At the same time this ranks as both one of the scariest and saddest movies I have ever seen. Scary because current trends, makes me think that there is an increasing number of people like Scott Pelk or at least heading in that direction. The thing is that geekiness like this doesn't have to be about movies, but could be about a number of other things (games, anime, cars, books of a particular type, religion, etc you name it). The line where a healthy interest in a particular subject turns into either fanaticism, isolationism or other otaku-like behavior is getting easier to overstep in the internet age so this movie hopefully can serve as warning :-). Although the movie has its tragicomic moments and in-jokes to the movie-buffs, it really is primarily a sad story. Especially with the twist ending that leads me to believe that he has finally lost it.
As others have pointed out the movie doesn't make it clear whether Scott has usable knowledge that can be creative or an autistic knowledge, that is more like a party trick. Reviewed be a geek who can see some scary similarities, but one who does try to have varied interests, some of which require social interaction ;-)
As others have pointed out the movie doesn't make it clear whether Scott has usable knowledge that can be creative or an autistic knowledge, that is more like a party trick. Reviewed be a geek who can see some scary similarities, but one who does try to have varied interests, some of which require social interaction ;-)