I love it, to an extent. Face is absolutely brilliant, but I feel it would be improved if you can get rid of or reduce the line round the more out of focuse areas of his body which I pressume are a combo of the shallow dof and processing.
Good angle, but you are right, the PP isn't my cup of tea as you say.
Works for me - Bags of emotion. It is bright, vivid and OTT, but I still like it.