Joysticks

Really fun, mindless videogame-themed fluff from 1983. It's pretty typical of the T&A genre that was popular in the early 80's, but remains entertaining because of its general oddness and its glimpse into the arcade game craze of the time. Jon Gries (Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite) is a hoot as the Vidiot and it's fun to see John Volstadt (Darryl #2 from Newhart) in a role that allows him to have lines. Don't expect art. This ain't it. Still, for a boob-filled time capsule from the 80's, it's quite enjoyable.CAVEAT: The streaming version currently on the site is pretty severely cropped. It was shot open-matte and framed for 1.85:1 but this version cuts off some of the opening titles on the sides, indicating it has been oddly zoomed in. I'm not suggesting that you'll be missing some Terrance Malick vistas by watching the cropped version, but there are some folks who care and might like to know before renting or purchasing.

I stumbled across this movie on Prime last Saturday afternoon and was so glad that I did. It was everything you would expect from this type of movie from the 80s.It is a great time capsule and I love seeing so many classic arcade machines all in one place!Another bright spot of this movie is the totally 80s soundtrack. I loved it so much that I bought the vinyl.If you haven’t seen it yet, what are you waiting for stop reading my stupid review and GO WATCH IT NOW!

I just received the video in the mail and since I’m over the age of 18, it won’t let me see the video. How do you get past the video age requirements to view the video

Dude--if I were 14, this would have been my favorite film ever...

This movie has an original aspect ratio of 1.85:1, but this movie has been cropped to 1.33:1.

One of the featured games in the movie is Satan's Hollow which was released in 1982. The movie is a standard 80's low budget teen sex comedy, with some hijinks thrown in and a lot of classic videogames. Not terrible. I enjoyed it.

This is a fun trip down memory lane if your in to the like totally awesome 80's,or the early days of gaming, the movie was not as good as I remembered it to be, its really goofy and cheesy, and was an independent movie even back then, but it did take me back to the days of the first arcades, when in my town at least, it was a really underground thing, the arcade close to my house was actually a nondescript door in a self storage lot, where you entered in to complete darkness except for the glow of the games lining the walls exposing the mass of paisty teens with mullets reeking of b.o. and herb. I was disappointed with the transfer or print quality with this one, I wish they had remastered it better, I don't think they made any effort at all, and extras would have been fun for this as well, but I doubt this will make it to Blu Ray and will probably be out of print in the next year, so I'll take what I can get.

Movie's so bad it's good.

Good movie if you are into this Genre like I am.

Great classic from the 80's,fast delivery.