Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘The Wizard’ (1989)
You can relive the glory days of Nintendo in this week’s edition of Eric’s Bad Movies at Film.com: “The Wizard,” released in 1989 as an extended commercial for the video-game system, and also as a cautionary tale about the dangers of letting video-game companies make movies. Let us never allow this to happen again.
May 14th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Is it just me or is the ending genuinely touching? It might be just me.
May 14th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Finally! I’ve been waiting for you to review this ever since you started doing the bad movies!
May 14th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Ha, I remember that movie.
Did you notice in the powerglove clip the noise he made when he first pushed the buttons? It’s the music from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
May 14th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Yes, yes it was bad….I was a sega guy myself when I was a kid.
May 14th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
This was a bad movie? Sadness!
May 15th, 2009 at 10:09 am
Jacob,
Are you sad that that Eric considers it a bad movie, or are you sad that it’s a bad movie and that you were hoping it was a good movie and you’ve always wanted to see it?
July 20th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
I actually used to love this movie as kid, but I couldn’t believe how bad and cheesy it was when I watched it just recently. Funny how some things you don’t notice as a kid. “Little Monsters,” another Fred Savage kid’s film, would also be another good choice for “Eric’s Bad Movies.”