The King of Kong is a nice piece of documentary filmaking that really plays of the old underdog story so very nicely. The reason it works is the Underdog is a very likable guy and the champion is pretty much a jerk. The movie also delves deep into the arcade years and these arcade machines are just about two to three years before I learned of the wonders of the coinop. Of course I’ve played them all as they are indeed classics. Hollywood is already remaking this into a film so do yourself a favor, see the real story instead,

Only two movies Ill venture out for this month. Lots of stuff out there but Im not going to be able to go to much this month. Next weekend 3.10 to Yuma comes out. One it’s a western and two it has Russell Crowe and Christian Bale. Should be intense. Then two weeks later Milla comes calling in what Im sure will be a bad movie, but one must learn these mistakes on our own.

Saw two movies this weekend. Both of them are o.k. for what they are but neither extremely outstanding. Stardust based on the book by Neil Gaiman is a wonderful throwback to the fantasy films of the 1980’s which relied more on story than the LOTR spectacles we have been hit with over the past few years. It plays pretty well and Robert Deniro is wonderful in his role. A pretty good movie that I can see being better with age.

Superbad on the other hand is a one off comedy that tries to capture the old American Pie formula which in itself was trying to capture the teen movies of the 1980’s. It succeeds at moments but it really doesn’t make you care about the leads at all. Mclovin and his cop friends steal the show and their moments are the best parts of the movie.

Just saw Bourne 3, very much like the first two, and that’s a good thing. Some good chase scenes and one very good fight. A very nice way to start to wind down the summer.

Oh August, the time of year when things shift from explosions to comedy to october’s horror/oscar movies, back to the new winter explosion season. Well theres not much better than Bourne when it comes to action so this is a nice way to start the month.

Then there is Neil Gaiman
s Stardust, This is the movie Matthew Vaughan left xmen 3 for and it looks so darn terry gilliam I can’t believe it.

The King of Kong is awesome documentary about Billy Mitchell and his competetion to be the best. At donkey kong. check out the trailer. you will want to see this.

And for our nonsense movie of the month, we could go with Superbad, or Rush Hour 3, but I think Christopher Walken seals it for us. Balls of Fury for sure.