The 80s - The Wizard Thread #1 - It Was More Than A Game!

**Melis** · 08-08-2009, 12:40 PM

The Wizard Thread

Synopsis
13-year-old Corey Woods is like almost every other kid his age: he practically eats, sleeps, and drinks videogames. When Corey discovers that his autistic brother is an idiot savant who's a wiz with a joystick, the two runaway to Los Angeles just to participate in a $30,000 videogame championship. But before it's all over, Corey and Jimmy will have their parents, their brother and a vicious bounty hunter on their tail.

Cast
Fred Savage
Beau Bridges
Jenny Lewis
Christian Slater

**Melis** · 08-08-2009, 12:42 PM

This movie was soooo bad, but I loved it anway. LOL! I was never into Nintendo, but I saw this with my video-game-obsessed brother. It was cute and corny at the same time. I rooted all through the movie for them to get to the championship.

**Barrybgb** · 08-08-2009, 12:43 PM

I never saw this one, but it sounds like a fun 80s kid's movie that I might enjoy. Lol.

**Melis** · 08-08-2009, 12:47 PM

It was. It's nothing spectacular, but it's just something cute and fun.

You really want to root and cheer for the character. Haha

**Barrybgb** · 08-08-2009, 12:57 PM

"Cute" and "fun" is always welcome to me. Lol.

It sounds like a movie where you'd be rooting for the characters.

**Melis** · 08-08-2009, 04:43 PM

Same here.

Yep, I wanted him to win the game.

I had no idea this one was on DVD. Last I checked it was not. Now I want to get it.

**Melis** · 10-16-2009, 05:21 PM

I am still planning to get it.

**Barrybgb** · 10-17-2009, 08:29 AM

I haven't seen the DVD anywhere....

**Melis** · 10-17-2009, 07:27 PM

Me either. I may just buy it online.

**Melis** · 07-06-2010, 01:37 PM

It's a fun one. It's a little dated, but I still enjoyed it.

**Barrybgb** · 07-06-2010, 02:48 PM

Dated = good to me.

**Melis** · 07-06-2010, 06:41 PM

Same here! Nintendo has come a long way since this movie. lol

**Melis** · 09-06-2010, 04:29 PM

Yahoo! article talking about the crazy glove used in this movie.

Motion Controllers...That Didnt Work - Motion Controllers...That Didnt Work - Yahoo! Games

Nintendo might be the current king of motion-control, but they spent years as the court jester thanks to the awful (and awesome) Power Glove. While it looked like all kinds of cheesy fun, its rickety motion-control tech barely worked. Making matters worse, only two games specifically built for the Glove were ever released, quickly turning it into more of a failed curiosity than a must-have. Its one credit? Spawning the so-bad-it's-good Fred Savage flick, "The Wizard."

**Melis** · 07-03-2011, 11:07 AM

This movie was so dorky, but I loved it.

**Melis** · 02-25-2012, 08:27 PM

How can you go wrong with a young Fred Savage?

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