Being a movie nerd is fraught with perils wide and plentiful. You wouldnt think so, but really its just a minefield of things waiting to ruin you. Sure, you say, its just a hobby, you say. Theyre just films, youll find yourself proclaiming. Its just what you like, and youre exercising your right to enjoy this pastime. But being a nerd is more than that, and we all know that. Its a way of life. It consumes you, it takes you over, and ultimately it leaves you twisting in the wind like a pissed seaside donkey (like then, where I managed to incorporate a quote from a film not many people have seen). It takes you over like the unexplained virus in Dawn of the Dead. That's enough with the iffy comparisons. Ultimately, yes, being a movie nerd will ruin your life. Through this lifestyle choice, many things will occur that mean you do not function as well as you would like to in this society. Lots of these differences occur through the simple fact of you being a nerd and nobody else around you. Others are practical reasons. Others are to do with your personality. Others, I guess, are more universal within all kinds of nerdiness. It's also worth noting that I am speaking from experience here- I am guilty of all of these traits, and writing this article has been a sobering experience that hasn't really impacted on my movie nerdiness a jot. Neither should it yours. Films were made to be enjoyed, even if it is to an unhealthy degree by people like us. Either way, these are the ten reasons why being a movie nerd will end up ruining your life.
10. Its Really Expensive
So youre having a small peruse on Amazon, and you come across the latest batch of Criterion DVD releases. You gasp in excitement as you see Lars Von Triers Antichrist has been released on the label. You simply must have this edition. Youve seen the film once on a small late night showing you had to travel 50 miles to see, and youre undecided about the actual quality of the film, but no, this is a must-have. So you buy it. Thats the best part of thirty big ones down the drain. It arrives, you watch it once, plop it on the shelf (because every movie nerd has *that* shelf, or room or house or whatever), and thats that. Maybe youll put it in the must-see pile, and then get round to watching it a year later. Maybe you wont even watch it at all. But these are all technicalities. It is engrained within the mind of all movie nerds that they must have the DVDs, memorabilia, attend the special screenings, and so on, at any cost- however big that cost may be (and often is). Films arent cheap. They gut you financially, although to a movie nerd, this immense cost will always seem worth it.