Directed By- Seth Gordon
Starring- Steve Wiebe, Billy Mitchell, Walter Day, Brian Kuh, Todd Rogers, Steve Sanders, Doris Shelf
Critics Review- " Hollywood may find it difficult to cast two big-name stars willing to play is as broadly as the real-life hero and villain of this tale. Nor would many self-respecting scriptwriters dare to match the sheer improbability of these actual happenings."- Ronnie Scheib "Variety"
Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 96% [CERTIFIED FRESH] Audience- 92%
Out of a possible 5 stars- 4 1/2 stars
[WARNING MILD SPOILERS AHEAD]
My Review-
This is the second film I'am watching that was recommend by the hosts of the podcast, Yeah, It's That Bad. I'm not that much of a gamer but I do play my share of games, so watching this movie was really good also since I have never really played the game Donkey Kong before. What really got me for this documentary was that this man Steve Weibe was trying to break a record that was set in the early 80s and the record holder Billy Mitchell, who was essentially to me a dick, would do whatever it took to keep that record as his own, since it was said in the movie its like something he wants to be known for the rest of his life (or it was something like that). This not much of a rivalry between Weibe and Mitchell since Mitchell really did not want anything to do with Weibe which sucked, since Weibe was willing to meet him. That's why I felt so bad for Weibe, in the film. This was also very interesting because I got to see a more competitive side to gaming and how seriously people take it; they live and breathe gaming every day of their lives and they even started an organization to keep track of everything about gaming which was pretty neat. This documentary was a mix of a lot of things you had the villain and the hero and you were rooting for the hero the whole entire time, I found myself getting mad while watching it mostly because of how much of a jackass Mitchell was to Weibe and how he did not even acknowledge him. I wish I had played Donkey Kong so I could get a sense of how competitive that the game was too these two men, and how much they would give or not give up to keep or make a new high score. I recommend this documentary if you are a game lover, like documentaries in general or just want to see a well made documentary that has you hooked from beginning to end. One of the last things I really liked about this doc, was the music. It used a mix of 80s music and video game music at the right moments in it, especially the main menu which used 8 bit music which I really loved and once I saw and heard the main menu I knew I was going to like it. I hope you will like it as well.
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