The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Directed by Seth Gordon
Us, 2007
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is a documentary that follows Steve Wiebe’s attempt to break the Donkey Kong high score held by “Gamer of the Century” Billy Mitchell. Director Seth Gordon captures a classic underdog story on film that has you rooting for Steve the moment he takes on the Donkey Kong challenge, even though it means snatching the crown from Billy. More importantly, The King of Kong demonstrates the importance of good sportsmanship.
Initially Billy appears to he a pretty stand-up guy. His charisma pulls you into his world and makes you want to be a better gamer. I was actually torn at the beginning of the documentary. On one hand I wanted Billy to hold onto the title, but on the other I’ve always cheered for the underdog. I mean,...
Directed by Seth Gordon
Us, 2007
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is a documentary that follows Steve Wiebe’s attempt to break the Donkey Kong high score held by “Gamer of the Century” Billy Mitchell. Director Seth Gordon captures a classic underdog story on film that has you rooting for Steve the moment he takes on the Donkey Kong challenge, even though it means snatching the crown from Billy. More importantly, The King of Kong demonstrates the importance of good sportsmanship.
Initially Billy appears to he a pretty stand-up guy. His charisma pulls you into his world and makes you want to be a better gamer. I was actually torn at the beginning of the documentary. On one hand I wanted Billy to hold onto the title, but on the other I’ve always cheered for the underdog. I mean,...
- 1/20/2015
- by Elizabeth Rico
- SoundOnSight
Just over a year ago we heard that Atari was pitching a Missile Command movie. That's a fairly ridiculous notion, given that the original arcade game was a story free way to mix simple geometry and gaming, but not a very surprising one given the way other projects have been set up at studios in recent months. (Ahem, Battleship, etc.) At the time, it looked like Missile Command might end up at Fox, and now a year later that's what has happened. And there are even writers attached to turn the (non)story of paranoid cold war geometry into a movie. Variety [1] says that Burk Sharpless and Matt Sazama (Dracula Year Zero, Flash Gordon) will write for Fox, with Peter Chernin producing through Chernin Entertainment. What's the story? No idea. Sure, there was some Bs backstory invented for Missle Command when the game was ported to home consoles like the...
- 1/12/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
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