Down with the moral majority

Rating: Null/10 (6 September 2004)

I have a feeling most people "LOVED" this movie because they are incapable of original thought.
I personally thought it was mediocre at best and was mostly worse than mediocre. Here's why:

I didn't relate to it- You probably didn't either but you probably think you did. Most of the characters (that is, what we saw of them) were bizarre and unreal.

A lot of it was cliché- It's been done before. better. eg: pot smoking mom. It's not funny anymore.

The script was bad. Little was connected and nothing was developed.

Natalie Portman acted like she was twelve, not eccentric. Someone who did a GOOD job with that same character is Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine.

Zach Braff. He's a funny guy. He shouldn't try to be serious. It was way too melodramatic. Seriously- yelling in the rock quarry??? in the rain???

The last line of the movie. And how he repeated it. OVER DONE.

His "interesting" cinematography was nothing new. I'm sure there have been a million pretentious film student projects just like it.

Yeah the soundtrack is OK but just because zach braff has enough money to make a movie and put all of his favorite songs in it doesn't make it "amazing." Just because he likes the shins doesn't mean it really adds to the film.

It's sad to me that kids my age would aspire to make a movie like this. As zach braff's directorial debut, it's OK. But i think we should want more from our peers.