Movie Review Monday!!

This week the movie is: The King of Kong: A fistful of Quarters

Never heard of it? I thought that might be the case, so here is the preview - watch it :)

OK, so if you are thinking "What is this weird video game movie trailor that Keri just made me watch?" I completely understand, but please keep reading. THIS MOVIE IS FANTASTIC.

It is a documentary from the same director that did "Shut up and Sing" about the Dixie Chicks.(did I spell that right?) It follows the 'gaming world' and shows you what that world is like - which believe me is facinating - but mostly the movie follows 2 guys who are trying to obtain the highest score on Donkey Kong.

I will be the first to admit, that even as a lover of video games and movies, I spent the first 5-10 minutes of this movie thinking things like "what am I watching" and "wow these people are a whole other level of geek." BUT WOW is this movie amazing, and captivating and you find yourself very concerned for the charachters and their outcome. I think it would be great even if someone had made it all up, but it is a documentary!!! You will be blown away by the things you see and your reactions to them. Where else would you see a map of a donkey kong board showing the angles at which the springs bounce? (I couldn't find a photo) or someone getting 600,000 points on their first guy? These are just a few examples of some things you probably think you don't care about, but believe me, you will.

For once I will not be telling you anything about the ending or main parts, because I seriously doubt that many of you have seen this movie, BUT PLEASE GO RENT IT. If you don't want to rent it, let me know I will burn you a copy. You need to watch this movie!!

Please post a comment once you have seen it, and I would love to sit down and discuss it with you :) Thanks for reading and see you next week!!