There’s a big difference between what makes for a good video game and what makes for a good movie, and too many of the people behind video-game movies fail to account for that difference. That’s a big reason why most movies based on video games — even the wildly successful ones — aren’t very good.
Sitting in the movie theater watching a preview screening of “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2,” I heard people around me cheering for what were clearly references to elements from the mega-popular…
