Ultimately, though, all the geeks win in the end, and the "cool kid" loses. I think the charm of a story like that gets lost on a lot of people. I'm not saying everyone should like a movie like that, but its not surprising when certain people don't.
Adding to the Scarface dogpile...I thought that the Giorgio Moroder score gave it a made-for-TV feel (which is a bizarre counter-point to everything else in the movie, I'll admit).