Upon watching the trailer a little while back I was skeptical about this movie as maybe having a few moments but not enough to be a really great video game documentary. I recently came across it again now knowing it was out in theatres and made sure of it hoping it was playing in my area. Luckily one theatre in the city is showing it and I plan to see it soon. As of today I'm actually very excited to see it. IGN.com recently gave it 4.5/5 stars comparing it to other very well done documentaries such as Spellbound and DiG.

In case anybody reading this is unfamiliar with the story, it basically follows two very different people who both have claimed to have the highest score in one of the most difficult classic arcade games ever..Donkey Kong. While one(Billy Mitchell) has been a renowed classic video game player since the gecko achieving high scores in many games (most famous for his Donkey Kong score), the other a newcomer and ex middle school science teacher Steve Wiebe who discovered Donkey Kong much later and helped him get through a tough time getting fired from his job and realizing his gift in Donkey Kong. The story goes much deeper but basically the movie is both's race to get the highest score for the new 2007 Guiness Book of World Records.

I'm really excited to see this movie not that much because of the video game aspect but rather that I haven't seen a really good documentary in quite some time and this formula seems like an instant gem. So if anybody has already seen it, shed your light on the film and what you enjoyed about it, just don't ruin it for me!

PS: Also according to IGN it seems that New Line Cinema is planning to make a fictionalized version of the story supposidely featuring the same director (Seth Gordon). For now the documentary will have to do and I plan on leaving more than satisfied.