For example, it is a big joke that Kevin James can’t read very well. In fact, some of the gags at his expense come off as kind of mean. You get no idea of how he could have possibly become president. This should be the one gamer who did something with his life but he’s a buffoon. The first joke of the movie is that Kevin James is supposed to be President of the United States. Your lazy manchild skills are really what are going to save the world after all”. Basically the entire point of the Pixels script is to say to Adam Sandler “you haven’t done anything with your life but that’s ok. All the guys in Pixels are the same and have the same story to tell. Plus, the script is dry and funny and each of the 4 guys has his own personality and story arc. Are actual entrepreneurs which makes them unique and fun to watch. With Ghostbusters you had 4 eclectic guys who start up a business. Just like with Ghostbusters the creatures special effects are pretty well done and you have this tag team of comedians fighting them off. It’s directed by Chris Columbus and he gives it an 80s sensibility with the music and some of the early scenes feel authentic to movies of that era. It’s a shame really because Pixels could have been the next Ghostbusters. Great job Adam Sandler! (Have you got the idea I’m not a big Adam Sandler fan). At least Pixels does not have a vomit, urine or other bodily function joke. Something I can’t say for those other films I mentioned. If you like Adam Sandler’s schtick there were a few laughs. It isn’t as bad as That’s My Boy or Grown Ups, or Jack and Jill. That said, if you like Adam Sandler and were one of the cinemagoers that contributed to the $247 million gross box office that was Grown Ups, you will love Pixels. And in many ways that is emblematic of Pixels as a movie. The poster looks like an exciting concept but sadly that’s not the movie we got. You like that poster? Well, my friends in the new movie Pixels there is no Pacman the size of a city, no Golden Gate Bridge and no San Francisco.