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Its been quite a few busy days where it was hard to keep posting as I wanted although did had some time to sit down and watch a few movies, besides Roman theme movies I do love a <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="movie" href="https://inleo.io/@flixfinder/the-wild-ride-of-cinema-from-silent-flicks-to-streaming-hits-9wf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1865">movie</a> that tells the story of something build, in this case it was a game called <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Tetris" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12758060/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1885">Tetris</a> Tetris and I have got to say, this is not what I expected at all, it's actually a pretty wild ride about how this iconic game came to be and all the crazy stuff that went down behind the scenes. The movie opens in the late '80s, showing us this Dutch guy trying to make it big in the video game world, his name <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Henk" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henk_Rogers" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1855">Henk</a> Rogers. At a trade show, he stumbles across <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Tetris" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12758060/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1876">Tetris</a> and immediately knows it's gonna be huge, I guess that's sometimes people get with experience and others just have that natural instinct to know its going to be great but I think its also some luck into it since there is nothing that guarantee it will be big. The problem for him was getting the rights to this game is a lot more complicated than just signing a few papers. It’s international intrigue, shady deals and even the KGB, that's fkn insane. In some ways it’s like a Cold War spy thriller mixed up with a business drama and somehow it works.

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The real hook for me was that the <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="movie" href="https://inleo.io/@flixfinder/the-wild-ride-of-cinema-from-silent-flicks-to-streaming-hits-9wf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1866">movie</a> made all of this legal and business stuff actually exciting and complex that makes you feel you want to know more about it. Who knew watching people argue over distribution rights could be so entertaining? well this is the same concept at the core of the movie "The Social Network" and it was damn interresting, from the moment this hole situation start you will want <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Henk" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henk_Rogers" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1856">Henk</a> to pull it off or lose everything. There is also the way they contrast the glitzy world of video game conventions and the grim reality of late '80s <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Soviet" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1850">Soviet</a> Union is pretty darn cool, because at the end what the hell do they have in common? its all about power and control.

The <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="movie" href="https://inleo.io/@flixfinder/the-wild-ride-of-cinema-from-silent-flicks-to-streaming-hits-9wf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1867">movie</a> also at times have this 8 bit graphics through scenes, not like they putting the audience into the game but making reference to the original game and the 80s at the same time as much as they could to create a deeper feel and meaning to the scenario at hand, same goes for the audio and sound track with music from the 80s playing to keep the <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Tetris" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12758060/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1886">Tetris</a> vibes during the entire movie.

Before I could recommend this <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="movie" href="https://inleo.io/@flixfinder/the-wild-ride-of-cinema-from-silent-flicks-to-streaming-hits-9wf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1868">movie</a> to anyone there is one aspect I need to make clear, there were times I got a little lost in all that back and forth about who owned what rights and whose company was trying to screw over whose company, its a tricky situation to track down and this might push away some viewers or even make them enjoy less the movie. I wasn't 100% sure what was going on, but the <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="movie" href="https://inleo.io/@flixfinder/the-wild-ride-of-cinema-from-silent-flicks-to-streaming-hits-9wf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1869">movie</a> does a pretty good job of keeping things moving so it does not turn into a boring legal battle. <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Taron Egerton" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5473782/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1848">Taron Egerton</a> who plays <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Henk" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henk_Rogers" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1882">Henk</a>, really carries the movie on his shoulders, very energetic guy, never say die attitude that makes you want to root for him even when he’s making some pretty questionable decisions, this movie is very similar; not the same, but similar to Blackberry, to a certain point not the movie itself but the story after all both are about screwing up others while making a ton of money.
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There is this scene with <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Henk" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henk_Rogers" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1857">Henk</a> where you can see the passion in his eyes there, when he's trying to explain <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Tetris" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12758060/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1887">Tetris</a> to his family. It's like he's talking about the most beautiful thing in the world, not just falling blocks. Egerton's talent really sells the desperation and fear, but never overdoes it, and when things are going south. Nikita Efremov plays <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Alexey" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1878">Alexey</a> Pajitnov, the guy who created <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Tetris" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12758060/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1888">Tetris</a> and he is got this quiet intensity that works really well, you can see that he is torn between his love of the game he invented and his loyalty to the <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Soviet" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1851">Soviet</a> system. There is a moment where he and <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Henk" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henk_Rogers" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1858">Henk</a> are bonding over games and it’s so natural that almost felt real like they actually are those two guys having a passionate talk about games, this reminds me of my 20's when I was very passionate about gaming, specifically Stafcraft and the Korean league. On the opposite end you have Roger Allam and <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Anthony Boyle" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4996269/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1863">Anthony Boyle</a> playing the Maxwell Family, Roger Allam as Robert Maxwell and <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Anthony Boyle" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4996269/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1884">Anthony Boyle</a> plays his son Kevin Maxwell, who are trying to steal <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Tetris" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12758060/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1889">Tetris</a> outright. Kevin Maxwell got a spoiled rich kid thing going on where you just want to grab him by the neck and smack him.

Oleg Stefan who played the <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Soviet" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1852">Soviet</a> official in charge of negotiating the <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Tetris" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12758060/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1890">Tetris</a> rights, was one performance that really made an impact on the movie, a very strict guy who does everything by the book bureaucrat, but as the movie progresses you begin to see these little cracks in his character.As it always happen in the movies and I would say in real life during that time, you get the feeling that you can actually see the whole weight of the <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Soviet" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1853">Soviet</a> system and his own conscience of the hole situation, with the game rights and who <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Alexey" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1879">Alexey</a> came up with a revolutionary idea from a kids game that he saw on display, in real life nothing ground braking but in digital, it was pure gold, the key aspect is that by this game been created as a <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Soviet" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1877">Soviet</a> Government employee it was not actually his, he didn't own it so he could not sell it, everything a Soviet Government employee did back then was never theirs. You might think like well what if it was done at home and not during work hours, its almost a fact that it it was big enough the Soviets would find a way to have as much grip as they could.
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Towards the end of the movie it really tunrs into the cat and mouse game, <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Henk" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henk_Rogers" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1859">Henk</a> finally gets the rights to <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Tetris" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12758060/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1891">Tetris</a> and so he's gotta get out of Moscow before the KGB catches up with him, there is this crazy car chase through the streets of Moscow, which is like something out of a Bond movie, there were many things that were actually bring excitement and action to the movie, meaning things that are not part of the true story, this is a movie "BASED ON A TRUE STORY. During the chase the <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Tetris" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12758060/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1892">Tetris</a> theme is used as the soundtrack, which is both ridiculous and kinda cool, reminds you like a Super Mario <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="action" href="https://ideas.fandom.com/wiki/Action_film" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1862">action</a> part of the game, after all it was a great addition to the movie

When <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Henk" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henk_Rogers" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1860">Henk</a> comes back to Japan and surprises his wife with a check for $5 million, this is a great moment of triumph after all the stress and danger he has been through, finally <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Henk" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henk_Rogers" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1883">Henk</a> and <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Alexey" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1880">Alexey</a> reunite in San Francisco, a cool moment that proves how their friendship outpaced all the political and business craziness, something that works for the movie as a good reminder that all this drama was born from two guys who really loved making games, Henk and Alexey, but the truth about this meeting is that in real life it happens in Seattle, not San Fracisco, everyone knows how movie trolls are about things when they are not lore or factual like in these but I really dont care as long as its entertaining.

In the end the <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="movie" href="https://inleo.io/@flixfinder/the-wild-ride-of-cinema-from-silent-flicks-to-streaming-hits-9wf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1870">movie</a> is not just about who gets rich or who wins the rights to the game, its about doing the right thing even when it’s risky. <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Henk" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henk_Rogers" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1861">Henk</a> could have just taken the money and run but instead helps <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Alexey" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1881">Alexey</a> and makes sure he receives the recognition and rewards he deserves for creating <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Tetris" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12758060/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1893">Tetris</a>. The movie also does a good job of showing what was happening with the fall of the <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Soviet" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1854">Soviet</a> Union, we see Nikolai knowing the old way of doing things is not going to last much longer, there is the breaking of the Iron Curtain, of the capitalist entertainment, <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Tetris" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12758060/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1894">Tetris</a> work out as a symbol of change.
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I can definitely recommend that you watch <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Tetris" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12758060/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1895">Tetris</a> but before making clear that the <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="movie" href="https://inleo.io/@flixfinder/the-wild-ride-of-cinema-from-silent-flicks-to-streaming-hits-9wf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1871">movie</a> is a bit Hollywood with aspects and scenes that are not part of the true story, drama and even a little bit of comedy, but this does not mean it totally deviate into something else. The performances are good, the pacing keeps you interested and it finds a way to make a story about video game licensing more interesting than just been a boring battle between governments and corporations. It certainly takes some liberties with the facts but I think that’s okay as the spirit of the time and the crazy circumstances are well capture about one of the most sick stories of a video game creation, it would be cool to watch some other movies like this for example the San Andrea games have some crazy stories too.

The <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="movie" href="https://inleo.io/@flixfinder/the-wild-ride-of-cinema-from-silent-flicks-to-streaming-hits-9wf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1872">movie</a> makes me think how even the fight for the rights of a game could be a pivotal point and can cause these huge world changing events. Who would have thought that such a simple little puzzle game would spark international politics, corporate espionage and the be during the times of the fall of communism?, the <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="movie" href="https://inleo.io/@flixfinder/the-wild-ride-of-cinema-from-silent-flicks-to-streaming-hits-9wf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1873">movie</a> is also prove that innovation and creativity can and will come from anywhere and sometimes the smallest things can have the biggest impact. A <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="movie" href="https://inleo.io/@flixfinder/the-wild-ride-of-cinema-from-silent-flicks-to-streaming-hits-9wf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1874">movie</a> about taking the chances, following what you love doing and saying what you mean, when people tell you it won't work out, because to be hones everything starts as a dream, from nothing to something important but at first its just a thought, an idea, the movie is also about friendship that don't care about borders or ideologies. I would have been cool if this <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="movie" href="https://inleo.io/@flixfinder/the-wild-ride-of-cinema-from-silent-flicks-to-streaming-hits-9wf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1875">movie</a> came out during the early 2000s when phones still had this old block games, would make you imagine what went into creating that snake game on your Nokia, just as everything that happen on <a class="wpil_keyword_link keychainify-checked" title="Tetris" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12758060/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="1896">Tetris</a>, probably not as a dramatic story but would spark that curiosity for sure.
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