Geek Geek Revolution!
I don't really know why I chose that for the title of this post. It just had a nice ring to it. So my geek moment of today was totally having my opinion of someone changed by someones taste in movies.
I was talking to this guy who I met on myspace who seemed pretty damn cool. Seemed to have generally awesome taste in movies, books and music. Had The Guyver on his movie list which I so totally appreciate. If you haven't seen that piece of amazingly terrible nonsense, and Mark Hamil's subsequent mustache you just don't know what you are missing. So I was chatting with this guy on AIM today and I asked him, as I usually ask when meeting new interesting people, what his top three movies of all time were. The three movies that if he only had three movies to pick as the only movies he could ever watch again, he would choose these three. So at first he told me that his number one would be Akira , and I thought that was a good choice. He had already expressed himself as a huge anime fan and Akira is the Citizen Kane of anime. So then I pushed for his other two and he said he just couldn't think of what the other two would be, because he just had too many favorite movies. Things would have been fine if he had left it at that because I too have trouble naming what my top three would be. Then he blurts out "Oh Little Nicky, that would definitely be in the top three." Little Nicky? Really? Come on guy...seriously? Now I want you guys to understand that this fella had movies on his myspace movie list like A Clockwork Orange, The City of Lost Children, Pan's Labyrinth, Stray Dog.... and so on, and Little Nicky is what he chooses to put on this list of the only films he can ever watch again??? And all I could think of is the episode of The Office (US version) when there was the fire in the office and everyone was standing outside playing different games one of them including the listing of top three movies and someone, I think it was Meredith, may have been Phillys, listed Legally Blond to the amusement and snickering of Jim and Pam. Then when Jim's girlfriend rolls up, that cute redhead chick from Enchanted (and no I didn't see Enchanted I just know she was in it), and Jim wants her to list her favorites and the first thing out of her mouth is "Well first, Legally Blond." The look on Jim's face was exactly what I was the exact expression of my feelings. I was just sort of dumbfounded and sort of didn't want to talk to the kid anymore. I just went "Oh.....yeah I gotta go."
And I know that it is unfair to judge someone for their like of a certain movie...but come one guys...Little Nicky? Really?
I am not even begrudging the guy for liking the movie...but top three movies? Seriously?
Just seems like someone who has their priorities all wrong.
2 Comments:
Isn't Little Nicky the one where Sandler is the son of satan and he uses that REALLY annoying voice?
Are you sure this guy wasn't just fucking with you? Sometimes irony can be hard to detect on IM. Because I just can't believe that anybody likes Little Nicky. Even Sandler's grandmother would think it looked like crap.
Little Nickey is my Citizen Kane... Fuck you.
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