art school confidential

First off, don't read this if you want to see this movie. I just saw Art School Confidential and I specifically went into the movie not knowing a thing about it...well, at least till someone told me it had luke warm reviews. Big disappointment! It was one of those movies where you can't wait till the ending and then hope that in the ending it all comes together or reveals that the story was a big joke. The story indeed was a joke on art school and it was hard to watch as teenage girls laughed at every art school pun like drawing the male model in figure drawing class. And if you thought that an "american pie" version of the lead character trying to score with the nude female model needed a little more, why not throw in a thrasher murder plot! There were a few times though when the movie seemed intentional in its hollywood movie making ways and a big spoof but in the end it didn't measure up if that was the angle. The movie was based on a comic book and was also directed by terry zwigoff, maker of Ghost World - a much better movie!