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As a gamer, I feel totally at liberty to say that most video game movies suck. Not only that, but very few would translate well to film without the kind of care that, say, a book adaptation receives. What can be an immersive and thrilling video game experience, as with Alan Wake](http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/a/alanwake/) or Uncharted,](http://www.unchartedthegame.com/) use some of the same old tropes that would in another media come across as hackneyed or tired without the care of a good screenwriter and director. Unfortunately, most studios look at video games as cash cows that gamers will eat up with a spoon no matter how mind-numbing. (Confession time: I enjoyed Lara Croft: Tomb Raider](Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) - Movie | Moviefone) and the Resident Evil](Resident Evil (2002) - Movie | Moviefone) movies as much as the next gamer and/or popcorn movie fan.)
The latest example of a stinky video game movie was Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time](Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) - Movie | Moviefone), although there were plenty of things working against it from the start. Casting Jake Gyllenhaal as the lead, for one, was a misstep since it’s hard to take him seriously as an action star, and it was an obvious play for the female audience who would otherwise not be interested in a video game movie. He’s also been lumped in with the fracas over race in movies along with The Last Airbender. Also, it’s not a very good game.
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