The Russo Brothers Call The Last Of Us Part 2 "One Of The Greatest Games Ever Made"
thegamer.comAnthony Russo and Joseph Russo, popularly known as the Russo brothers, might have a rather large cultural footprint since they're responsible for some of the biggest movies of the past decade. These films belong to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and include huge blockbusters such as Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, and the $2.79 billion-dollar grossing Avengers: Endgame. But this doesn't mean these film directors aren't taking in what's going on in other areas of popular culture.
This includes video games. After all, video games vie with movies in terms of commercial size, generating colossal sums, and while some games create huge profits, there are blockbuster games that have commercial appeal while attempting to push the limits of the medium. The Russo brothers seem to recognise game.
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In a video where the Russo brothers are made – forced you could say – to watch various clips from video games, we can observe their reactions. Yes, it's one of those YouTube reaction vids that seem to be a highly popular format and this one is courtesy of IGN. These movie directors are asked to rate action sequences from various video games.
Joe Russo immediately recognises a clip from Uncharted 4. "So we're looking at a clip from Uncharted here," he says. "This is, what?, a chase in Madagascar". He says place and geography on location is very important to filming an action sequence. "Uncharted is probably one of the best action gaming franchises of all time," he says later, but together they rate the particular sequence in question and score it only a 7 out of 10.
Other games they watch are Resident Evil 8, Crash Bandicoot 4: It's
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