Detective Pikachu is easily the best video game movie ever made - how'd they do it? 1 / 7
Screen Rant asked Detective Pikachu's writers about who they avoided the video game movie curse. 2 / 7
According to writers Benji Samit & Dan Hernandez, it's loving the game's "story and the world." 3 / 7
They both really care about Pokemon and wanted them to be treated seriously. 4 / 7
They also tried not to think about it too much, focusing on making a good movie... 5 / 7
...and not worry that they were adapting some of the most popular video game characters in the world! 6 / 7
Detective Pikachu is definitely a hit, so it seems safe to say Samit & Hernadez's approach worked. 7 / 7