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This movie was great except for Zach Galifianakis' character

posted 15 years ago by brtd
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He was completely unnecessary and added nothing to the film. Otherwise this was a hilarious, quirky and relatable look at life.

[–] maybutler 15 years ago

I enjoyed the film, but how was it a relatable look at life?

Up your ziggy with a wa wa brush!!

[–] brtd 15 years ago

The stuff that Zooey's character talked about and the way she felt toward the end is exactly how I feel now. I thought it was a pretty realistic quarter-life crisis portrayal. It's always weird how live such a care-free life for some 20-odd years and then big responsibilities just whack you out of nowhere and the little things like your mom not calling you on your birthday. I never really thought of it before, but wow, that would be awful.

[–] maybutler 15 years ago

Okay, in that case the movie is relatable. I thought you might have been talking about all the characters because I got the feeling that the writer was trying to find the most eclectic group of people and make them all interconnected. Of the characters, I think everyone has or will meet a Happy.

Up your ziggy with a wa wa brush!!

[–] spartafan2002 15 years ago

maybe he adds something, you just can't see it.

[–] Brainlock2 15 years ago

Thou Shalt Respect The Beard!

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ZG: "You’re asking if that was real? That woman came with a penis in her mouth already."

[–] LostSok0523 13 years ago

Yeah, I felt the Zach Galifianakis' was kind of shoe horned in to give the movie an edginess that the too-nice main characters didn't have. But it was jarring and, more than anything else, lessened my emotional attachment to the main characters. It felt cheap and unnecessary, and opened up a lot of questions that distracted me from the primary story.

To me, it fatally weakened an already marginal movie.