June 5, 2009

The King of Kong

Title: The King of Kong
Year: 2007
Director: Seth Gordon
Starring: Steve Wiebe, Billy Mitchell
Music: Craig Richey
Length: 79 minutes
Synopsis: disputes over the Donkey Kong high score world record
How I saw it: online (streaming from Netflix), September 2008
Subjective Rating: 7/10 (Good).
Objective Rating: 5/10 (points off for concept, cinematography, special effects/design, acting (n/a) and music) c. 2.6/4 (Good).

Entertaining and interesting, and I found myself still thinking about it afterward. The best documentaries always seem to be the ones that make you ask, "Why on earth would you make a documentary about that?"

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