Forgive me dear readers, for I have neglected. Big time. The thing is, I've had too much to do, what with moving from the seaside to the city in order to pursue my not-so-blossoming journalistic career. There have been ideas - I just haven't been able to make them a reality.
One which came to mind a few weeks ago, in fact, was the fact that it seems that geeks really are getting chic. And I'm not talking about 'geek chic', a fashion trend which has been around for a while (a trend which is the source of mixed opinions. Although my mind says NO because it reeks of pretentiousness, I have to admit it's HAWT when some gorgeous guy dons scarves and geeky glasses. Ohm nohm).
*interlude - whilst on the topic of London and geek chic, take time out to clock this vid to get a feel for the love-hatred of geek chicness.*
Thank god I don't have 20:20 vision, cause my frames look worryingly similar to the ones at 0.36.
Anyway. I'm not talking about new-age hipster geek chic, because that's portraying the message that you're so cool you can look uncool.
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| Eisenberg - ones2watch4.com |
The geek I'm talking about is the proper nerd, the ones most people laughed at at school and actually weren't bothered to hang out with. Unattractive, not particularly interesting underdogs who may or may not have had excellent grades. I'm talking about what Superbad unsurfaced in 2007, arguably the first of a long line of films to come starring geeks who really are just geeks.
You see, the most enjoyable films I've seen recently have all had massively geeky protagonists - and all the films have done pretty well for themselves. Note that I'm not a huge cinema whore, but do enjoy the odd really good film.
ZOMBIELAND - a 2009 spoof zombie movie, directed by Ruben Fleischer and starring Jesse Eisenberg. Funny, graphic, exciting - loved the way it was filmed. Go see it. Go check Eisenberg out (see above right).
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| Johnson - screenrant.com |
Not your average man candy, right? But still, weirdly compelling in Zombieland. By the end of the movie I wanted his babies. And this isn't geek chic, this is the real deal.
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| Mintz-Plasse - stupidcelebrities.net |
KICK-ASS - it's Ronseal - it does exactly what it says on the tin. Saw it for the second time a couple nights ago and got so excited by it, even when I knew what was going to happen. Great plot, awesome filmage. Hot geeky protagonistS. It's a 2010 movie directed by Matthew Vaughn. Starring Aaron Johnson (above left) and Christopher Mintz-Plasse (right), who are both really painfully geeky. They get into a couple fantastic home made costumes and voila- the beauty is that the transformation isn't even there. When Peter Parker becomes spider-man, he sheds his geeky self and becomes totally awesome. The great thing about Kick-Ass is that these kids are still super geeky (they're actually pretty normal kids, don't have any powers or anything, just a couple home made costumes) and stay that way. And yet they're hot for it.
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| Cera - remotepatrolled.com |
SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD - another gem of 2010 directed by Edgar Wright, it's an all-singing all-dancing worship to geekiness. The Universal Studios opening credits were in 16-bit Nintendo-ish game style (all you gamers out there - sorry, I'm pretty shite at the exact technical terms). The entire movie was riddled with gamer jokes and graphics. I'm not much of a gamer myself - I did and still do love Pokemon on Nintendo, but that's pretty much it I'm afraid - but I loved it. The two guys I went with to see the movie most probably pissed themselves laughing, because they got EVERY joke. And after the movie was over an unfortunate viewer sitting beside them had a tearful rant about movie-ruinage because of it. Anyway, the leading man Michael Cera (left) is - again - a huge nerd, and the girl he gets is probably every gamer's fantasy, with bright purple hair 'n shit.
What do all of these fine young men have in common? You have to admit, there are serious similarities between them (particularly between Eisenberg, Johnson and Cera, I think). Big watery eyes, pale, curly hair.... not typical tall, dark, tanned and therefore fanciable material, perhaps. But daymn, do I fancy them in them movies. I have to admit (call me slow, very very slow), but until writing this I would have guessed Eisenberg, Johnson and Cera were the same guy.
I reckon that maybe what makes these charming young men so attractive is the fact that they're genuine. None of this love-rat business (footballers - boo?) and popularity contests, no peacocks, no worrying about whether your man is going to screw you or screw you over. Maybe it's nice to have a guy who will totally love you for anything, who pays attention to you rather than his image, a genuine guy who might be a bit insecure to start off with but blossom, if you give him the chance. On the flipside, maybe I'm just a massive geek as well.
