Monday, September 24, 2007

The King of Kong: A Fistfull of Quarters



My girlfriend and I decided to see this movie on a lazy Saturday. We weren't sure what to expect because it's about a guy who is trying to become the new scoring champion in a 25+ year old arcade game: Donkey Kong.

But this documentary is not so much a story about a few nerds trying to become champions at something that most people couldn't care less about (given that the video game industry brings in more revenue than the movie studios, that may not be totally true nowadays); rather, this is a story about human nature, as my girlfriend put it. And a great story this is...

No comments: