Wyatt in the World

Last night I went over to a friend’s house to see some folks who were visiting from out of town. When I arrived, I was told we’d be watching a documentary film entitled, The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. It’s about these rival Donkey Kong players. Yep. Not a movie I would have picked up off the shelf myself, but I do have a lot of techie friends, so it’s not absurd that I would find myself watching this type of movie.  I was OK with watching it, since I need to watch a lot of documentaries over the next couple of months and analyze them.

I was not expecting much, but I was pleasantly surprised that it turned out to be pretty good! There weren’t many fancy tricks or shots, however there was drama, conflict, and a bunch of interesting characters, including a “villain” and an “underdog”. It had an an appealing beginning, an unexpected middle and a satisfying end, which I read somewhere is a good thing for a movie.  Even if you don’t like anything to do with video games (which is me), it’s worth a watch, simply because it is a fairly well told story.

Tags: Cinema, Documentary, Dominica, Film, Filmmaking, Movies

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