Indie Game: The Movie

Ironically, the critic has missed the wider message about creation of art.

Excuse me? Did he just call gaming a sub culture? Indie Game the movie isn't just about the XBLA. It's not just about independent games, it's about game as an art form, crafting and perfecting something that is essentially your life force and sending it out to the whim of people you don't know. The raw emotional power of that alone makes this movie a must watch for people with eyes, ears, and a brain.

The person that wrote this apparently has no idea what he is talking about.

"hardcore Xboxers" are 12-year-olds, I doubt they'd like a movie about indie game developers. This is also not a review, this is a blatant opinion, with no arguments behind it. Nobody cares what you thing, they care why you think that way, so they can form an opinion of their own. This movie is completely suitable for anyone who wants to be entertained, and is by no means hard to understand for non-gamers, and even if it was made for gamers (which it wasn't), it was made for a subculture that is a part of pop-culture.

"Only hard-core Xboxers need apply." I wish I could hate you to death.

I agree this is about a subculture however it's becomming very mainstream and appealing to many outside the subculture. Comments such as 'only hard-core Xboxers need apply' shows how far Keith Uhlich is out of touch with the subject he's reviewing.

Not only is "Xboxers" an improper term, but that is not even for whom this movie is. Indie Games are played across all platforms and are enjoyed by all, not just those who are "hard-core".

You really think this little text is a review? Damn, even these commentaries below are bigger than your "review". Please, if you want to make critical responses about movies, do it well! It seems like you just ignored the whole film, came back saying few words that look more a synopsis than a review and then chose randomly a score for it. Also, this movie tells more about the sentimentalism, hard work and pressure behind the process of creating a game than anything, so you don't really need to play games to understand the purpose of it. If you didn't get this movie's purpose you REALLY need to get out of this section of this website, as you are proving you don't understand a thing about movies.

videogame savvy*

First off, there's no such term as "Xboxers". Secondly, not only is your review extremely shallow; it's missing the entire point of the movie by miles. It's not directed necessarily at a culture: cataloging it as such and losing sight of its more important qualities, such as a deep insight of the passionate process of a construction of a work of art, as well as the joy and frustration attached to it, is dim-witted at best. The movie is about the people it portrays and what they've gone through for a single effort to project themselves in an interactive medium. You don't have to be videogame to understand human behavior.