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12-09-2017, 08:21 AM
'Jumanji' is a great video game movie that's not actually based on a video game
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It’s a truism that Hollywood has a terrible track record when it comes to video game movies. But it’s not entirely accurate. There are lots of great video game movies out there – they're just not based on actual video games.
SEE ALSO: How ‘8-Bit Cinema’ turns classic movies into old-school video games (http://mashable.com/2016/09/27/8-bit-behind-the-scenes/)
This month, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, joins films like Edge of Tomorrow and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World on the list of excellent films inspired by video games but not directly adapted from one. This one is a loose sequel to 1995's Jumanji, which reimagines the dangerous board game as a '90s-era video game. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/08/jumanji-video-game-movie-review/)
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It’s a truism that Hollywood has a terrible track record when it comes to video game movies. But it’s not entirely accurate. There are lots of great video game movies out there – they're just not based on actual video games.
SEE ALSO: How ‘8-Bit Cinema’ turns classic movies into old-school video games (http://mashable.com/2016/09/27/8-bit-behind-the-scenes/)
This month, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, joins films like Edge of Tomorrow and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World on the list of excellent films inspired by video games but not directly adapted from one. This one is a loose sequel to 1995's Jumanji, which reimagines the dangerous board game as a '90s-era video game. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/08/jumanji-video-game-movie-review/)
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