King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

If you have not heard of it, The King of Kong is a documentary about a couple of guys competing for the world record of Donkey Kong. Like any documentary, it is hard to know exactly how truthful everything is. I felt there was enough statements and context of those to come to my conclussion though. That conclusion is Billy Mitchell is an imature jerk. Some would say this movie was edited to make him look that way but he didn’t need any extra help. The movie follows Steve Wiebe as he trys to claim the world record set by Billy Mitchell 20 years prior. If by chance Billy’s name sounds familiar, it may be from when he beat Pac-Man by playing through the entire game perfectly. There is no doubt Billy is amazing at classic video games and he doesn’t mind telling you that.

I won’t ruin the movie but, if you like video games and a good villian (whether you root for him or against him) you should give this a watch. It ended up being much more interesting than I thought and you get to see a few really angry nerds. Nothing is funnier than really angry nerds!

My rating 7.5 out of 10

Here is the trailer.

Hancock

I was intrigued when I first saw this trailer, especially since i hadn’t head of it. I usually know about big movies before they come out and Super hero is one of my favorite genres. I am really not sure how this got by me. Anyway i was excited to see this based on the trailer and I usually like Will Smith. I don’t know that he is quite as good as people make him out to be but he usually does well enough.

This movie was part of what I was expecting and just a bit more. It has a nice plot twist that i didn’t see coming. Overall the story was interesting and not too bad. It wasn’t ground breaking by any means but It was better than Jumper and Wanted. Will Smith was pretty good as the drunken reluctant super hero but it was pretty much just like all of his action movie performances. I thought Jason Batmen was very good and held the movie together. The action sequences were good but could have been much better if they focused less on special effects and more on fighting in my opinion.

All in all i would recommend this to someone who likes action and Will Smith but if wither one of these is not your cup of tea, then stay away.

My rating 6.0 out of 10

Here is the trailer.