I had to devote a small part of my blog to spreading the word about The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. I wouldn’t be doing this except for the fact that you probably haven’t heard of it. It’s a movie about Steve Weibe’s efforts to beat “Gamer of the Century” Billy Mitchell’s 1982 world record Donkey Kong high score, and the efforts of Billy and his posse to stop him. It’s a documentary, but it’s still really entertaining and hilarious. I won’t spend time repeating things you could read on various other sites. I’ll just suggest that you go see it if you can find a theater that’s showing it (you currently only have two options in North Carolina..). Failing that, save it in your Netflix/Blockbuster queue so that you can watch it whenever it comes out on DVD.
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September 26, 8:05 pm
I would have recommended this movie to you months ago if you hadn’t told me all my indie picks would just fall on deaf ears. Maybe you should give Rocket Science a shot too?
September 26, 9:27 pm
Well I have historically hated a lot of indie movies that you like. But I did listen to one of your indie music suggestions (Silversun Pickups, who I like a lot now). :)
I don’t categorically reject indie films though.. I really liked Eternal Sunshine, Garden State, This Film Is Not Yet Rated, Thank You For Smoking, and Little Miss Sunshine. (I think those are all considered indie films..) But I could come up with a list two or three times that long of indie movies I didn’t care for.