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Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Preposterous story line but still entertaining
As SS-Standartenführer Kramer says during the movie: Preposterous! I am a BIG fan of war movies - especially WWII adventure movies - but it seriously took me three tries to make it through this movie without falling asleep (it helped that the third time I watched it during the day). Sure there is plenty of action in it and a couple of great actors (though not here) but there is something about the movie that just didn't grab me. It think it has to be the story line. There are just too many unbelievable elements: from the far fetched plot, to the fact they must have carried about a ton of explosives around, to the innumerable scrapes the good guys just barely get out of. That and I think the characters are too one dimensional.
Other reviewers have compared WED to Guns of Navarrone, but IMO Guns is a far superior movie largely because it doesn't have all the plot twists and because it strikes me as far more believable. The characters have a lot more depth in Guns as well.
The King of Kong (2007)
Check your facts before you decide.
I really enjoyed this movie as did apparently a lot of other viewers. My interest was piqued enough that I wanted to see if I could find details on why Robert Mruczek, the Twin Galaxies Head Referee, resigned shortly after the Funspot tournament (as noted in the credits). I didn't find any information on that subject but I did find that Walter Day of Twin Galaxies has put together a lot of information debunking the "facts" as portrayed in King of Kong (http://www.twingalaxies.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=86). I strongly urge viewers to read the full story before making up their minds about Twin Galaxies and Billy Mitchel.
I am not in any way affiliated any of the parties involved in this movie. I'm not really even a big fan of classic arcade games. This just goes to show how interesting the movie and this controversy are.