The cover of "Film Geek," as you may notice, proclaims "This year's
Napoleon Dynamite!" Depending on your tolerance for the "quirky nerd"
shtick, this may entice you or make you run the other way. Comparisons to
"Napoleon Dynamite" aside, "Film Geek" is more human, lower budget, and
with a melancholy edge. Unlike Napoleon, who had a small group of
friends orbiting his planet of nerddom, This movie's protagonist, Scotty
Pelk (Melik Malikson), repels practically everyone he comes in
contact with.
Scotty is a twenty-something young man with no
life to speak of, who spends his time inadvertently harassing people at
the video store where he works. If they aren't driven off by his voice
(which sounds like he's been inhaling helium) or his generally
aggravating demeanor, it's probably the fact that he relentlessly
badgers people with his knowledge of movies. He has so much trivia it
might put half the "Film Threat" reviewers to shame.
