Ahhh as a huge Elliot Smith fan, this is a bad bad idea. Elliot Smith wasn't the type of guy that wanted the spotlight. I suppose this is just cashing in on trend of doing biopics for the tragic music misfit. I will not see this film.

yeah, this is just wrong.

This is a really shitty idea. I think I now officially hate Zach Braff.

Don't be such prudes.Kurt Cobain hated the spotlight too. And his life story is no happy Disney film. But he was an amazing musician and deserves acknowledgment. The same goes for Elliot Smith. Sure, maybe an Elliot Smith movie is premature, and maybe Zach Braff is not the perfect candidate for the part, but you're saying that no one should make a biopic about Elliot Smith just because he was a "private" guy? That's ridiculous.Do you want to see an amazing artist like Elliot Smith just disappear into the abyss of rockers that never quite made it to the top? Or would you rather see a revealing biography made that has the potential to further imbed his music into the history of great rock n' roll?

Smith and Cobain's places in history will be cemented with or without a movie. But in Smith's case, a major motion picture could expose his music to a wider audience. This would make it more likely for society to remember a musician who only had moderate commercial success.You may be right about Zach Braff. But if he does make the movie and delivers a bad performance, then scar will be on Braff's career, not Smith's.

I'm a huge Elliott Smith, have been for about 10 years, and I have to agree with Ty. By doing so I'm sure that Porter will tell me that it means I am not/never were an Elliott Smith fan. And so it goes.