The King Of Kong (2007) 9/10!

Now, I don't usually review documentaries here on the Uncouth blog but this time I just can't help it. The King of Kong is one of the best film I've seen this year, hell it might just be THE best film i've seen this year.

The King of Kong is about old school gaming. There is a group of people out there that are obsessed with old school arcade games and getting the highest score on em. Enter Billy. He's the champ. The man. The guy all the other guys look up to. He's got the highest score on Donkey Kong and has kept it since 1982. Its so high in fact, no one has even come close. Until now. Enter the challenger Steve. He quick and he's good. And he's going to beat Billy's score.

The King of Kong is an excellent David vs. Goliath story. Billy Mitchell is the man. He's the hot sauce king in his neck of the woods, he's successful, and he's got a wife with fake boobs. He's cocky and he's got everything all they other old-school gamers wished they had. He is a god on earth. Steve Wiebe is a man who has never been great at anything. His band never went anywhere, he blew the championships for his baseball team in college, and he got laid off from Boeing the same day he bought a house for his family. Every time this guy tries to succeed he gets screwed somehow. This time, with Donkey Kong, this are gonna be different right? Wrong. Every time he tries to beat the score something happens, and when he finally does beat the score, Billy Mitchell happens. The film does a great job of drawing out the characters of these two men. You can't help but root for the underdog Steve, and hate Billy Mitchell. The great thing is that at the beginning of the film we see Billy Mitchell through the eyes of his peers, as a god. But as the film progresses we start to see faults in his character and inconsistencies between what he says and what he does. The film doesn't demonize him, it just gives him enough rope to hang himself. This film is the real Rocky. I didn't want it to end. I was excited, scared, sad, and jubilant. I felt the same way that Steve felt along his journey and that's saying alot. What an amazing piece of cinema.

Everyone should see this film. Even if you hate video games and documentaries and guys named Steve. Its that good. I promise. Give me more!!

Overall - 9/10