Does Radnor really think

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Adept34501 — 14 years ago(November 28, 2011 01:45 AM)

that ripping off Garden State and the Last Kiss is the way to make it as a filmmaker?

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fourth_time — 14 years ago(January 15, 2012 01:42 PM)

I didn't think Happythankyoumoreplease was like Garden State at all. Examples, please.

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agockows — 14 years ago(January 20, 2012 12:35 PM)

The only comparison between the two is that they were written/directed/starring actors who were leads of successful sitcoms. Plot wise they aren't alike.

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nighttrumpet — 14 years ago(January 20, 2012 10:28 PM)

Well, it does fit in with the older guy in a midlife crisis falling for a younger girl syndrome. In that way they are very similiar.

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peddlerwhospoke — 13 years ago(November 01, 2012 04:44 PM)

He's aiming more towards a Woody Allen style, but I can see how people think he's just taking from Garden Statethis and Garden State are pretty surface dense in comparison to the never ending barrel depth found in even the most accessible Woody Allen film.

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JMBlake10184 — 13 years ago(December 11, 2012 08:48 PM)

But the character arcs and the motivations are completely different.
In The Last Kiss, the older guy (Zach Braff) falls for the younger girl because he wants to feel young again. He needed excitement to escape what he thought was a boring suburban life. His conflict was resolved when he realized that he preferred the intimacy and familiarity with his wife.
In Liberal Arts, the older guy (Josh Radnor) never grew out of his college personae. He fell for the younger girl because they were at the same emotional stage. She was advanced for her age, and he was stunted. His conflict was resolved when he realized that he needed to move past romanticizing that period of his life and be okay with moving into the next stage of life. He needed to be okay with the process of transforming from the caterpillar to a butterfly (to borrow the metaphor used in the film).
In other words, they really aren't similar in the way that you describe. They are completely different arcs with completely different messages.

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audiopinions — 13 years ago(December 24, 2012 10:00 PM)

The Last Kiss is just a horrible ripoff anyway, when compared to the movie it's based on, L'Ultimo Bacio.

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HimynameisF — 13 years ago(November 17, 2012 09:23 AM)

AH. tell Radnor he's ripping off a Jersey movie and he'll probably give you a 4 hours lecture on all the differences between the two.

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jozielee — 11 years ago(October 21, 2014 08:10 AM)

In literature there are only 3 stories . . . all repeated over and over and over again with slightly different interchangable parts. Get used to repetition in the arts.

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shelemm — 11 years ago(October 23, 2014 07:09 AM)

FYI
Polti wrote "The 36 Dramatic Situations" in the 19th Century. According to his research, these were the only possible variations in plot, and everything is derived from those.

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jozielee — 11 years ago(October 24, 2014 02:55 AM)

Much debate on how many stories. I guess it depends on how you define the situation.
http://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,,-1553,00.html
Thanks for the Polti info.

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doggie_rodriguez — 11 years ago(October 26, 2014 08:07 PM)

Having seen all 3 of the movies mentioned, I did not think this was a rip off of those films. In fact, I didn't even think of Zac Braff until this post.
Looks like you left your comment before the film even came out, so maybe next time you should wait until you've watched the film before saying it's a rip off?
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