Best movie about video games?

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#1  Edited By turboman

Yes, every game movie is terrible, but is there a movie ABOUT video games better than The King of Kong? I'm watching it over again today, and there is just so many classical, awesome scenes that are scattered throughout the movie. I know Wizard is another movie about games... any more to throw in there?

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#3  Edited By Metric_Outlaw

Its not so much about video as about nerd culture but Monster Camp is pretty good.

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#4  Edited By RichardLOlson

........ummmm..........nothing comes to mind.

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#5  Edited By LiquidPrince

Prince of Persia was pretty great... So not all of them are bad.

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#6  Edited By Mono_Listo

I think Resident Evil was a solid movie overall, a good 3/5 stars. I'd like to see what a good director could do with Castlevania. Unfortunately, the rights rest in the hands of the same guy that did Resident Evil - and he has fallen the fuck off.

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#7  Edited By Lawrens

I liked Silent Hill, at least they got the music right, that is if we're talking about game > film adaptation. For movies ABOUT games, then nothing comes to mind.

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#8  Edited By Joshakazam

The Resident Evil movie was a good B-movie.

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#9  Edited By Mono_Listo
@Lawrens:  King of Kong is all I can think of
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#10  Edited By mm665

Second Skin
Frag 
Tetris: From Russia with Love   
Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade
 
All of these are documentaries.

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#11  Edited By MysteriousBob
@Mono_Listo said:

" I think Resident Evil was a solid movie overall, a good 3/5 stars. I'd like to see what a good director could do with Castlevania. Unfortunately, the rights rest in the hands of the same guy that did Resident Evil - and he has fallen the fuck off. "

@TurboMan said:

" a movie ABOUT video games "

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#12  Edited By themartyr
@mm665 said:
" Second Skin
Frag 
Tetris: From Russia with Love   
Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade
 
All of these are documentaries. "  
They sound promising. King of Kong is just incredibly good, however. I watched it recently with a friend and we applauded at the end, alongside a few utterances of  'billy mitchell, you bastard...'
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#13  Edited By penguindust
@mm665 said:
"Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade
 
All of these are documentaries. "
This one is really good.  It's mostly about the early days of arcades if you are into that, but it is full of great interviews with those pioneering game makers.   The whole movie is up on YouTube:  Chasing Ghosts Parts 1 - 8
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#14  Edited By themartyr
@PenguinDust said:
" @mm665 said:
"Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade
 
All of these are documentaries. "
This one is really good.  It's mostly about the early days of arcades if you are into that, but it is full of great interviews with those pioneering game makers.   The whole movie is up on YouTube:  Chasing Ghosts Parts 1 - 8 "
I'm going to watch it tonight, now. This plan is in action!
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#15  Edited By lolicanseeyou
@Mono_Listo said:
" I think Resident Evil was a solid movie overall, a good 3/5 stars. I'd like to see what a good director could do with Castlevania. Unfortunately, the rights rest in the hands of the same guy that did Resident Evil - and he has fallen the fuck off. "
a castlevania movie could be good, but they would have to keep it serious and the character would have to be perfect
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#16  Edited By JonathanMoore

That fan made Mega Man Movie wasn't awful... other than that I couldn't really tell ya.

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#17  Edited By Jeust


 The Wizard
 The Wizard

 Who remembers this movie?
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#18  Edited By Clembo
@mm665 said:
" Second Skin
Frag 
Tetris: From Russia with Love   
Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade
 
All of these are documentaries. "
That Tetris documentary was fantastic.
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#19  Edited By JokerSmilez
@PenguinDust said:
" @mm665 said:
"Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade
 
All of these are documentaries. "
This one is really good.  It's mostly about the early days of arcades if you are into that, but it is full of great interviews with those pioneering game makers.   The whole movie is up on YouTube:  Chasing Ghosts Parts 1 - 8 "
I agree, this movie is quite good. Not as good as King of Kong which has the dramatic story line, but very imformative about the "golden age of gaming" and the gamers who were assembled in 1982 for the famous LIFE magazine photo shoot, etc.
 
Gives a more realistic impression of Billy Mitchell as well. Kong portrays him as such a bastard (which he is), but this movie gives a more well rounded image of him, not trying to show things about him which seem nasty.