Gamer & Grandma's Boy

Grandma's Boy is one of my favorite current day gamer hero depictions. The hero in this film is Alex played by Allan Covert. At the start of the film Alex is forced to move out of his apartment because his friend josh spends all the rent money on Filipino hookers. Alex is forced to move in with his friend Jeff who still lives with his parents. An embarrassing encounter occurs between Alex and Jeff's Mom (he ejaculates on her as she opens the bathroom door), Alex is forced to move in with his grandmother. Alex's job as a game tester is pushed to the limits as he struggles to do all of his grandmother's various chores, and try to pull his grandmother and friends away from Antique's Roadshow. Alex's arch rival J.P. is classified as a "mega nerd" he is the prime example of all that could go wrong within a gamer. Alex is pitted against J.P. in competition for Samantha (an object of desire among all those at the office). The movie ends with Alex getting the girl, Alex's grandmother defeating J.P. in Eternal Death Slayer.


The hero in this movie is a more down to earth depiction of gamer hero. The movie frequently exploits his weakness's unlike the other movies viewed. In this movie the hero is not fighting some epic battle in the stars, he is fighting the battle of actual problems that could occur in real life. In the scene where Alex burns both hands on the cookie sheet it lets the viewer know that he is not some super being, this adds to a more realistic premise and allows the viewer to relate to the hero. But overall the reason why Alex is the hero in the movie is because he is cool, funny, extremely good at video games, and he is liked by all (except Jeff's Mom). I guess the main reason why this movie depiction of the gamer hero is so good because it shows you don't have to be from the Matrix to be a hero, and if you are from the Matrix everyone will laugh at you! ("you would if you had robot ears"-J.P.)