I have seen quite a few films by PES and I must say all of them have two major things in common--various household objects are used is VERY unusual manners using stop-motion AND they are all way too short. Now during the one to two minutes they are on, they are terrific--but still, they are only one or two minute films. Recently, I was surprised that despite the shortness of these films, one ("Guacamole") managed to receive an Oscar nomination! However, "Game Over" (which is probably better than "Guacamole") was not nominated--perhaps it just didn't qualify. Regardless, people who remember the early 80s will love this film, as it takes some old school video games and re-creates them using weird objects--such as sharks' teeth, flowers, candy corn and more. It is a truly innovative style and lots of fun...but too short.
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Okay watch for video game nerds
Horst_In_Translation11 August 2015
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"Game Over" is a (very) short film by American animator Adam Pesapane, better known as PES. He made this one a while ago before his Oscar nomination, but was already a prolific filmmaker when this one here got released almost 10 years ago. It is his take on some very old video game classics and it will certainly help you in enjoying the movie if you played some of these yourself and know what they are about. The only one I am sort of familiar with here is "Frogger". Nonetheless, I managed to enjoy this short film and PES' unique approach to animation. You watch a film and you will immediately know it's from him. Unfortunately, this approach is not really suitable to long movies and that is why this one here, which is among his most known works also only runs for 1.5 minutes. Pay attention to how food (cupcakes for example) is used in here as well already. This should become a crucial subject in some of his later works, including the famous "Fresh Guacamole". "Game Over" is a solid short movie and I recommend it.
Vintage fun with a modern twist
Imdbidia11 January 2017
Probably one of my favorite pieces by PES. It has the same good quality trademark stop-motion animation that all of his films have, but we have moved from the table to the video-console of the 1980s. If you love or loved those primitive child-like super-addictive video-games and their brain-penetrating music, you will love this short. Well, not much story, the story is told in the few lines of the plot. A game in your video-console, where all the backgrounds and characters you know are there, but just reproduced by using daily-life ordinary objects and products. The images are full-on, with lots of action, and one of the most difficult pieces to assemble regarding the filming, I would say. The short is fun and charming, it really transported me to my childhood. It is too minutes long, but I think that is the right time for a video-game game! ha!
Very fun
injury-6544721 May 2020
Something charming and very well made
Rectangular_businessman8 August 2012
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"Game Over" is a great homage to several classic arcade games done into an animated format, resulting in something very funny to watch, being a colorful and highly enjoyable short, with a great use of everyday objects in order to recreate the charming appeal of those old video-games.
"Game Over" is one of those shorts that somebody could watch several times and it never gets boring. In less than 2 minutes, this animation captures all the essence of the arcade games that are being referenced here.
Along with "Western Spaghetti" This must be one of the best animations done by Pes.
"Game Over" is one of those shorts that somebody could watch several times and it never gets boring. In less than 2 minutes, this animation captures all the essence of the arcade games that are being referenced here.
Along with "Western Spaghetti" This must be one of the best animations done by Pes.
useful trip
Kirpianuscus18 November 2017
a trip across old video games. good occasion of fascination about the art of PES and to remind old times. and this is the source of fascination . because it is a work of admirable master in stop motion wise use, creating a fascinating world , in which detail by detail becomes piece of a world with new and extravagant senses but, like in the art of Hieronymus Bosh, everything becomes plausible and normal. so, eulogy to old video games. in splendid manner.
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