Indie Game: The Movie (2012)

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Gripping story with well-crafted characters

Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

The first must-see film of the year.

The movie which is mainly a documentary about the programmers who got nothing to loloo and everything thing to win in the industry . I am here saying here nothing to loose as they don't get a big budget and worked hard under there limited financial condition to stand up with there great projects . They faced many problems as they got pressurised many times and all that stuffs. But at the end they all got justice for there hard work they put in and got successful .So , considering this I would say that hard work pays off.

Telling the story of how to make a game by yourself by successful creators, and the life and problems that incur working without the financial support and security that a big company offers but also without the creative oppression so common in the mass media industry. Is especially commendable for non-gamer people and even game-haters that say things like "videogames are entertainment, not art nor beautiful": here you can see with your very eyes the same struggle that a painter, or a filmmaker has when its out of budget, out of time, etc... Very well made and well presented, almost empathic documentary. 7 of 10

**Includes some minor spoilers. will not spoil your experience**I watched the documentary last night and was just simply blown away about the people, their life-philosophy and the motivation to push forward and create something new. In one scene one of the protagonists told that "he would never want to work for EA or Epic cause he would lose his freedom of creativity in it". This in essence is what makes Artists great - they create something new and do it so well that it transcends the normal standard of standardized "materialistic" work processes - by far. It was interesting to see how the video game gurus in this documentary were actually even sad for people not understanding their work. In essence - they were disappointed for people doing shallow reviews after testing their games. Deep understanding of others creative work often springs into criticism - but thats only positive since it means that the other one has understood the creation and is able to add something new into it - thus being part of the logics of progress. 9.5/10 for the best documentary/movie I have seen this year.

There aren't that many documentaries about video games so to say that this is easily the best of the bunch might not mean much to many (that's a lot of M's right there), but it is. It's also one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. If the film-makers idea was to first give you a really great view of how some of these indie developers do their stuff and why, then have you on the edge of your seat as release day looms and problems arrive, then finish by leaving you a little bit misty and in a really good mood? If that was their idea then it worked for me.It's every bit as brilliant as the games that are featured. I think people owe it to themselves to watch this.