When Steve Wiebe got laid off, he turned to the classic arcade game Donkey Kong for solace; soon, he decided to challenge Billy Mitchell's long-standing record score. So began the bitter rivalry that lies at the heart of this curiously compelling documentary. Providing a history of competitive video gaming and a look at some of the key players, The King of Kong is at its best when revealing just how far Mitchell will go to retain his crown.
Billy Mitchell is my new hero. Such a sleazy creep. He sends his minions around instead of actually showing up to tournaments. He moves other peoples hot sauce so his hot sauce can sell. He has a slutty wife. He is the american dream. Steve Wiebe is kind of actually sane. His wife hates him and he cares more about donkey kong than wiping his kids ass. One of my new all time favorite documentaries, next to hoop dreams.
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9/10
Incredibles (Brad Bird)
Meet the Incredibles, the award-winning Pixar team's superhero family that comes out of banal, suburban hiding to don their old costumes and save the world again. Bob Parr (voiced by Craig T. Nelson) has given up his swashbuckling days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife (Holly Hunter). But when he receives a mysterious assignment, it's time to raise hell one more time.
Another well made, well polished pixar animation movie. Fun for the whole family. Glad some one is giving Craig T. Nelson work. COACH COACH COACH
8/10
Zodiac (David Fincher)
In the 1960s and '70s, a cryptic killer clad in an executioner's hood stalked the streets of San Francisco and left clues about his crimes in the newspaper. In director David Fincher's chilling recount of the murders, Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal -- flanked by an impressive ensemble cast that includes Robert Downey Jr. and Chloe Sevigny -- stars as reporter Robert Graysmith, the man who went on to write the best-selling true crime book Zodiac.
Like the titanic you know how this one ends, and like the tatinic you are in it for the long haul. Too many tangents not enough development. Jake Gyllenhaal does not look like a dad and after the like 30 year time span this movie takes he still looks 18. They sort of just throw in the "im obsessed with the Zodiac killer" theme in there during the second half of the movie after the first half is just an episode of CSI. Chloe Sevigny is pissed at jake but she has like 2 lines. While looking for the synopsis of the movie i see there is like 5 different movies on teh same subject, maybe i will checkk them out. An interesting subject, just not well done.
6/10
From Hell (Albert Hughes Allen Hughes)
A movie that posits the true identity of Jack the Ripper, From Hell stars Johnny Depp as an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of the Ripper's prostitute targets (Heather Graham). The directing Hughes brothers laudably attempt to break out of their pigeonhole as "black directors" and demonstrate (like Ang Lee) that they can genre-bend with the best of them. Not for the squeamish!
Vagina for din din. It had been probably 4 years sense i had seen this, and i think i liked it much better this time. I am not a johnny depp fan boy, but he is very solid as a opium burnout detective. I didn't remember it being so graphic, but i think that is mainly the draw of the picture watching it the second time. Makes the horror of these weird murders stand out. Read the Alan Moore comic if ever you get the chance.
7/10
Revolver (Guy Ritchie)
Guy Ritchie delivers another fast-paced crime thriller starring Jason Statham (of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch), who this time plays Jake, a gangster and ace gambler recently released from prison. Determined to hustle the crime boss (Ray Liotta) who killed his sister-in-law, Jake deliberately humiliates the kingpin in a private game. But when the mobster calls for Jake's head, a mysterious duo steps in to save his skin.
What could have been another awesome Jason Statham shooting shit movie, turned into one of those psychological thriller "im my own monster" things. The guy from outkast and ray liotta are pretty sweet as some prophets or whatever they are.
5/10
62/300 movies
4/30 books
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