the wizard

i hate to say it, but this one does not hold up. at all. i remember really loving this movie back when it first came out, but watching as an adult i can see that this thing is nothing more than a paid advertisement for nintendo and its games. dont get me wrong, i love nintendo! its the only gaming systems i will play, still to this day. but when the movie is about a race to find three runaways, and the dad and brother stop for the night to play some teenage mutant ninja turtles on their nes, its pretty obvious that it was designed to sell a few games! the story follows two brothers, who happen to meet up with another wayward girl, as they run away and try to win the video game championships in california. the most famous (or is it infamous?) part of the movie comes from the encounter with a video game player who has the latest gaming technology: the power glove! its a cheesy game controller that you wear as a glove and is supposed to be able to track your movements to control your character (nintendo, never one to give up on a gimmick, finally perfected the motion controller 15 years later with the wii). the memorable scene has the player strapping on the power glove saying 'i love the power glove, its so bad.' and so is this dated movie...