badger, they had a promo for the film at the draughthouse south last weekend. friday and saturday was a donkey kong contest and highest score from the two days won the arcade game. on sunday the guy featured in the movie was going to be there.

btw, your story sounds pretty cool.

why is it so hard for people to not post spoilers

Charlie,

A really huge spoiler like that isn't welcome in this thread. Edit plz, or put in white.

that is like a [censored] double spoiler.

wtf dude.

In this kind of movie, I really don't think knowing the ending is going to ruin anything. You already know the ending.

I did?

Yeah, I was aware, but unfortunately couldn't make it out there. Also, for whatever reason Carla Gugino was out there with the crew. I didn't recognize her, but my gf pointed her out to me at lunch. GF was sitting across from me and was trying to tell me "that's the chick from Son-In-Law" while trying to be less obvious than standing up and pointing down the table. It was a big lunch group, ~15 people and she was like 6 seats down on the same side of the table as me, so I couldn't really see her. As we're all getting up and leaving my gf whispers "I was trying to tell you that's the chick from Son-In-Law."
I responded with a blank stare.
"You know, she was also the topless chick in Sin City."
Gee, thanks for referencing some obscure Pauly Shore movie as opposed to a nice naked rack in a movie that you know I've seen and love.

Anyways, she disappeared from the bar before I got to have the inevitable small talk conversation where I pretend to be not thinking about having seen her naked.

my understanding, the entire storyline of the film is based around this struggle but you dont see how knowing the outcome beforehand could impact the movie experience? huh. ok.

Didn't CDS use his inside info to post a huge spoiler in another thread (Lost maybe?) and then spent like 50 posts trying to claim it wasn't even a spoiler, much less a massive one? If that was someone else, sorry, but there should be a "two strikes and you're out" rule wrt things like that.

I'm leaving in about 10 minutes to go see it. I hope it's awesome.

Fortunately I have no clue how this ends. I briefly saw some names and other stuff but I was pretty confused, so I'm basically going in tabula rasa. Well not quite, since I know there's a badass pac-man player who had a ridiculous donkey kong score. Some other dude embarks on a quest to pwn it. Does hilarity ensue?

Movie was filmed at a great old time arcade where my family used to summer when I was growing up.

link

This is the biggest brag I've ever read on this site. (I'm not kidding).

Heard clips of this (the movie, not the Nance/Pacman battle) on Howard Stern. WTF at this never showing in Philadelphia? Guess I wait for the DVD.

Yeah this would definitely change the movie viewing experience in my opinion.
The producer was talking to his buddy sitting next to me (before I had seen the movie) and said something along the lines of "Do you think [insert CDS' spoiler here] would ruin the movie for someone?"
I chimed in "Hmm, thanks for that, I'll let you know if it ruins it for me when I see it tomorrow."
I had just sat down and he thought I was at the first screening right before lunch. He apologized and assured me I would still enjoy the movie, which I did, but I really wished I wouldn't have heard the spoiler.

Note to self: never read OOT thread with movie you are excited about seeing.

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Seriously. WTF were you thinking. This should be the single most ban worthy offense in OOT.

Actually, a spoiler tag should probably just be put on the thread title. If we're going to discuss movies here, we will probably want to discuss spoiler worthy material. I'm guessing this discussion has probably happened multiple times before.

daryn,

I will def check this out!!!

I just saw it. Loved it. As others have said it's definitely an emotional flick. Highly recommended

Donkey Kong is one of my favorite video games ever so I've been following this film avidly. I've yet to see it though since it isn't playing anywhere near me.

First of all, read up a bit on Billy Mitchell, and you'll see he's far from being the [censored] everyone is making him out to be. The movie is told from a very distorted view. I can't say I blame them, as it seems in a documentary you often have to create a story where one isn't.

link for more info(INCLUDES SPOILER)

As for the story falling into their laps, wasn't this documentary created by friends of Wiebe's?

*spoiler in white*

I think the coolest thing about Mitchell rebreaking the record is that he killed off his final two lives well before the kill screen after only passing Wiebe by 1000 points just to keep it close.

MR AWESOME!!

I read a review by a gamer who knew both people and felt like the movie was a good portrayal of both characters' personalities. But, he felt like the story telling itself was untruthful. I just kind of skimmed the review, but it didn't seem like there weren't as many plot elements he took issue with, but rather that there were a bunch of voice overs, things taken out of context, and footage left on the cutting room floor. I'll have to dig that up later.

It's been a while since I've seen the movie, and I went into it almost completely oblivious to the world of competitive gaming. This is why I want to see it again after I've heard so much more about it.

I think yes, you could have made another film where Steve isn't so much the hero, and that Billy isn't such a huge douche, but I really think there is enough there for the audience to make a good judgement of what these people are really like.

Response to spoiler:

How did you know he was well before the kill screen? If the next screen is the kill screen, thats how he can maximize his score, since he can't do anything there.

Yes, which is why he is the only person I have on ignore.

I'm also hurt he stole my boy Timmah's "spoiler king" title. Timmah's spoilers are much better.

Response to response:

Mitchell broke the record in public. In the write-up about his record-breaking game it says he killed off the game at level 21-1, which if you know how DK levels are numbered means he killed it off with a full 5 screens more that he could have played before the kill screen. Meaning probably 50-75k more points he could have hypothetically scored.