I watched this last night, it was interesting although I don't think I could spend that long playing a single video game. Wow! Anybody ever watch this? Thoughts?

Personally I like Wiebe over Martin. Martin seems like a bit of a pompous a**.

Fun to watch though ... brings back the memories - I could almost smell the smoke, hear the pacman and feel the grease on the buttons. Ahh the arcade memories!

Quoted from tom_454

I watched this last night, it was interesting although I don't think I could spend that long playing a single video game. Wow! Anybody ever watch this? Thoughts?

Personally I like Wiebe over Martin. Martin seems like a bit of a pompous a**.

Fun to watch though ... brings back the memories - I could almost smell the smoke, hear the pacman and feel the grease on the buttons. Ahh the arcade memories!

Do you mean Mitchell?  

I agree it's a super fun movie.  I've seen it a few times now 'cause I like to show it to new people .  There's another movie that's been out for a while but isn't on DVD or anything I'd love to see called Chasing Ghosts which is along the same lines.  No clue what's going on with that one though.

  

Quoted from tom_454

Personally I like Wiebe over Martin. Martin seems like a bit of a pompous a**.

I haven't watched it and for the reason you just stated there, Gameroom magazine did a big story on the movie and basically Mitchell who was portryaed as an a** really isn't at all in real life, they twisted and turned events to make it look like everyone was against Wiebe when in actuality it wasn't like that at all.  

It bugs me they would twist the story in a such a way to make it more interesting to the general public, so I choose not to watch it.  

G4 in the States just did a half hour special called Beyond King of Kong to find out the truth as to much of an a** Billy Mitchell really is.  It wasn't on the Canadian G4 (which totally sucks!), but the commercial made it seem like he was indeed as big of a jerk as the movie portrayed him to be:

http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/videos/26372/Philosophy_of_Billy_Mitchell.html

I never read the Gameroom article, but like most docs I have no doubt sure it twisted things to some degree.  Every interview etc...I've seen with Billy he's been kind of a private which is cool 'cause I find it entertaining.

Quoted from Vengeance

I haven't watched it and for the reason you just stated there, Gameroom magazine did a big story on the movie and basically Mitchell who was portryaed as an a** really isn't at all in real life, they twisted and turned events to make it look like everyone was against Wiebe when in actuality it wasn't like that at all.  

It bugs me they would twist the story in a such a way to make it more interesting to the general public, so I choose not to watch it.  

Oh get over it. It's just a movie, and Mitchell is just a hot sauce salesman that's good at old video games.

The movie is extremely entertaining, and Mitchell's actions speak for themselves. The movie doesn't have a voice over to tell you what to think, you judge people in the movie based on what they do or what other people say about them. They also show his kinder side when he gives a Q-Bert machine to a sweet old lady that likes the game. They also made that other dude that has a hate on for Micthell and Twin Galaxies look like a loser, but again, he did that himself.

Why should you trust Gameroom magazine more than the film? How can you come to a conclusion if you haven't seen the film? Is Mitchell such a hero to you that you wouldn't dare have his image tarnished in your mind?

Quoted from jonny_eh

Why should you trust Gameroom magazine more than the film?

Hummmmmm....because Gameroom Magazine has nothing to gain by siding with either party. The movie, on the other hand, gains alot by creating the illusion of a villain and a good guy.

Duane

I never heard of Billy or Tom before this movie I don't care about them, what I do care about is someone try to pass a movie off as a documentary which is supposed to be an accurate representation of the facts that led up to the defeat of Billy's DK high score when in reality King of Kong is a work of fiction twisted and turned to look a certian way to apese the audience.  That's what bugs me, call a spade a spade, don't drag a mans reputation threw the mud for other peoples amusment.

Quoted from Vengeance

It bugs me they would twist the story in a such a way to make it more interesting to the general public, so I choose not to watch it.  

Ummm...have you watched ANY documentary or news stories lately at all?   That's the whole premise of editing and documentary film making.  Take it from me, I spent 4 years in film school and made a couple that made it to the big and little screens - there is absolutely no such thing as impartiality in documentary filmmaking - unless of course you are watching raw, unedited footage of a speech at some pinball convention... and even then there's an arguement for the bias of the videographer's choice and point of view.

it was a fun watch...  i do have a copy that i loan out to others to watch.  they enjoy it.  but shot with enjoy air guitar nation and black balled.

Yikes, I did indeed mean Mitchell (not sure where Martin beamed down from).

After watching the movie I really wondered how true the story was? That is my issue with "documentaries? these days. You can no longer seperate fact from fiction. I mean it is one thing to raise questions but entirely another to knowingly stretch the truth for entertainment and still consider it a documentary. Either tell us it is a story (with mucho embellishment) or that it is closer to the truth - (documentary).

Anyone ever met Billy or been to Twin Galaxies?

At any rate it brings back the memories? My mullet is long gone (fair amount of my hair for that matter).  

Quoted from Vengeance

I never heard of Billy or Tom before this movie I don't care about them, what I do care about is someone try to pass a movie off as a documentary which is supposed to be an accurate representation of the facts that led up to the defeat of Billy's DK high score when in reality King of Kong is a work of fiction twisted and turned to look a certian way to apese the audience.  That's what bugs me, call a spade a spade, don't drag a mans reputation threw the mud for other peoples amusment.

I guess you are not a Michael Moore fan huh?  

I've looked into a few different articles and interviews to see if they twisted Mitchell's personality that much and I've got to say they hit pretty close to home.  The guy is an arrogant pig.  In fact, I've only come across one story that paints him in a positive light and that's the Gameroom Magazine story.

Also... you have decided to not watch based on opinions of others.  Why not watch the movie then make an informed decision on if you agree with it or not?  That's the purpose of a documentary.  

Quoted from Vengeance

I never heard of Billy or Tom before this movie I don't care about them, what I do care about is someone try to pass a movie off as a documentary which is supposed to be an accurate representation of the facts that led up to the defeat of Billy's DK high score when in reality King of Kong is a work of fiction twisted and turned to look a certian way to apese the audience.  That's what bugs me, call a spade a spade, don't drag a mans reputation threw the mud for other peoples amusment.

Get off your high horse, seriously. They didn't drag anyone through mud. They gave Mitchell some rope, and he hung himself. There were absolutely no lies in the movie, at least none from any of the filmmakers. Watch the movie, and the commentary track, and you'll get a good idea how much work went into this movie.

And if you think that Gameroom magazine has nothing to gain from sucking up to classic gaming's only celebrity gamer, then I don't know what planet you're living on.

Now I haven't read the Gameroom article, was it written by a writer, or was it an interview with Mitchell? If it's a writer, I could have been written by a friend of Mitchell's (how else would he 'know' Mitchell is really a super sweet guy?). If it was an interview, then of course an a**hole would say he's really not an a**hole, it's called cognitive dissonance. Of course Mitchell isn't gonna come out and say "It's true, I'm an a**hole", he's gonna scream from the heavens that it was movie magic and special effects that made him say all those stupid, mean, and arrogant things.

Also, he didn't come off that bad! They did not 'vilify' him. Watch the movie yourself before criticizing! Ugh.

And remember folks, we're talking about a movie about highly competitive Donkey Kong players, not the Iraq war.