While in Birmingham, SMA and I watched the film The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. It is a documentary of two men competing for the world championship of Donkey Kong. I am not making this up. In fact, the premise may be the least surreal thing of the film.
When the movie began, I honestly believed it was a mockumentary. The film’s portrayal of the incumbent champion, Billy Mitchell, must be seen to believed. His physical resemblance eerily resembles Martin Starr’s character in Knocked Up and his personality fits better into Waiting for Guffman than the real world. The movie brilliantly paints him to be the villain against Steve Wiebe’s hero. The film actually had me caring who would win the ridiculous title of Donkey Kong champion!
In addition, the film’s soundtrack uses such 80's songs as Joe Bean Esposito’s “You’re the Best” and Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” and a guy named “Mr. Awesome” uses the verb “chumpatize.” Need I say more.
The most grounded person in the film is Wiebe’s preteen daughter, Jillian. This is an actual except in which he attempts to explain his goal of getting into the Guiness Book of World Records.
- Jillian Wiebe: I never knew that the Guinness World Record Book was so... I never knew it was so important.
- Steve Wiebe: I guess a lot of people are... yeah, a lot of people read that book.
- Jillian Wiebe: [while directly looking at Steve, her father] Some people sort of ruin their lives to be in there.
And a little child shall lead them...” (Isaiah 11:6)
Current IMDB rating: 8.5/10. Chanalysis: 8/10.
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