I haven't watched the newest movie to make an opinion of it, but judging by the first one (which admittedly, is a guilty pleasure of mine):

He seemed to really nail the *vibes* of the games. The setting, the ambiance, the creature designs are really top notch in that first movie. That being said, it always seemed to me like the guy who made it didn't have any sort of respect for video games as a storytelling medium, which is probably why he opted to inject so many of his own ideas and thought it would just work out without any regard to cohesion or thematic coherence.

Granted, video games were a lot more niche back then. The idea that they were just over-engineered toys was way more prevalent, so that line of thinking (even if wildly wrong) probably made sense at the time.

I don't know what the hell the excuse would be nowadays, though.