Pixels | Chris Columbus | July 24, 2015 | Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Josh Gad, Peter Dinklage

[kowhite]

But, subjectively speaking, would that have any affect on whether or not he liked the movie? I mean if he wanted to like Whiplash because of Teller in F4, why would he put it at (ahem number 1) of the year instead of just hype up F4 in all his videos.

Cause he loved Mickey Rourke in Iron Man 2.

[The Panda]

Right because Whiplash and Nightcrawler are obviously fanboy movies

So 2 of 10 werent fanboy movies? Great ratio there

[kowhite]

So 2 of 10 werent fanboy movies? Great ratio there

He's a percussion fanboy.

1 out of 10.

[The Futurist]

Stop being condescending with fanboys, cinephiles geeks.

Thank you very much.

[kowhite]

Stop being condescending with fanboys, cinephiles geeks.

Thank you very much.

You're just a Bloodborne fanboy.

Fanboy.

[Blankments]

This is one of the more entertaining movies I saw this summer; like San Andreas but even more fun

[75Live]

This is one of the more entertaining movies I saw this summer; like San Andreas but even more fun

I have to admit, I enjoyed it too. While it wasn't great by any means, it hit all the right notes for me. Yes being from that era really helped with the references and enjoyment. But hey, that's the idea so I took it and went with it.

[Maxmoser3]

Yea except Just Go With it was awesome.

all that movie that makes it memorable is Brooklyn Decker and her uhhhhhh acting.

[AJG]

Looks like the movie was Edited WorldWide in order to appease China

 

 According to Reuters, which cites emails leaked by Sony hackers, Sony ‘sanitized’ the new Adam Sandler movie to make certain it would get on the circuit in China, the world’s second biggest box office. This entailed deleting references to China from the script and removing a rather insensitive scene, in which intergalactic pixelated aliens blast a hole in the Great Wall.

“Even though breaking a hole on the Great Wall may not be a problem as long as it is part of a worldwide phenomenon, it is actually unnecessary because it will not benefit the China release at all. I would then, recommend not to do it,” Li Chow, chief representative of Sony Pictures in China, wrote in a December 2013 email to senior Sony executives, Reuters reports.

Another scene in which China was mentioned as a potential culprit behind an attack got axed, as did a reference to a “Communist conspiracy brother” hacking a mail server. Matter of fact, allreferences to the communist nation were eventually scrubbed from the film’s script.

“Changing the China elements to another country should be a relatively easy fix,” wrote Steven O’Dell, president of Sony Pictures Releasing International. “There is only downside to leaving the film as it is. Recommendation is to change all versions as if we only change the China version, we set ourselves up for the press to call us out for this when bloggers invariably compare the versions and realize we changed the China setting just to pacify that market."

[commonsense88]

Pixels was great, loved it

[Blankments]

Looks like the movie was Edited WorldWide in order to appease China

China is credited in the film, I was wondering why

[Maxmoser3]

China is credited in the film, I was wondering why

because of Nintendo and Namco.

[Hangman]

because of Nintendo and Namco.

 

Aren't both those companies Japanese?

[AJG]

Aren't both those companies Japanese?

Yep. There's no video game companies in China, they were outlawed for years.

[Jay Beezy]

all that movie that makes it memorable is Brooklyn Decker and her uhhhhhh acting.

 

That mainly only worked for the Super Bowl spot, not so much for the movie itself.

[baumer]

Looks like the movie was Edited WorldWide in order to appease China

 

Is this supposed to be a surprise?  Sony should do this when they are trying to secure their film in that market.  That's smart business.

[kowhite]

Is this supposed to be a surprise?  Sony should do this when they are trying to secure their film in that market.  That's smart business.

Had Sony edited the film to appease the rest of the world, they would've cut out the other hour and 46 minutes also.

[baumer]

Yea but Chinas a massive market now. So its not a surprise.

[Asyulus]

This movie looked....

[CJohn]

Even Interstellar was edited to please China. Not even Nolan can escape that.