Jun 30: Garden State.
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Being one of the people who glowingly review this movie, I guess I should add my .02.
I don't really know why I like it (aside from the fact that Zach is dreamy). I agree that there really isn't that much to it. But to me, it feels like watching people who could be my friends (the "everyman" vibe of the characters) going through a few tumultuous days in their lives. That, added to the funny/akward/sad parts of the movie just work for me. I mean, it's no "The Chase", but few movies are 
Also, it turned me on to my current Favorite Song of All Time*. "In the Waiting Line" by Zero 7 which plays during the spin-the-bottle party scene.
*(subject to change at any time)
This movie was ok, not horrible, not great. I wouldn't buy it. I think the 2 times I watched it is enough. I really like Zach and Natalie, but this movie is still just--ok.
I can't explain why I like the movie either. I don't like Zach Braff, I hate Natalie Portman, the movie has little to no plot, there is no great revelation that we don't already know and yet the movie evokes so much in me. It draws out every human emotion in such a way that can make you feel so connected to these characters whom aren't even real. This touching story about human depression, reaching out for help, and finding one's self, mixed with lighthearted comedy and dynamic characters really is one of the best films in recent years.
The movie uses the death of Andrew's mother to bring him back into this almost surealistic world I like to call "New Jersey". Here the relationships between his distant fater/shrink, friends who have yet to do anything with their lives since highschool, and of course the eccentric girl with whom he falls in love, all come into play. The main character who has spent the greater part of his life drugged to the point where he feels no emotion, stops taking his medication and finally begins to live. The world around him unfolds as he opens himself up to new people, experiences, and adventures. The first meeting between Andrew and Sam in the hospital, the scene with them in the pool discussing home as a feeling, the great realization of freedom standing on top of the bottomless chasm, and the heart felt ending. There are so many great scenes in this movie I have a hard time seeing why anyone doesn't apreciate at least some parts of the movie.
Another great thing is how so many of the seemingly pointless scenes are worked so flawlessly into the movie. The scenes in the end with the junkyard, the sketchy hotel, and the store, are all critical to Andrew's development as a person and Braff is able to string them all together through the use of a scaveneger hunt to find something, the locket: The one thing that finaly creates true emotion in Andrew. I love how the movie can appear so random at first, but upon further examination everything does have a purpose and is connected.
This movie has so much to offer and so many complexities, yet it is in no way an elitist film. This is not your typical indie, life is so depressing, pity me kinda movie. It is a film that anyone can take something away from. There is great humor, emotion, characters, interesting dialouge, and if you still disagree then at least you can appreciate the music as one of the best sound tracks ever produced. Songs from the Shines, Frou Frou, Zero 7, a great Postal Service cover by Iron & Wine; all songs that work perfectly in the movie.
Garden State recieves a perfect 10/10 from me and I enjoy it just a little bit more every time I watch it.
wow! great review.
I think people would be better off reading that review than seeing the movie, however.
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Being one of the people who glowingly review this movie, I guess I should add my .02.
I don't really know why I like it (aside from the fact that Zach is dreamy). I agree that there really isn't that much to it. But to me, it feels like watching people who could be my friends (the "everyman" vibe of the characters) going through a few tumultuous days in their lives. That, added to the funny/akward/sad parts of the movie just work for me. I mean, it's no "The Chase", but few movies are
Also, it turned me on to my current Favorite Song of All Time*. "In the Waiting Line" by Zero 7 which plays during the spin-the-bottle party scene.
*(subject to change at any time)
I don't really know why I like it (aside from the fact that Zach is dreamy). I agree that there really isn't that much to it. But to me, it feels like watching people who could be my friends (the "everyman" vibe of the characters) going through a few tumultuous days in their lives. That, added to the funny/akward/sad parts of the movie just work for me. I mean, it's no "The Chase", but few movies are
Also, it turned me on to my current Favorite Song of All Time*. "In the Waiting Line" by Zero 7 which plays during the spin-the-bottle party scene.
*(subject to change at any time)
This movie was ok, not horrible, not great. I wouldn't buy it. I think the 2 times I watched it is enough. I really like Zach and Natalie, but this movie is still just--ok.
I can't explain why I like the movie either. I don't like Zach Braff, I hate Natalie Portman, the movie has little to no plot, there is no great revelation that we don't already know and yet the movie evokes so much in me. It draws out every human emotion in such a way that can make you feel so connected to these characters whom aren't even real. This touching story about human depression, reaching out for help, and finding one's self, mixed with lighthearted comedy and dynamic characters really is one of the best films in recent years.
The movie uses the death of Andrew's mother to bring him back into this almost surealistic world I like to call "New Jersey". Here the relationships between his distant fater/shrink, friends who have yet to do anything with their lives since highschool, and of course the eccentric girl with whom he falls in love, all come into play. The main character who has spent the greater part of his life drugged to the point where he feels no emotion, stops taking his medication and finally begins to live. The world around him unfolds as he opens himself up to new people, experiences, and adventures. The first meeting between Andrew and Sam in the hospital, the scene with them in the pool discussing home as a feeling, the great realization of freedom standing on top of the bottomless chasm, and the heart felt ending. There are so many great scenes in this movie I have a hard time seeing why anyone doesn't apreciate at least some parts of the movie.
Another great thing is how so many of the seemingly pointless scenes are worked so flawlessly into the movie. The scenes in the end with the junkyard, the sketchy hotel, and the store, are all critical to Andrew's development as a person and Braff is able to string them all together through the use of a scaveneger hunt to find something, the locket: The one thing that finaly creates true emotion in Andrew. I love how the movie can appear so random at first, but upon further examination everything does have a purpose and is connected.
This movie has so much to offer and so many complexities, yet it is in no way an elitist film. This is not your typical indie, life is so depressing, pity me kinda movie. It is a film that anyone can take something away from. There is great humor, emotion, characters, interesting dialouge, and if you still disagree then at least you can appreciate the music as one of the best sound tracks ever produced. Songs from the Shines, Frou Frou, Zero 7, a great Postal Service cover by Iron & Wine; all songs that work perfectly in the movie.
Garden State recieves a perfect 10/10 from me and I enjoy it just a little bit more every time I watch it.
The movie uses the death of Andrew's mother to bring him back into this almost surealistic world I like to call "New Jersey". Here the relationships between his distant fater/shrink, friends who have yet to do anything with their lives since highschool, and of course the eccentric girl with whom he falls in love, all come into play. The main character who has spent the greater part of his life drugged to the point where he feels no emotion, stops taking his medication and finally begins to live. The world around him unfolds as he opens himself up to new people, experiences, and adventures. The first meeting between Andrew and Sam in the hospital, the scene with them in the pool discussing home as a feeling, the great realization of freedom standing on top of the bottomless chasm, and the heart felt ending. There are so many great scenes in this movie I have a hard time seeing why anyone doesn't apreciate at least some parts of the movie.
Another great thing is how so many of the seemingly pointless scenes are worked so flawlessly into the movie. The scenes in the end with the junkyard, the sketchy hotel, and the store, are all critical to Andrew's development as a person and Braff is able to string them all together through the use of a scaveneger hunt to find something, the locket: The one thing that finaly creates true emotion in Andrew. I love how the movie can appear so random at first, but upon further examination everything does have a purpose and is connected.
This movie has so much to offer and so many complexities, yet it is in no way an elitist film. This is not your typical indie, life is so depressing, pity me kinda movie. It is a film that anyone can take something away from. There is great humor, emotion, characters, interesting dialouge, and if you still disagree then at least you can appreciate the music as one of the best sound tracks ever produced. Songs from the Shines, Frou Frou, Zero 7, a great Postal Service cover by Iron & Wine; all songs that work perfectly in the movie.
Garden State recieves a perfect 10/10 from me and I enjoy it just a little bit more every time I watch it.
wow! great review.
I think people would be better off reading that review than seeing the movie, however.
I think people would be better off reading that review than seeing the movie, however.
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