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Sep 9, 2020 · The Wizard’s meta-entanglement with a great moment in actual video game history ultimately gave it staying power and even, for many, an almost emotional appeal.
User Reviews. THE WIZARD is a sentimental favorite for anyone who raced home after school to turn on their gray and black Nintendo Entertainment Systems. For this set, born in the late '70s and early '80s, the excitement in the air was palpable when previews for the film appeared on TV.
Jul 6, 2017 · Universal. Despite its energetic plot and light-hearted appeal, Todd Holland's The Wizard (1989) gets weighed down by countless criticisms from modern-day audiences. Less than impressed...
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Based loosely on the concept of bringing Tommy into the digital world by replacing pinball with video games, The Wizard follows Jimmy as he attempts to find peace in his life through gaming. With an expression fixed in a blank stare, he spends most of his time clicking away at arcade game buttons and levers, blinking wildly all the while. His lines...
A more cynical writer than I might dismiss The Wizard as one long meandering advertisement for Nintendo, an attempt to sell the newly-released Super Mario Bros. 3 and that goofy-ass Power Glove to an American audience. (Did anybody even own that goddamn thing?) Sure, much of The Wizard centers itself around the idea of Nintendo games being somethin...
Throughout The Wizard, video games bring people together. Jimmy’s skills are what initially pique Haley’s interest and convince her to accompany the boys on their journey. They’re also what—spoiler alert!—ultimately bring Jimmy’s family together in order to work on overcoming their shared grief. On a more plausible, less eccentric level, there are ...
Nostalgia and sentimentality aside, The Wizard also makes a genuine case for the therapeutic potential of video games. Jimmy, a tragic figure plagued with an inescapable trauma and a lack of understanding from the adults in his life, finds an outlet through gaming. What The Wizard suggests is that, to many, video games matter, and they can serve as...
I wouldn’t particularly consider myself a gamer, but video games have nonetheless played a pivotal role in most of my life. I grew up playing a then-outdated NES system until my older brother finally got an N64 for Christmas in ’99 or so. I remember spending long summer days in the basement playing Ocarina of Timeand Super Mario 64. I remember play...
Apr 16, 2018 · Those are the moments that made The Wizard a cult classic for fans of a certain age, but here's the real secret behind the movie's success: for a B-level film, The Wizard has a decidedly A-list cast. Some were stars before the movie started shooting.
Sep 10, 2024 · The Wizard is a 1989 adventure comedy-drama film. The film follows three children as they travel to California. The youngest of the three is emotionally withdrawn with a gift for playing video games.
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Rated: 1/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Tom Ford Toledo Blade The Wizard would have been better on the TV screen, where its programmed predictability would have more closely paralleled...
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