Games in movies being portrayed accurately?
Kotaku has an excellent article up now about the new Adam Sandler / Don Cheadle movie Reign Over Me. The film called for a scene with Adam Sandler, a 9/11 victim who is trying to hide from his problems, where he is playing some sort of generic game with aliens. The article goes over the process of the director pushing for an actual game to be in the movie. That game? Shadow of the Colossus. Turns out the game was a great metaphor for what the character was going through in his life, and is actually portrayed and (gasp!) NAMED in the movie!
This is a huge step for games in the media. For the most part whenever a game is shown on movies or tv, it's some kid frantically mashing away at an upside-down gamepad, with cheesy laser sound effects blaring. With such a big release showing games for the finely crafted masterpieces they can actually be, it's a great first step in educating people about what games are really like, past all the Death Hookers 2000 action we see on the tee vee.
My wife has been bugging me to see this movie with her when its released, and before seeing this article I had no want to. Now I must! Great article, Kotaku. Cheers!
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