Director:
Phil Hwang
Studio/Production Company:
Around The Scenes Releasing
Genre:
Comedy
Length:
Feature
Website:
http://web.mac.com/philippchwang/Site/Home.html
Score:
1/5
As a comedy, it commits the cardinal sin of simply not being at all funny. As a film it takes a risk in presenting a protagonist who is not particularly sympathetic. Tim (Gregg Martin) is a geek, socially awkward, fashion-challenged and, like many people from time to time, hungry for love. Much the same can be said for another famous fictional geek, Peter Parker. However the portrayal of both characters varies differs wildly. In “Spiderman” the audience is almost instantly on Peter’s side, rooting for him. In “Geek Mythology”, however, it is painful and annoying to watch Tim and, rather than rooting for his success, viewers might be more inclined to hope that he is somehow put out of his misery.
Writer-director Phil Hwang aims low here: low-brow, broad, attempts at juvenile humor and story-telling on a low budget (the local police officer doesn’t even have badge on his costume) a formula that is not inherently flawed – there have been funny low-budget films. With regard to the narrative, it should come as no surprise, that it feels like it has all been done before: a loser with the ladies thinks he’s finally found the answers to his romantic woes when he discovers a magical statue but, as is so often the case in so many movies like this, the magic might be more trouble than it’s worth. With poor production values, bad acting, a derivative screenplay and, last but not least, terrible music, much can be said about “Geek Mythology”, but it is more trouble than it’s worth.
Phil Hwang
Studio/Production Company:
Around The Scenes Releasing
Genre:
Comedy
Length:
Feature
Website:
http://web.mac.com/philippchwang/Site/Home.html
Score:
1/5
As a comedy, it commits the cardinal sin of simply not being at all funny. As a film it takes a risk in presenting a protagonist who is not particularly sympathetic. Tim (Gregg Martin) is a geek, socially awkward, fashion-challenged and, like many people from time to time, hungry for love. Much the same can be said for another famous fictional geek, Peter Parker. However the portrayal of both characters varies differs wildly. In “Spiderman” the audience is almost instantly on Peter’s side, rooting for him. In “Geek Mythology”, however, it is painful and annoying to watch Tim and, rather than rooting for his success, viewers might be more inclined to hope that he is somehow put out of his misery.
Writer-director Phil Hwang aims low here: low-brow, broad, attempts at juvenile humor and story-telling on a low budget (the local police officer doesn’t even have badge on his costume) a formula that is not inherently flawed – there have been funny low-budget films. With regard to the narrative, it should come as no surprise, that it feels like it has all been done before: a loser with the ladies thinks he’s finally found the answers to his romantic woes when he discovers a magical statue but, as is so often the case in so many movies like this, the magic might be more trouble than it’s worth. With poor production values, bad acting, a derivative screenplay and, last but not least, terrible music, much can be said about “Geek Mythology”, but it is more trouble than it’s worth.