather than an adaptation of video games, but regardless the movie has received very negative reviews from critics.

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* VideoGameMoviesSuck: Arguably its a movie ''about'' video games rather than an adaptation of video games, but regardless the The movie has received very negative reviews from critics.
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* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Generally agreed to be one of the lone bright spots of the film. And it's not hard to see why.

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* VideoGameMoviesSuck: The movie has a score of 20% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 66 reviews.

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* VideoGameMoviesSuck: The Arguably its a movie ''about'' video games rather than an adaptation of video games, but regardless the movie has a score of 20% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 66 reviews.received very negative reviews from critics.
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** [[http://www.lowellsun.com/ci_28521943/review-disappointing-pixels-falls-apart-before-it-begins In]] [[http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/07/film-review-pixels/ particular]], [[http://www.commercialappeal.com/go-memphis/movies/beifuss-on-movies/movie-review-poor-taste-sexism-taint-videogame-fun-in-pixels_07403464 many ]] [[http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2015/07/22/review-with-pixels-the-game-cant-be-over-fast-enough/ reviews]] chafed at the blunt metaphor that women are literally trophies to be earned by the male heroes.

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** [[http://www.lowellsun.com/ci_28521943/review-disappointing-pixels-falls-apart-before-it-begins In]] [[http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/07/film-review-pixels/ particular]], [[http://www.commercialappeal.com/go-memphis/movies/beifuss-on-movies/movie-review-poor-taste-sexism-taint-videogame-fun-in-pixels_07403464 many ]] [[http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2015/07/22/review-with-pixels-the-game-cant-be-over-fast-enough/ reviews]] chafed at the blunt metaphor that women are literally trophies to be earned by the male heroes.heroes, in addition to the film's reliance on [[BasementDweller negative stereotypes]] about fans of video games.
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** [[http://www.lowellsun.com/ci_28521943/review-disappointing-pixels-falls-apart-before-it-begins In]] [[http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/07/film-review-pixels/ particular]], [[http://www.commercialappeal.com/go-memphis/movies/beifuss-on-movies/movie-review-poor-taste-sexism-taint-videogame-fun-in-pixels_07403464 many ]] [[http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2015/07/22/review-with-pixels-the-game-cant-be-over-fast-enough/ reviews]] chafed at the blunt metaphor that women are literally trophies to be earned by the male heroes.
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* VideoGameMoviesSuck: The movie has a score of 18% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 57 reviews.

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* VideoGameMoviesSuck: The movie has a score of 18% 20% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 57 66 reviews.
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* VideoGameMoviesSuck: The movie has a score of 18% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 57 reviews.

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* VideoGameMoviesSuck: The movie has a score of 18% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 57 reviews.reviews.
* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Generally agreed to be one of the lone bright spots of the film. And it's not hard to see why.
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* InternetBackdraft: Most critics revile the film, and reviews on RottenTomatoes are mostly negative. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Let's leave it at that]].
* JustHereForGodzilla: Most people are expecting, and are used to the fact, that this is most likely going to end up as another horribly reviewed Happy Madison Productions movie, but are going to see the movie anyway for the 90s video-game references.

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* InternetBackdraft: Most critics revile the film, and reviews on RottenTomatoes Website/RottenTomatoes are mostly negative. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Let's leave it at that]].
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* JustHereForGodzilla: Most people are expecting, and are used to the fact, that this is most likely going to end up as another horribly reviewed Happy Madison Productions movie, but are going to see the movie anyway for the 90s video-game 80s video game references.



** Sam, partially because he's played by Adam Sandler.
** Ludlow, Josh Gad's character, has also garnered a lot of hate due to his [[MostAnnoyingSound constant screaming]].

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** Sam, partially because he's played by Adam Sandler.
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** Ludlow, Josh Gad's Creator/JoshGad's character, has also garnered a lot of hate due to his [[MostAnnoyingSound constant screaming]].



--> "[Ashley Benson is] a fictional video game heroine with zero lines of dialogue who exists only to look beautiful. It's no secret that video games in general have not had the greatest track record with female characters, but do we have to spread that failure to video game movies as well?" (''[[http://www.guidelive.com/movie-reviews/2015/07/22/pixels-leans-heavily-video-game-nostalgia-collapses-c Dallas Morning News]]'')
--> "Worse, in ''Pixels'', women are rewards: If the guys save the world, their prize is a beauty — even Eddie's fantasy of a threesome with Serena Williams and Martha Stewart. Kudos, I suppose, to Williams and Stewart for braving a cameo." (''[[http://www.laweekly.com/film/pixels-is-the-annual-movie-that-glorifies-adam-sandler-for-refusing-to-grow-up-5830782 LA Weekly]]'')
* VideoGameMoviesSuck: The movie has a score of 15% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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--> "Worse, -->"Worse, in ''Pixels'', women are rewards: If the guys save the world, their prize is a beauty — even Eddie's fantasy of a threesome with Serena Williams and Martha Stewart. Kudos, I suppose, to Williams and Stewart for braving a cameo." (''[[http://www.laweekly.com/film/pixels-is-the-annual-movie-that-glorifies-adam-sandler-for-refusing-to-grow-up-5830782 LA Weekly]]'')
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* TheScrappy: Sam, partially because he's played by Adam Sandler.

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** Ludlow, Josh Gad's character, has also garnered a lot of hate due to his [[MostAnnoyingSound constant screaming]].
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* TheScrappy: Sam, partially because he's played by Adam Sandler.

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* TheScrappy: Sam, partially because he's played by Adam Sandler.Sandler.
* UnfortunateImplications: Several reviews note the movie's sexism:
--> "[Ashley Benson is] a fictional video game heroine with zero lines of dialogue who exists only to look beautiful. It's no secret that video games in general have not had the greatest track record with female characters, but do we have to spread that failure to video game movies as well?" (''[[http://www.guidelive.com/movie-reviews/2015/07/22/pixels-leans-heavily-video-game-nostalgia-collapses-c Dallas Morning News]]'')
--> "Worse, in ''Pixels'', women are rewards: If the guys save the world, their prize is a beauty — even Eddie's fantasy of a threesome with Serena Williams and Martha Stewart. Kudos, I suppose, to Williams and Stewart for braving a cameo." (''[[http://www.laweekly.com/film/pixels-is-the-annual-movie-that-glorifies-adam-sandler-for-refusing-to-grow-up-5830782 LA Weekly]]'')
* VideoGameMoviesSuck: The movie has a score of 15% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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* JustHereForGodzilla: Most people are expecting, and are used to the fact, that this is most likely going to end up as another horribly reviewed Happy Madison Productions movie, but are going to see the movie anyway for the 90s video-game references.

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* JustHereForGodzilla: Most people are expecting, and are used to the fact, that this is most likely going to end up as another horribly reviewed Happy Madison Productions movie, but are going to see the movie anyway for the 90s video-game references.references.
* TheScrappy: Sam, partially because he's played by Adam Sandler.
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* InternetBackdraft: Most critics revile the film, and reviews on RottenTomatoes are mostly negative. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Let's leave it at that]].

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* JustHereForGodzilla: Most people are expecting, and are used to the fact, that this is most likely going to end up as another horribly reviewed Happy Madison Productions movie, but are going to see the movie anyway for the 90s video-game references.
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