The 5. 0 Greatest Geek Movies. Ask any 1. 0 different geeks what their top dozen or so geeky movies are, and you’ll get ten different answers. While there are certain titles that top everyone’s lists, the totality of what can broadly be considered “geek canon” is terrifyingly huge. These fifty films barely scratch the surface of what’s out there, but you’ll be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn’t believe they all belong. Akira. For much of the world, Akira was when anime first became something worth taking note of.

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Prior to its release, only the most hardcore of geeks had any sort of knowledge of japanese animation, but then along came Akira, and blew everyone’s socks off. This movie arrived with tumultuous applause, a brilliant and dark take on a future filled with secrets and powers beyond the understanding of its everyman hero Tetsuo. While much of the original manga had to be cut for screen time, the resulting movie was nonetheless a stroke of brilliance, and did much to push anime into the mainstream.

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Stargate. While Kurt Russell’s Guile- like haircut may turn away many viewers, the original Stargate film was a remarkably fun and entertaining flick. James Spader’s turn as nerd Egyptologist Daniel Jackson was a role model to my nascent history geek mind, proving that just because you had glasses, allergies and no organizational skills didn’t mean you still couldn’t save the day and get the girl (as long as she didn’t really understand what you were saying). Stargate went on to spawn a number of relatively successful TV shows, some of which took the characters down rather strange paths. Spaceballs. Spaceballs is one of Mel Brooks’ finest, a blistering send up of the entire science fiction genre, and Star Wars in particular.

It was him at his peak, and while not as overtly political or topical as many of his other films, it was a classic. While geeks tend to have a reputation of being fiercely protective of their sacred cows and putting up staunch resistance to being mocked, Spaceballs proves that when it’s done well and by someone who’s actually funny, we embrace it. Spaceballs poked relentless fun at the movies we love, but did it so well and with such wit and love that it became a nerd classic in and of itself. Gattaca. Gattaca could have been a very bland standard science fiction story, but under the helm of director Andrew Niccol, it gained an incredible neo- noir look and palette that helped magnify this story of genetic engineering in a plausible near future to a completely different level. He took what could have been trite and cliché and instead crafted it into a moving story of a man willing to push back against everything society tried to hoist on him in order to reach his dreams. A scathing social commentary on the possibilities of pre- natal engineering, it under- performed at the box office, but became a cult classic. Office Space. There are few films that have ever managed to capture the infinite loathing most of us have for our jobs as well as Office Space did.

Everyone hates their jobs, but there’s a special level of hatred that exists solely for working in a tedious office, and the utter banality it entails. I’ll freely admit my forays into large offices have been only as a struggling writer working as an office temp, but that was enough to make me feel like I’d want nothing to do with it on a long term basis. Office Space perfectly captured the utter tedium and horror of these jobs, and the impotent rage we feel against them, in a way that no other film has.

Fight Club. I can’t help but feel that like many other cult classics, many viewers missed the point of Fight Club. Much like with Taxi Driver, the violent anti- hero isn’t meant to be seen as a figure to be emulated, but somehow that’s what many seem to have taken from it. Tyler Durden isn’t a role model, yet it appears that many a young man came out of Fight Club feeling like that was how they should try and live their life, and that Project Mayhem was a noble goal.

While the anti- consumerist stance is still a laudable one, the story’s really about coming to terms with a world that doesn’t give a damn about you and your desire to be a precious little snowflake. The violence in Fight Club isn’t to glorify violence, but rather so that people will actually feel *anything* in a society that otherwise isolates and renders numb. Run Lola Run. 19. Watch Home Sweet Home Vioz there.

Run Lola Run it an excellent and surprisingly experimental film considering how well it performed internationally. It’s the same premise played out three different ways. In every section, Lola has 2. Watch Ice Age: Collision Course Megavideo. German Marks to save her boyfriend’s life. Each of the “runs” starts with that same premise, but plays out in different ways with characters she interacts with being affected differently. It’s an interesting take on the “butterfly effect” of how minor differences in the way life plays out can have immense effects on the outcomes of our lives, leading to wildly divergent endings. Run Lola Run performed admirably in the theaters, eventually being nominated for dozens of awards.

Memento. Memento was another film that played with linearity in an incredibly exciting way, and in doing so managed to capture a great amount of critical acclaim. While most non- linear films descend into impossible to follow tripe, Memento worked because it forced the audience into the brain of the main character, a man who could not form short- term memories. So as the movie played out backwards, what was new to him was new to us, but not to those around him. Wonderful because of it, the film required viewers to put together the pieces of the puzzle inside their own head, rewarding them for correctly understanding what was happening. The DVD release has an option to watch the film in chronological order, and you know what?

It’s a pretty average thriller if you do so, which goes to show the power of editing. Zach Snyder’s film of Frank Miller’s graphic novel had a lot going against it. It’s an adaptation of a relatively poorly known book without any major stars behind it, plus it was pretty racist.

Even so, Snyder managed to capture much of what made 3. Much like we’ll see with Sin City below, often times frames from the book were recreated perfectly in the movie, but Snyder took it one step further, slowing down the action at these points to an almost freeze frame to make the match.

Brutal and thrilling, if you look past its obvious flaws, 3.