Allusions
I saw the third and final Pirates of the Caribbean movie last night, and I highly recommend it for anyone who has a little extra time. There were a couple of things in the movie that seemed like they could be allusions to two different video games. The place where the Pirate Lords meet looks an awful like the giant tree in Riven and the scene where the goddess Calypso is released is suspiciously similar to a cut-scene in God of War. Has anyone else seen it, could you spot any more?
I haven’t seen any of the “Pirates” movies, so I can’t really offer a valid comment on that note, but the subject of older media like film referencing games, either in content or context, is certainly interesting to me. There’s a good deal of movies that reference different gaming tropes here and there, but I can’t recall any moments from films that directly quote from any specific games in the way you’re talking about–unless you count that scene in “Ace Ventura” where Jim Carrey tries to hide in a cardboard box.