Video game designer Henk Rogers seeks to secure global rights for Tetris (1984), leading to tense negotiations in the Soviet Union, involving creators, government, and corporate intrigues.Video game designer Henk Rogers seeks to secure global rights for Tetris (1984), leading to tense negotiations in the Soviet Union, involving creators, government, and corporate intrigues.Video game designer Henk Rogers seeks to secure global rights for Tetris (1984), leading to tense negotiations in the Soviet Union, involving creators, government, and corporate intrigues.
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"Tetris" is the movie I didn't even know I needed.
A ridiculously entertaining (and probably at least partially ridiculously fabricated) "based on true events" story about the fight between a desperate American video game creator and Soviet Russia over the rights to what would become one of the most famous games of all time.
I wasn't sure I was going to like it at first, as it has a very jokey, self-aware tone, as does Taron Egerton's performance. But both won me over quickly, and not long into the movie I was all in. Egerton is a ball of charisma in the lead, and he's easy to root for. The movie gets a little silly at the end (a car chase to the airport, really?) and seems to be taking historical accuracy lessons from "Argo," but by the time the end came around I didn't care. I've been complaining recently that entertaining movies for adults are in short supply, so I'm not going to quibble when one comes along.
Grade: A.
A ridiculously entertaining (and probably at least partially ridiculously fabricated) "based on true events" story about the fight between a desperate American video game creator and Soviet Russia over the rights to what would become one of the most famous games of all time.
I wasn't sure I was going to like it at first, as it has a very jokey, self-aware tone, as does Taron Egerton's performance. But both won me over quickly, and not long into the movie I was all in. Egerton is a ball of charisma in the lead, and he's easy to root for. The movie gets a little silly at the end (a car chase to the airport, really?) and seems to be taking historical accuracy lessons from "Argo," but by the time the end came around I didn't care. I've been complaining recently that entertaining movies for adults are in short supply, so I'm not going to quibble when one comes along.
Grade: A.
This drama will very likely make you experience the "Tetris Effect": such a fun and mind-blowing story, with just enough of Hollywood made-up thrill to make it even more fun but, according to the articles this reviewer has read, otherwise very close to real-life events from the 90s.
The cinematography is very pleasant, the pixelized plane taking the audience to round-the-world trips is cute, and for a child of that Nintendo/SEGA generation, the unveiling of the GameBoy was quite sublime.
And of course, Taron Egerton is, as always, absolutely brilliant, so full of energy and, without a doubt, the best "Player 1" one could wish for.
The cinematography is very pleasant, the pixelized plane taking the audience to round-the-world trips is cute, and for a child of that Nintendo/SEGA generation, the unveiling of the GameBoy was quite sublime.
And of course, Taron Egerton is, as always, absolutely brilliant, so full of energy and, without a doubt, the best "Player 1" one could wish for.
The movie had to be made exciting so there are some exaggerated elements / but it was absolutely fun and exciting. Being born behind the iron curtain before this all happened I find it amazing that some reviewers here say this is some anti communist propaganda, when this is pretty much how it was back then. So don't listen to the haters, the actual people were involved in making this film as accurate as possible while still being a "Hollywood" movie. And yes, you lived in the same apartment the government gave you, no you could not freely speak, think and yes the secret police and army of civilian informers were infiltrated in every part of society. And there was not always food you could buy, and it was certainly amazing to have bananas in the stores (not in the movie) people who grew up in the west and not in the former Soviet block have zero understanding of how life was back then, and can be forgiven to think that this and other accounts of the Soviet era are some sort of parodies, the sad truth that they aren't nearly as exaggerated as you might think. It was pretty bad back then. This movie is absolutely excellent.
And utterly mezmerisingly surprised on how much tension such a generic ''history of the...'' could make, a real spy thriller behind the iron curtain, for the righteous rights ot patency over the may be most successfilled game in the history of digital gaming, namely ''tetris''.
This is a well acted, well set and very well acclamatized and extremely authenticly made production on the infancy of the digital gaming era, the cast makes this story very fun to follow, even for me the grumpy old man that grew up a generation before all this happened, when the electric typewriter and electronic greenglowing calculator was the top of the hype.
So if yore interested in the story behind digital stuff and all the serindipitous ways destiny may cross to make you a happy gamer, then this film is a recommend. Its funded by apple but who cares when the film is good.
This is a well acted, well set and very well acclamatized and extremely authenticly made production on the infancy of the digital gaming era, the cast makes this story very fun to follow, even for me the grumpy old man that grew up a generation before all this happened, when the electric typewriter and electronic greenglowing calculator was the top of the hype.
So if yore interested in the story behind digital stuff and all the serindipitous ways destiny may cross to make you a happy gamer, then this film is a recommend. Its funded by apple but who cares when the film is good.
I never knew this entire back story behind the success of Tetris. I was intrigued when I first saw the trailer and wonder if it could be any fun or good and I'm glad to say it's a pretty cool movie and I did enjoy it quite a ton. Taron Egerton did such a good job in the role and did some good acting and i think this movie was a pretty fun time and the whole story behind tetris. I think it was a pretty solid movie and now I want to play some tetris after watching this movie. This isn't groundbreaking but it's just a fun time in general which I think people should watch and I recommend to watch it.
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- TriviaBeing a non-gamer, then Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi would give the game to his superstar programmer Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of their most popular franchises Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda, to see what he thought. Several days later, Miyamoto confirmed to Yamauchi that it was a great game and when Yamauchi asked why, Miyamoto responded "Because even your secretaries and accountants are playing it!"
- GoofsWhen reading the fax number of ELORG in Moscow Henk mentions the dialing code of Moscow as "495", which is the current code. In the soviet times until Russia 2005 it was "095".
- Quotes
Alexey Pajitnov: Good ideas have no borders.
- Crazy creditsA short video is playing about halfway through the credits. It seems to be actual footage of Henk and Alexey in Moscow.
- ConnectionsEdited from Game Grumps: Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!: Finale - Part 6 (2015)
- SoundtracksHolding Out for a Hero
Written by Dean Pitchford & Jim Steinman
Published by Sony/ATV Melody, Paramount Pictures Corp
Performed by Ren Nagabuchi (as ReN)
Appearing courtesy of Warner Music Japan
Licensed courtesy of MARV Music Recording Ltd & Warner Music Japan
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- Тетріс
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- Aberdeen, Scotland, UK(Tillydrone, Aberdeen city)
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- Budget
- $80,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1
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