How many movies feature an autistic person with uber-abilities? Other than that awesome Bruce Willis movie? I can think of two. But how many feature the Power Glove? Only one. You have .01 seconds to think of something better to do with your time than reading this article. Time’s up.
| "The Wizard" | "Rain Man" | |
| Title | THE WIZARD : Best title ever. | RAIN MAN : Dumbest title ever. |
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| Autistic Hero | Luke Edwards as Jimmy "The Wizard" Woods | Dustin Hoffman as Raymond "I’m not retarded" Babbitt |
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| Uber-Abilities | Uses his uber-abilities to find secret warp zones. | Uses his uber-abilities to count sticks. |
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| Nintendo Skills | Greatest Nintendo Player Ever to grab a Controller | Bupkiss |
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| Points in Double Dragon | 50,000 | 0 |
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| Scenes with Nintendo and Nintendo Games | Nearly Every Scene | 0 |
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| Title a line in Star Wars? | Yes | No |
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| Director Credits | Directed by a guy so awesome, he would go on to direct "Krippendorf’s Tribe". | Directed by Barry Levinson, the only director to fall ass-backwards into an oscar win. Has a rather unremarkable career, with the notable exception of directing TOYS, the cinematic equivalent of LSD. |
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| Co-Stars | Fred Savage was in Wonder Years, The Princess Bride, Vice Versa, Runaway Ralph, Little Monsters, and played a junkie in Rules of Attraction – Deserves Oscars for all. | Tom Cruise – Nothing of note. Fred stabs Tom in the face and then sucks his blood Lestat-style after refusing to give him his money back for Mission: Impossible 2, all without breaking a sweat. Leaves Tom’s savaged corpse to rot on the side of the road. |
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| Oscars? | No | Yes |
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| IMDB.com Rating | IMDB rating: 5.4/10…BUT only 1,360 people voted for it, meanwhile The Wizard of Oz has 36,214 votes and a 8.3/10…so obviously some, er, thousands of people made the mistake of voting for it instead. So the adjusted rating is probably…10/10 | IMDB rating – 7.9/10 – On the top 250…But so is Shreck. |
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| Majority of Votes | The majority of voters, 20% gave it a 10. | The majority of voters, 20%, gave it a 9. |
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| Final Verdict: | Awesome. | Sucks. |
Celebrate this epic victory by buying The Wizard on DVD.
