File this one under: "Maybe hits just a little bit too close to home?"! Certainly, there have been moments
in my life when I've felt people looking at me and thinking, "Where did this guy come from...Film Geeks
'R Us?" Have any of you had similar moments? FILM GEEK paints a most unflattering portrait of our young protagonist, Scotty Pelk (deftly portrayed by Melik Malkasian). Open the Cinema Dictionary and you'll see Scotty's photo under "Encyclopedic knowledge of the cinema". For those of us who aren't
afraid to hold up a mirror to the soul for a circumspect search, we'll probably catch a fleeting glimpse of Scotty Pelk in some recess of our psyche. Movies are Scotty's universe...No friends, no family, absolutely no other interests. Working at a video store, his entire life, seemingly, revolves around films. Watching films, talking about films and writing about films on his Zero-hit website. He also exhibits borderline stalker tendencies. For those of you familiar with the Universal blog rule: Don't be that guy! Well, Scotty Pelk IS that guy!
Film Geek makes you chuckle at Scotty's lonely-loser life, but the laughter is followed quickly by pangs of voyeuristic guilt. Considering its zero budget (Well, 10K according to IMDb Pro) Film Geek is a cinematic miracle, where the viewer experiences amusement one moment, a haunting eeriness the next, followed by great pathos the next. Topping all this off is a curve ball plot twist, which would be a Spoiler if explained in any way.
To be sure, FILM GEEK is not without its faults. It does get off to a rather lackluster, slow and unevenly paced start. But that all rights itself within 15 to 20 minutes. Also, it seems a stretch to imagine a 20-something possessing such a voluminous knowledge of films, but stranger things have happened...O. K. YOU FILM GEEKs...
...ENJOY! / DISFRUTELA!
