Maybe there's such a thing as too much reality in reality TV. Today, The Battle of Shaker Heights, the movie that was documented in HBO's Project Greenlight 2 during its filming, opens today in the U.S. -- and the one constant in the critical reviews of the movie is a discussion of the battles during its filming that were depicted on the show.
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As we have not seen The Battle of Shaker Heights, we have no comment on its quality. However, the fact that the producers and the directors had different visions of the film (including the mix between comedy and drama) is likely true of half the movies made in Hollywood -- and just because these different visions were aired on TV doesn't make them any more newsworthy. We wonder if these film critics are simply disturbed that reality TV has intruded on "their" turf....