I just got done watching this since my energy level since getting back from the hospital is at the movie watching level.
I had seen this movie of the shelves for a while and thought about renting it, heard a vodei game podcast talking about it, but never got around to
checking it out. Talked mwith my best friend Bill who hosts the podcast with me and he just saw it thru his Netflix streaming and said it is a must
watch so, I watched.
For those that don't know, it is a movie about Donkey Kong... kinda. It is not about the game and it's history so much as the history of it's high
score and one mans "quest" to beat the 25 year long held high score for it held by a man named Billy Mitchell who also held 5 other #1 game score
records. I don't want to go into too much detail but the story and they way this documentary was done is AMAZING! Even after people told me how good
this was I was still wondering how a high score donkey kong movie would be good. It gets REALLY good and kinda emotional. I could also see this
movie being entertaining for someone that is not into gaming at all as it is more a story of perseverence and life accomplishment. I HIGHLY recomend
this and say that this has instantly found a spost as one of my favorite films I have seen in the past few years.
Anyone else see it?BDx13 - 12-3-2008 at 02:51 PM
nice.
i've got that in my netflix queue.Murk - 12-3-2008 at 03:37 PM
yep, i saw it and was really surprised.
i thought, "how interesting can a doc about Donkey Kong be?"
it was great.random - 12-3-2008 at 03:52 PM
Agreed. Seemed like it might be decent as a quirky documentary, but I thought it was amazing after watching it. That guy seems like the most decent
human being ever, and life just keeps shitting on his head. And no offense to any gamers here, but those guys have some serious fucking issues.XHonusWagnerX - 12-3-2008 at 04:19 PM
I haven't seen but really want to.franklo - 12-4-2008 at 12:14 PM
Mullet pride!XnMeX - 12-4-2008 at 12:47 PM
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Originally posted by franklo
Mullet pride!
Billy Mitchell indeed has a GLORIOUS, well pampered mullet. He looks like he would be one of those crzy religious preachers.
Billy Mitchell is a cock sucker. Discipline - 12-4-2008 at 03:09 PM
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Originally posted by BD
nice.
i've got that in my netflix queue.
