Got Quarters?
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters follows a middle school science teacher as he battles a hot sauce mogul for the Guinness World Record on the arcade classic Donkey Kong. This movie was a hit at this year’s Slamdance Film Festival and it got pretty good reviews. I saw their booth while at the Comic-Con and there was always people playing those games. I enjoy playing the classic games like Donkey Kong, Q-bert, Joust and Pac-Man, but I’m not obsessive enough to worry about the high scores. (With the exception of winning so I could put in the high score name of A S S.)
Even though this movie has video games and a lot of heart, it can’t compare to the movie classic The Wizard. Even if you aren’t a Nintendo freak, you know that movie rocked. Plus it had a young Fred Savage (aka Kevin Arnold of the The Wonder Years! He so should have married Winnie Cooper.)
August 20th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
The Wizard was good. Best part was the introduction of Super Mario 3. “He’s never played this before!!” The Wonder Years was a dumb show in my book. But to each their own. (I say the same about Friends too) Anyway, I doubt The King of Kong will playing around here so I’m gonna have to wait to Netflix it. The price to pay when living in the middle of Pennsyltucky.