the battle of shaker height be the second offering release and make from the successful hbo reality series project green light which chronicle the search for a screenplay and director in which ben affleck and matt damon will produce for one million dollar . then we get to see the movie be make and inevitably watch the film . i do not see the first season of project greenlight but i do watch the product of it steal summer and a mediocre and bland and and safe offering from damon and affleck who do not want to take a risk consider their history for risky and edgy indie like mallrats and chase amy and and gerry . i decide to watch the second season of project greenlight and yet again it be the search for a screenplay to finance and a director . for the second season there be the same self indulgent rant from affleck and damon and and some show off of j. lo from affleck but nonetheless i watch amateur screenwriter erica beeney win and and a two director team efram potelle and and kyle rankin get the chance to show off their chop . suffice it to say the season be a rip a we watch these three amateur slog through the production and fight and and fail in all the test screening to audience . so and the battle of shaker height be make and release and and yet again after watch i realize it still more contrived and fluffy and and safe offering into the film world . i can not understand why affleck and damon would not take more risky project on board and insist on financing these fluffy shallow film other than use this show for publicity . what wrong with the battle of shaker height . many thing and but mostly it it horrible script and dialogue . some dialogue have me cringe and some have me star in confusion and and some dialogue just leave me alienated . we saw the series and we saw the activity and and we saw how many people actually have input on the making of this movie . it clear by this movie and all of it character and all of the muddled subplots take place at once that there be simply too many cook in the kitchen . we could see it in the series . we saw the director efram potelle and kyle rankin and two very unprofessional director attempt to take control of the film and re write the script and we saw erica beeney try to take control of her script and we saw producer matt damon and ben affleck weigh in and we saw harvey weinstein weigh in and we saw producer chris moore come in and try to take control . there be just too many people for one movie and and that the problem . do it occur to anyone to give them the money and let them make the film and then give your input on the finishing article . ultimately and the battle of shaker height be not a movie and it a concept for a movie that never get off the ground . i felt like i be watch an hour and a half trailer for a movie with a bunch of random scene cut together without a real story and i can not wait to find out what the real movie look like . what shaker height suffers from with the mediocre direct job be a very underdeveloped range of character that we never get to know . we trudge through line like why be you dicking with me and you little dick . you wan na play and dick face . and the bad of the dialogue where the main character kelly be attempt to talk with tabby . she be paint and she say i be play with diffusion and to which he reply well make sure you do it under super vision . ha ha . it cheesy line like that make this movie so ridiculous at time . kelly play by the very talented shia lebeouf be a world war re creationist who take pride in know about the war fight and be a bit rebellious and and one day he meet bart the young in a rich family who befriend the troubled youth and the two become friend and until kelly meet bart older sister tabby well play by amy smart who doesn not seem to acknowledge the boy but still befriend him slightly and go about her business . soon kelly look for any excuse to hand around tabby know she get marry which create conflict . very under develop conflict . throughout the entire film i be think how good this movie could have be have they add thirty more minute to the running time which could have leave the door open for more character development and more development with it number of subplots and but once again and it story never go beyond it concept . kelly be an odd character and he a war buff because hey he have a vehicle and wear the clothing and and he work at a supermarket when there nobody there and and he have a friend or co worker name sarah play by the adorable shiri appleby and another grossly under develop character who have a combine total of five scene in the film and be never focus on . we know the two be friend and we get the slight sense she jealous at his fawning over another woman and but there barely any focus on her and so who care . so and we see tabby another under develop character who give the persona of an artistic individual who never develop beyond her character concept . she a bit of a tease towards kelly give him little smile and flirty come on yet get angered when he respond . she then give the plot that she get marry to a guy name miner to when she ever ask about the marriage she quickly respond i do not want to talk about it . why . they never explain it . it be assume by me that she be set up from another rich family and force to marry him . but it never explain in the sloppy script . so kelly confront her in a really bad scene when she cry complain her fiance kiss another woman which lead to a kiss between the two character . if she hardly seem to care about her fiance why do she care that he cheat . it plot hole like that that make the movie unbearable to watch at time . the character miner and tabby fiance doesn not seem to be a bad guy . he befriend kelly and talk to him like a friend and yet be suppose to view him a the bad guy . screenwriter beeney never give u a reason to hate him and so kelly be the one that come off a the jerk in his pursuit towards tabby . then it never explain why kelly fall in love with tabby in the first place and and we never really get to know bart outside of his conceptual design a a neat dresser and proper yet friendly guy . so and kelly be give an obligatory sub plot which handle the job of set up his character but be really force . his mom be a bohemian artist who house a group of artist who manufacture painting in their home and sell them and and kelly father work somewhere with drug addict . be an ex addict himself and he try to reach out to kelly though kelly refuse to talk to him . once again and kelly parent aren not give subplots nor be they develop and flesh out and so theyre simply plot device in the end . the plot try to reel towards comedic tone but ultimately end up a a depressing drama about a rather annoy guy . writer beeney set up so many sub plot at once but never flesh them out and never develop them and so everything feel force and awkward and and rush . even a it transform into a drama and the drama be force a well in some awkward and drone scene include kelly confront tabby on her wedding day and a scene where bart and kelly inflict revenge on a school bully which attempt to be funny but just end up become mean and and the happy safe end which be so trite and obvious and and tack on it leave me groan in my seat . the battle of shaker height have a lot of potential to be a great coming of age teen drama and but potential be all it have . the battle of shaker height and steal summer be proof that a good concept doesn not always pan out in a successful franchise . while the project greenlight be entertain and engross the finishing product be poor . how about throw more money and time to these poor people . it no wonder hbo drop the series . though this do garner great performance by smart and elden henson and and especially shia lebeouf and the occasional entertaining moment and this suffers from a terrible script with grossly under develop sub plot and character and cheesy dialogue and and many plot hole . my advice represent stop project greenlight until affleck and damon be ready to take risk in their investment and until miramax be willing to cough up more money and time for make these film . then maybe we will get a film worth talk about . and a half out of star .