‘Wreck-It Ralph’ offers video game-based films an extra life
Console Monster writes: "Films based on video games are generally greeted to a negative reaction. In fact, if you looked at critic reviews of such films, you’d struggle to find any over the 50% mark. It’s like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
You have to go back 20 years for the release of the first video game film "Super Mario Bros." (1993). Based on the game of the same name, the film saw two plumbers Mario (Bob Hoskins) and Luigi (John Leguizamo) attempting to save Princess Daisy (Samantha Mathis) from the grasp of King Koopa (Dennis Hopper).
But how did the reviews for the film fair? Not well it seems. Movie Eye described the film as “about as playful and challenging as an unplugged pinball machine” and Time Out said that “it will baffle kids, bore adolescents, and depress adults”…"
