Some video games have had movies made based off of them. One such video game is Angry Birds, which started as a mobile game back in 2009, which I remember playing back in 2nd grade on my iPad Touch. This weekend, I watched The Angry Birds Movie, and decided to compare it to the original game.
In the game, the player is given a set amount of birds of different types for each level. Each bird has its own name and its own ability. Some abilities are speed, bomb, or weight. The player must figure out how to use these bird's abilities to effectively destroy the pig's structure, who are the enemies. The structures are built out of different materials, such as wood, stone and glass. These materials have different strengths and the player must decide how to slingshot the birds at the structure to get it to collapse and kill all the pigs. The birds are attacking the pigs due to the fact the that the pigs have stolen the birds eggs to eat them. In the movie, the birds live on a utopian island where happiness is emphasized in society and everyone worships the mythical Mighty Eagle. The main character of the movie, Red, who is also the most famous bird from the game, has anger management issues and is an outcast from society. He is always grumpy and lives on the beach away from the bird's village. One day, he screws up by cracking a family's egg, and is punished my getting sent to an anger management class. All of his classmates are the birds from the Angry Birds game. Eventually, the pigs show up to the island one evening and are very kind to the birds, and throw a large party. All of the birds are very excited about this, except Red, who senses something is off. He and Chuck, also known as the yellow bird, and Bomb, explore the pig's ship and find a lot more pigs inside. Eventually over time, the pigs integrate themselves with the bird community, and the pigs start to show a creepy interest in the eggs, which they steal in the game, and that's exactly what happens next. While the birds are at a massive rave party the pigs built for them, the pigs steal all the eggs and blow up the bird's village. When the birds realize what happened, they abandon their happy, peaceful ways and become angry and warlike. They build a raft from what the pigs left behind and head to the pigs island. When they get to the pigs island, they launch themselves at the pig's city with a slingshot the pigs gave them earlier in the movie, and the birds use their powers from the game to start destroying the city, which is built out of wood, stone and glass just like in the game. the birds raid the castle and fight with the pigs for the stolen eggs, when the Mighty Eagle shows up and helps turn the tide of the battle in the bird's favor. The pigs launch a counter attack with aircraft built out of scrap which resemble aircraft from the game Bad Piggies, which is another game in the Angry Birds series, except where you play as the pigs. Eventually, Red fights with the king pig, and blows up the entire city. The pigs are defeated and the eggs are safe. The birds return to their island and treat Red as a hero, and build him a new house in the center of town. Overall, the movie was very entertaining, and the plot was very easy to understand, even for those who have never played the game. The movie was very brightly and colorfully animated, and there were a lot of innuendos in the dialogue, a few too many for a children's movie in my opinion. I wish the movie was longer, but based off the ending, I believe there will be another one. Some other movies that are based off of video games are Assassin's Creed, Warcraft, Mortal Kombat, Rachet and Clank, and Tomb Raider. I plan to check out Ratchet and Clank and Tomb Raider, as those games are more of my style, so I think those movies will interest me more. The game and the movie are similar in many ways: -The birds each have special powers to help them attack the pigs. -The pigs main goal is to steal and eat the eggs. -The pigs build their buildings and equipment in ways it can easily be destroyed by the birds. -The Mighty Eagle comes in when the birds are in deep trouble. -The game and movie were very similar, but had many differences too. -Overall the movie was very entertaining. -There are many movies based off of video games.
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