My movie life

I read an entertaining article from Slate by Josh Levin this morning called, "Why I Hate Zach Braff." (http://www.slate.com/id/2150245/?GT1=8592) The author comments on the fact that Zach Braff's movie career has been a vehicle for him to do whatever he wants and tell everyone that he is the voice of our generation, the author responds to this by saying, "If Zach Braff is the voice of my generation, can't someone please crush his larynx?" He gives a shout out to Zach's performance in Scrubs, but makes the point that just because you're good at that one thing, it doesn't entitle you to make a movie of yourself, written for yourself, where you force Natalie Portman to fall in love with you. He goes on to say, "What has Braff's keen ear picked up about the nation's young people? If Garden State is to be believed, they spend their days squinting and staring wistfully while slowly learning that it's OK to feel and, like, live. When they do speak, yearbook quotes come out. For example: "Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place." In The Last Kiss, Braff furrows his brow solemnly and ponders a question that's paralyzed millions: Should I replace my incredibly hot girlfriend with an incredibly hot college student? This time, OC starlet Rachel Bilson gets the Ferris Bueller-esque pearl of wisdom: "The world is moving so fast now that we start freaking out way before our parents did because we don't ever stop to breathe anymore." Never has the voice of a generation had so little of substance to say." He also has an interesting commentary on Braff's use of soundtrack to mask plot flaws (interesting to me, as I own the Garden State soundtrack and rather enjoy it...).

The article was highly entertaining, and I completely agree with the author (sorry, Jake, but I find Zach Braff a highly annoying Hollywood imposter who has somehow dated girls way too hot for him...ahem, Mandy Moore...and will eventually fall back to the reality of his humble guy status. Not to say I don't enjoy Scrubs every once in a while, but please with the movie star and "voice of my generation" schtick).
But it made me start thinking about what my movie would look like. If I made a totally narcissistic movie, what would it look like? Stay tuned...