megamagition 2012-06-16 16:34:49

Saw the movie too. I get what you're saying about Phil Fish, but he was part of what made the movie interesting for me.

You have the wise, philosophical Jonathan Blow, the comitted, average joes following their dream team meat, and the psychotic Phil. It kind of shows the whole spectrum of indie game developers.

The most interesting aspect of the movie though for me was how involved in game making all of them were.
*SPOILERS*
Tommy admitts to sacrificing his social life completely to get the game done, Edmund expresses concern for his releashionship with his wife because of game making, Jonathan suffers a depression because the majority of people don't get what his game is really about and Phil is way too emotional about his project all the time.

The narrative of the movie is kind of disjointed at times though, you're never certain what the story is really about. And Jonathan was clearly the most interesting of the lot. He could easily have his own documentary.

Pjorg 2012-06-16 19:24:48

Yeah Phil Fish was a little nuts, but I think it made the narrative more interesting. I'm probably going to get the DVD of it now that it's out just because I'm interested in hearing some of the commentary from these guys now that some time has passed. (Also cuz it was a kick ass movie)

JonBro 2012-06-17 07:19:48

Of the twenty or so indie developers that were filmed for the movie, I'm glad they focused the four that made it into the final product. They're all very different people with a similar purpose, and I can relate to all their unique personalities. Oddly enough, Phil is actually the one I feel like I relate to the most--while he answered to the interviews with some very extreme words, I can think of a time in my life when my responses would have been the same as his. It's very easy to forget all about the past and future when you consider killing yourself. And it's very easy to consider killing yourself when you hit a certain breaking point, but it's a phase just like everything else, and it's one he's probably stopped thinking about since.

I-smel 2012-06-17 14:42:40

HAhahahaha it's funny that you thought "this was a great movie, except for that Phil guy, man what a prick!"

Same as JonBro, I've done stuff aswel where I've thought "Oh if this doesn't all work out I'd fucking kill myself", and then it didn't, and I didn't.
Indie Game The Movie was really good. I don't think it's totally amazing like everyone else, it's not really what I expected, but it was fun and I can definately see myself in all the guys. I'll write my own review for it later.