Pixels
é um filme americano de ficção científica de 2015, de comédia e ação, produzido
pela Columbia Pictures e Happy Madison Productions. O filme foi dirigido por
Chris Columbus. Seu roteiro foi escrito por Tim Herlihy e Timothy Dowling, com
uma história de tela escrita por Tim Herlihy e com base no curta-metragem de
mesmo nome do diretor francês Patrick Jean de 2010. O filme apresenta animações
feitas por computador de vídeo de personagens de jogos e efeitos especiais. É
estrelado por Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Josh Gad, Peter Dinklage, Michelle
Monaghan, Brian Cox, Ashley Benson, e Jane Krakowski. A trama do filme tem
extraterrestres interpretando erroneamente vídeo-feeds de jogos de arcade
clássicos como uma declaração de guerra, e invadindo a Terra usando a
tecnologia inspirada por jogos como Pac-Man e Space Invaders. Para contrariar o
ataque alienígena, os Estados Unidos contratam ex-campeões de arcade para
liderar a defesa do planeta.
Resumo
Em
1982, velhos amigos Sam Brenner e Will Cooper de 13 anos visitam o vídeo-game
arcada local, onde Brenner descobre que ele pode dominar os jogos lá com pouco
conhecimento prévio. Participando de campeonatos de videogame, ele perde ao
detestável jogador da arcada Eddie em "Donkey Kong". Depois disso,
uma fita de vídeo com imagens do evento é incluída em uma cápsula do tempo que
é lançada para o espaço.
No presente, Brenner tornou-se um instalador de sistemas de home theater, enquanto Cooper é o Presidente dos Estados Unidos. Em Guam, uma base militar EUA é atacada por UFOs que transformam pedaços de base em pequenos cubos de incandescência; um dos soldados é sequestrado. Brenner, trabalhando na casa de recém divorciada Violet Van Patten e seu filho Matty, quando é convocado para a Casa Branca. Para sua surpresa, ele encontra Violet que foi dirigida para o mesmo lugar e que ela é um tenente-coronel. Vendo as imagens de vídeo, Brenner diz que foi desenvolvido como no velho vídeo-game Galaga, mas é riu fora da sala. Mais tarde, Ludlow "The Kid maravilha" Lamonsoff, um amigo que fez no torneio de vídeo game, leva Brenner à sua casa e compartilha suas teorias da conspiração; eles determinam que os alienígenas estão atacando com criaturas baseadas em desenhos clássicos de vídeo-game, já que os estrangeiros encontrados nas imagens de vídeo cassete estão declarando guerra. Isto é
afirmado quando os alienígenas interrompem um programa de televisão com imagens
de celebridades da década de 1980 e desafiam a Terra para montar seus mais
poderosos guerreiros para lutar; se os alienígenas ganharem três rodadas, eles
vão conquistar a Terra. Embora eles e Cooper determinem que o próximo ataque
vai acontecer na Índia, eles são demasiado tarde para pará-lo como remos
Arkanoid estilingue bolas de luz para destruir o Taj Mahal, e uma outra pessoa
é raptada.
Brenner
e Ludlow treinam soldados Navy SEAL para jogar os jogos antigos. Violet mostra a Brenner e Ludlow que os cubos podem ser destruídos por feixes de luz forte, e
tem como os militares desenvolverem canhões de luz. O próximo ataque é em Londres, sob
a forma do Centipede jogo de vídeo. Quando os soldados são incapazes de
vencê-los, Brenner e Ludlow intervem e derrubam as centopeias. Após a vitória,
os alienígenas enviam uma mensagem de felicitações e um "troféu" na
forma de o cão de Duck Hunt, só que permanece não recolhido por eles para o
resto do filme.
Ludlow
e Cooper recuperam Eddie, que está cumprindo uma pena de prisão por fraude.
Cooper concorda em perdoar Eddie (e marca uma reunião entre estes e Serena
Williams) em troca de sua ajuda. Em Nova York, a equipe descobre que deve
enfrentar o personagem-título do Pac-Man e a fim de ter sucesso, eles devem
derrotá-lo três vezes. Violet apresenta-os
com quatro carros Mini Cooper com base nos fantasmas Pac-Man, a ser
impulsionado por Brenner, Ludlow, Eddie e um quarto motorista que passa a ser
o criador do jogo, Toru Iwatani. No entanto, quando Iwatani tenta apelar para
Pac-Man como um filho, ele obtém sua mão mordido fora e foge. Eddie derrota
Pac-Man duas vezes, mas acidentalmente dirige para o East River. Brenner,
eventualmente, alcança a terceira derrota, e a equipe recebe Q * Bert como um
troféu. A equipe comemora, mas os alienígenas enviam uma mensagem dizendo que
alguém está enganando e o concurso para o planeta foi executado. Matty
descobre que Eddie usou um truque de velocidade. Eddie foge, mas Matty é raptado por
alienígenas. Q * Bert, então, revela que os alienígenas eram calmos até que a
cápsula chegou ao seu planeta.
Os
alienígenas lançam um ataque maciço usando personagens de todos os tipos de
jogos de vídeogame clássicos em Washington, Cooper se junta à equipe, enquanto
Ludlow permanece para lutar. Um estrangeiro toma a forma de Lady Lisa, uma personagem de quem Ludlow teve uma queda desde a infância. Ludlow convence Lady
Lisa de escolher o amor, e ela vai para o lado dos seres humanos; Eddie, querendo
fazer as pazes, retorna para lutar bem. Brenner, Violet, Cooper e Q * Bert são
convocados para a nave-mãe onde enfrentam Donkey Kong no nível inicial do jogo
com cativos dos alienígenas no topo. Como o grupo se esquiva de barris e bolas
de fogo, Brenner finalmente lança seu martelo para derrotar Donkey Kong.
A
equipe é saudada como heróis e um acordo de paz foi alcançado com os
alienígenas. Embora Ludlow fique triste porque Lady Lisa se foi, Q * Bert transforma
sua semelhança com Lady Lisa. Brenner e Violet se tornam um casal, enquanto
Eddie começa a conhecer Serena Williams mais uma vez, juntamente com Martha
Stewart. Além disso, a mão de Iwatani é restaurada. Um ano mais tarde, Lady
Lisa e Ludlow se casam e têm filhos Q * Bert.
The Film
Pixels is a 2015 American science fiction action-comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures, 1492 Pictures and Happy Madison Productions. The film was directed by Chris Columbus. Its screenplay was written by Tim Herlihy and Timothy Dowling, with a screen story penned by Tim Herlihy and based on French director Patrick Jean's 2010 short film of the same name. The film features computer animated video games characters, special effects, and stars Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Josh Gad, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Monaghan, Brian Cox, Ashley Benson, and Jane Krakowski. The film's plot has extraterrestrials misinterpreting video-feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war, and invading Earth using technology inspired by games such as Pac-Man and Space Invaders. To counter the alien assault, the United States hire former arcade champions to lead the planet's defense.
Plot
In 1982, 13-year-old friends Sam Brenner and Will Cooper visit the local video game arcade, where Brenner discovers he can master the games there with little prior knowledge. Participating in the video game championships, he loses to obnoxious arcade player Eddie Plant in "Donkey Kong." After that, a videocassette with footage of the event is included in a time capsule that is launched into space.
In the present, Brenner has become an installer of home-theater systems while Cooper is the President of the United States. InGuam, a U.S. military base is attacked by UFOs that turn pieces of the base into small glowing cubes; one of the soldiers is abducted. Brenner, working at the home of recent divorcée Violet Van Patten and her son Matty, is summoned to the White House. To his surprise, he finds Violet is headed to the same place and that she is a lieutenant colonel. Viewing the video footage, Brenner says it was carried out like in the old video game Galaga but is laughed out of the room. Later, Ludlow "The Wonder Kid" Lamansoff, a friend he made at the video game tournament, takes Brenner to his home and shares his conspiracy theories; they determine that the aliens are attacking with creatures based on classic video-game designs, since the aliens found the videocassette images to be a declaration of war. This is affirmed when the aliens interrupt a television broadcast with images of celebrities from the 1980s and challenge Earth to assemble their mightiest warriors to fight; if the aliens win three rounds, they will conquer the Earth. Though they and Cooper determine that the next attack will happen in India, they are too late to stop it as Arkanoid paddles sling balls of light to destroy theTaj Mahal, and another person is abducted.
Brenner and Ludlow train Navy SEAL soldiers to play the old games. Violet shows Brenner and Ludlow that the cubes can be destroyed by strong light beams, and has the military develop light cannons. The next attack is in London in the form of the video game Centipede. As the soldiers are unable to beat them, Brenner and Ludlow step in and shoot down the centipedes. Following the victory, the aliens send a congratulatory message and a "trophy" in the form of the dog from Duck Hunt, only it remains uncollected by them for the rest of the movie.
Ludlow and Cooper retrieve Eddie, who is serving a prison sentence for fraud. Cooper agrees to pardon Eddie (and set up a meeting between the latter and Serena Williams) in exchange for his help. In New York City, the team discovers it must face the title character from Pac-Man and in order to succeed, they must defeat him three times, as if a player loses the game. Violet presents them with four Mini Cooper cars based on the Pac-Man ghosts, to be driven by Brenner, Ludlow, Eddie and a fourth driver who happens to be the game's creator, Toru Iwatani. However, when Iwatani tries to appeal to Pac-Man as a son, he gets his hand bitten off and runs away. Eddie defeats Pac-Man twice but accidentally drives into the East River. Brenner eventually achieves the third defeat, and the team gets Q*Bert as a trophy. The team celebrates but the aliens send a message saying someone cheated and the contest for the planet has been forfeited. Matty discovers Eddie used a speed cheat. Eddie flees, but Matty is abducted by the aliens. Q*Bert then reveals that the aliens were peaceful until the capsule came to their planet.
The aliens launch a massive attack using characters from all sorts of classic video games on Washington, D.C. Cooper joins the team, while Ludlow stays to fight. An alien takes the form of Lady Lisa, a character on whom Ludlow has had a crush since childhood. Ludlow persuades Lady Lisa to choose love, and she sides with the humans; Eddie, wishing to make amends, returns to fight as well. Brenner, Violet, Cooper and Q*Bert are summoned to the mother ship where they face Donkey Kong on the game's starting level with the aliens' captives at the top. As the group dodges barrels and fireballs, Brenner eventually throws his hammer to defeat Donkey Kong. The aliens' characters then self-destruct.
The team is hailed as heroes and a peace agreement is reached with the aliens. Although Ludlow is saddened that Lady Lisa is gone, Q*Bert transforms its likeness to Lady Lisa. Brenner and Violet become a couple, while Eddie gets to meet Serena Williams again, along with Martha Stewart. Also, Iwatani's hand is restored. A year later, Lady Lisa and Ludlow are married and have Q*Bert children.
In the present, Brenner has become an installer of home-theater systems while Cooper is the President of the United States. InGuam, a U.S. military base is attacked by UFOs that turn pieces of the base into small glowing cubes; one of the soldiers is abducted. Brenner, working at the home of recent divorcée Violet Van Patten and her son Matty, is summoned to the White House. To his surprise, he finds Violet is headed to the same place and that she is a lieutenant colonel. Viewing the video footage, Brenner says it was carried out like in the old video game Galaga but is laughed out of the room. Later, Ludlow "The Wonder Kid" Lamansoff, a friend he made at the video game tournament, takes Brenner to his home and shares his conspiracy theories; they determine that the aliens are attacking with creatures based on classic video-game designs, since the aliens found the videocassette images to be a declaration of war. This is affirmed when the aliens interrupt a television broadcast with images of celebrities from the 1980s and challenge Earth to assemble their mightiest warriors to fight; if the aliens win three rounds, they will conquer the Earth. Though they and Cooper determine that the next attack will happen in India, they are too late to stop it as Arkanoid paddles sling balls of light to destroy theTaj Mahal, and another person is abducted.
Brenner and Ludlow train Navy SEAL soldiers to play the old games. Violet shows Brenner and Ludlow that the cubes can be destroyed by strong light beams, and has the military develop light cannons. The next attack is in London in the form of the video game Centipede. As the soldiers are unable to beat them, Brenner and Ludlow step in and shoot down the centipedes. Following the victory, the aliens send a congratulatory message and a "trophy" in the form of the dog from Duck Hunt, only it remains uncollected by them for the rest of the movie.
Ludlow and Cooper retrieve Eddie, who is serving a prison sentence for fraud. Cooper agrees to pardon Eddie (and set up a meeting between the latter and Serena Williams) in exchange for his help. In New York City, the team discovers it must face the title character from Pac-Man and in order to succeed, they must defeat him three times, as if a player loses the game. Violet presents them with four Mini Cooper cars based on the Pac-Man ghosts, to be driven by Brenner, Ludlow, Eddie and a fourth driver who happens to be the game's creator, Toru Iwatani. However, when Iwatani tries to appeal to Pac-Man as a son, he gets his hand bitten off and runs away. Eddie defeats Pac-Man twice but accidentally drives into the East River. Brenner eventually achieves the third defeat, and the team gets Q*Bert as a trophy. The team celebrates but the aliens send a message saying someone cheated and the contest for the planet has been forfeited. Matty discovers Eddie used a speed cheat. Eddie flees, but Matty is abducted by the aliens. Q*Bert then reveals that the aliens were peaceful until the capsule came to their planet.
The aliens launch a massive attack using characters from all sorts of classic video games on Washington, D.C. Cooper joins the team, while Ludlow stays to fight. An alien takes the form of Lady Lisa, a character on whom Ludlow has had a crush since childhood. Ludlow persuades Lady Lisa to choose love, and she sides with the humans; Eddie, wishing to make amends, returns to fight as well. Brenner, Violet, Cooper and Q*Bert are summoned to the mother ship where they face Donkey Kong on the game's starting level with the aliens' captives at the top. As the group dodges barrels and fireballs, Brenner eventually throws his hammer to defeat Donkey Kong. The aliens' characters then self-destruct.
The team is hailed as heroes and a peace agreement is reached with the aliens. Although Ludlow is saddened that Lady Lisa is gone, Q*Bert transforms its likeness to Lady Lisa. Brenner and Violet become a couple, while Eddie gets to meet Serena Williams again, along with Martha Stewart. Also, Iwatani's hand is restored. A year later, Lady Lisa and Ludlow are married and have Q*Bert children.
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