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Wednesday, 5 April 2017

The King of Kong

What an awesome documentary!

I saw this off the back of Man vs Snake (which I watched yesterday) and it was great to see some of the familiar characters popping up again.

All in all, this was a better documentary than Man vs Snake, mainly because of the conflict between those involved, and the style of the storytelling. I feel like a sucker, because I thought Billy Mitchell was an alright guy after seeing the other film first. Now I see him for the kind of person he really is. I just couldn't help feel sorry for Steve Wiebe, and it was painful to see how that weird little clique treated him.  Makes you wonder how many other high scorers get shut out of their dumb little club.

Was good to see the weirdo guru man again. I got the feeling he's not such a bad guy – possibly just a bit of a pushover.

I won't spoil the ending by saying what happens. 8/10