The geek will inherit the earth

the geek will inherit the earth

On this episode of Screen Shrapnel we celebrate the characters that don’t get enough appreciation: the arseholes. The heroes get the girls and the baddies get to have fun murdering and pillaging, but spare a thought for the omega-males (sorry ladies, the arsehole is almost always male) who don’t tip their waitress, cheat the protagonist out of their promotion or steal from their elderly mothers purse. To celebrate the release of The Social Network, the true story of how uber arsehole Mark Zukerberg got rich by shafting his mates, two other real-life dickheads, Jamie and Graham, will be choosing their top cinematic arseholes. Who are yours?

Also on the show: we gush over 'The Social Network', the film that will perhaps come to define the decade we called the Aughties; we give some faint praise to Matt Reeves and 'Let Me In', his english language adaptation of 'Let the Right One In', one of the finest films of last year; and we give a quick rundown of the films we loved at the LFF.

Go on, have a listen; you’ll only be slightly disappointed.

Posted at 15:31, 23rd October 2010