Comparison to 'Girls'

I've been a fan of HBO's 'Girls' for the past two seasons. Although people seem to be all over the place on their reviews of that show, it is refreshing to see good story telling about young, self absorbed, and entirely lost and delusional young people in New York. The characters are not likable in the least, but they are interesting people who many viewers can relate to on some level or the other (even if that 'relation' is with a certain degree of self loathing or remembering a time when we made those same moronic mistakes when we should have known better). Either way, Girls is an interesting and well written show.

Which is why I'm so confused by the fact that I absolutely hated this movie. The characters are basically the same, Dunham's and Kirke's characters on Girls and in this film only differ in their names. The general concept and theme of the show and the movie are the same - post college life of young 20 somethings is a pointless, meandering self-absorbed, entitled and terrifying time. Girls and Tiny Furniture are telling the same story with the same characters.

I think I like Girls but dislike Tiny Furniture for one simple reason: Tiny Furniture is boring. Really boring. Girls is interesting.

Girls is well paced, has interesting and witty dialogue, and it builds tension. You're left wondering why these characters do the things they do, and Dunham develops the characters by showing their backgrounds, fears, and influences. She keeps the show interesting. She fails to do that at all in Tiny Furniture... all she does is drag it on, Aura being a spoiled and self entitled pain in the ass, avoiding any degree of responsibility, treating people badly. She builds no tension, she tells no story, she leaves us wanting to forget she exists instead of asking 'why is she this way?'

Curious to hear thoughts of other people who are fans of Girls but who may not have liked this movie.