Garden State

[thatpfunk]

meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh...

[istewart]

No.

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[WEASEL45]

i thought it was really good

[thatpfunk]

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No.


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So therefore Star Wars I is worth watching?

[pshreck]

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No.


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So therefore Star Wars I is worth watching?

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Yes.

[Uston]

The movie is good. The soundtrack is great.

[prizminferno]

Great movie

Zach Braff and Portman are awesome.

[astroglide]

garden state scene 53:

we're about ready to roll folks. STRIKE A POSE FOR THE CINEMATOGRAPHERS! DISINTERESTED YET PENSIVE, PEOPLE! WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO DRIVE THIS USELESS AND UNINSIGHTFUL "SUBTLE" POINT UP THEIR ASSES OUT THE TOP OF THEIR HEADS AND THEN BEAT ITS CORPSE! POSE! DID WE LEARN NOTHING FROM GHOST WORLD?!

[Schneids]

Ghost World was boring but I liked Garden State very much.

[thatpfunk]

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WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO DRIVE THIS USELESS AND UNINSIGHTFUL "SUBTLE" POINT UP THEIR ASSES OUT THE TOP OF THEIR HEADS AND THEN BEAT ITS CORPSE!

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Thank you. I don't care about arguing the merits of the theme, etc, but when you throw it in the audiences' face, it make me want to throw up.

[zagosh]

Schneids, Im sure you've heard this before, but that avatar will NEVER be topped!

[pshreck]

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garden state scene 53:

we're about ready to roll folks. STRIKE A POSE FOR THE CINEMATOGRAPHERS! DISINTERESTED YET PENSIVE, PEOPLE! WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO DRIVE THIS USELESS AND UNINSIGHTFUL "SUBTLE" POINT UP THEIR ASSES OUT THE TOP OF THEIR HEADS AND THEN BEAT ITS CORPSE! POSE! DID WE LEARN NOTHING FROM GHOST WORLD?!

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Im not 100% sure what this means, but I think I agree with you.

Standing on top of crap in the rain, looking off into space.

FAKE.

[thatpfunk]

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The movie is good. The soundtrack is great.

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Ah, the familiar sound of sorority girls trying to sound cool.

[SmileyEH]

I loved it.

-SmileyEH

[fsuplayer]

this is the first time i remember disagreeing (sp) with you.

[thatpfunk]

I'm really picky about some things. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[KaiShin]

Liked it.

[dankhank]

strangely enough, saw it for the first time last night. _hated it_. i've never seen a movie that took itself so seriously say so little. it's bizarre how drastically the main characters change from cheerful ironic people to depressed heartfelt people in the course of a couple days. yawn me a fugging river.

[Sooga]

Call me a pedophile, but I'm sorry, Portman, as attractive as she is now, was never as hot as she was in Leon.

[Phoenix1010]

Loved it.

[MarkL444]

this movie reminds me a lot of napoleon dynamite. i think that when young people watch these movies they believe that for some reason they SHOULD like them. they see a movie that is somewhat different from the rest of the crap out there and appeals to them in some way or another (maybe they think the movie helps to identify them) and then they fall in love with it.

[Paluka]

I think this was a good not great movie. Definitely aimed towards the 30 and younger crowd. Soundtrack is awesome.

[IndieMatty]

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I think this was a good not great movie. Definitely aimed towards the 30 and younger crowd. Soundtrack is awesome.

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[Dantes]

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Call me a pedophile, but I'm sorry, Portman, as attractive as she is now, was never as hot as she was in Leon.

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When leon was filmed she was 12...

[BreakEvenPlayer]

Great movie.

Really unique, real dialog and solid acting. Gives the Baby Boomers and Gen X'ers a look into our generation. Best soundtrack ever. Ending wasn't that great. The whole abyss symbolism was over-played trying to make something artistic out of what was just a simple and solid movie.

[MicroBob]

the ending was kinda awful.

the movie itself was a bit better than okay but that's about it. didn't exactly blow me away.
I thought the acting was not very good at times. The whole relationship with the Dad only kind of made sense.


I liked Ghost World a TON though (referred to earlier in the thread and kinda-sorta similar i suppose).

[thatpfunk]

Here's what keeps bothering me so much: A movie like Igby Goes Down is similar to Garden State thematically, but contains much better writing and acting. It understands subtlety. It doesn't feel the need to throw the ideas in your face, they're just there.

Yet, I always hear "OhmyGawd, you will love Garden State!" while a far superior movie (imho of course) gets 1/10th of the attention.

[brettbrettr]

Agreed, Igby goes down was much better than Garden State. It wasn't however marketed as well.

[Jack of Arcades]

Good call, Igby's my favorite movie of all time.

[Dr. Strangelove]

I liked igby goes down way more than garden state. Also liked ghost world more than garden state.

"This is America dude. Learn the rules."

"We greeks invented democracy!"

"Also invented homos."

[-Skeme-]

I really liked it. Natalie's character is awesome as hell. Except for the seizures, she could do without those.

The ending was kinda weak, but whatever.

[YourFoxyGrandma]

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garden state scene 53:

we're about ready to roll folks. STRIKE A POSE FOR THE CINEMATOGRAPHERS! DISINTERESTED YET PENSIVE, PEOPLE! WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO DRIVE THIS USELESS AND UNINSIGHTFUL "SUBTLE" POINT UP THEIR ASSES OUT THE TOP OF THEIR HEADS AND THEN BEAT ITS CORPSE! POSE! DID WE LEARN NOTHING FROM GHOST WORLD?!

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My feelings exactly. My friends still can't understand why I hate this movie.

[-Skeme-]

Eh, personally I like slightly bleak movies featuring insanely beautiful girls. Like I said, her character was awesome as hell. The movie was funny. The ending sucked, but whatever. Can't win 'em all.

[tbach24]

I love this movie. The music was really good as well.

[tbach24]

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Great movie.

Really unique, real dialog and solid acting. Gives the Baby Boomers and Gen X'ers a look into our generation. Best soundtrack ever. Ending wasn't that great. The whole abyss symbolism was over-played trying to make something artistic out of what was just a simple and solid movie.

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These are my feelings.

[fsuplayer]

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I love this movie. The music was really good as well.

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[Duke]

It was alright. Some of the music was great.

I agree with astro's assessment. I can only think that the people who really love the movie don't even notice the things that make it worse than it could have been.

I think it speaks to a different generation than me. Maybe people who are about 5-9 years younger?

~D

[Blarg]

I still get the creeps over people getting hot over Portman. She still looks like such a little kid to me. She makes the Olsen twins look like old maids in comparison.

[BeerMoney]

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this movie reminds me a lot of napoleon dynamite. i think that when young people watch these movies they believe that for some reason they SHOULD like them. they see a movie that is somewhat different from the rest of the crap out there and appeals to them in some way or another (maybe they think the movie helps to identify them) and then they fall in love with it.

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That's not really that bad of a thing..

I enjoyed the movie. It wasn't the best movie I've ever seen, but it was enjoyable.

[tbach24]

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I still get the creeps over people getting hot over Portman. She still looks like such a little kid to me. She makes the Olsen twins look like old maids in comparison.

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I /images/graemlins/heart.gif Portman. Although she doesn't look her best in that movie, she is still very fine. She looks best in Closer

[gorie]

i liked garden state.

ghost world is awesome. i about peed in my pants when she was dancing along with "jan pahechan ho" ... i would never have imagined seeing that scene in a movie, ever. steve buscemi + records = SEXY COOL. AND thatskip james song.. ? it was just a great movie. i loved it.

[gvibes]

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Agreed, Igby goes down was much better than Garden State. It wasn't however marketed as well.

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I loved Igby goes down as well.