Joysticks (1983)

With a title like this it sounds like a porn movie, lol

Now this is a movie that is truly showing it age, I remember
going to the arcade when i was a kid, there was a actual functioning
arcade like in this movie where I live straight up to the year 2000 I believe
but of course it finally lost out to the home console market.
Now the only "arcade" around here is the small corner in the movie theater
and the one in one at the bowling alley.
The basic story line of this is the classic "kids like something and the
parents don't" where they try to shut down the arcade being that it is
a place perceived to house many perversities.
The parents are lead on this crusade by Joseph Rutter (Joe Don Baker) to shut
down the arcade reminded me alot of the crazy anti-video-game
activist/Lawyer Jack Thompson who is on a crusade to shut down the video game
industry itself. It made me laugh because that is the first thing that poped into
my mind while watching the Joseph Rutter character I was all "that's Jack Thompson!"
it couldn't have been anyone else but him.
Also it was odd the person who played King Vidiot (Jon Gries) I swear he was the guy
who played Bub the Zombie in Day of the Dead (1985) but as it turns out Bud was actually
Sherman Howard (who is credited as Howard Sherman) which is weird becasue
they just seemed to look so much alike.
I also didn't like the Eugene character I found him rather annoying most of the time.
Also the character of Dorfus, was he suppose to represent the average gamer?
a representation of the "fat unwashed masses" as it is commonly referred to.
Also this had alot more nudity then I thought it would, also the theme to this
was funny, this whole movie was quite humorous, there were some funny moments
like Vidiot and his gang on the little bikes and even a rocky style montage.
all in all this was a pretty good movie, I rather enjoyed it.
so if you like movies like The Wizard (staring Fred Savage!) as well as
Scott Pilgram you might like this one also.