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11-30-2004, 05:15 AM | #1 |
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Garden State the Movie and Soundtrack
I was just wondering who has seen this movie. I saw it twice. I was sort of upset that they didn't have it at the NJ Film Festival though. The DVD comes out December 28th and I can't wait. This is also the first CD I have bought in years. The soundtrack is great.
My liking it actually has nothing with it being filmed and taking place in NJ though that I like it. The movie just has a surreal dream like quality and Natalie Portman is great in the movie. I'm not even sure how Zack Braff (of scrubs) the writer, director and actor AND fellow New Jerseyan can really say that it necessarily puts NJ in a good light since the characters are pretty strange. I know Jonathan went to see it on Sunday - still waiting for his thoughts on it - (hint hint Jonathan if you read this) It's a great movie and I highly recommend it to people. Ruinel and I saw it when she visited and she really liked it also. (I'm listening to the soundtrack right now as I work on my website). What are people's favorite scenes and song?
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11-30-2004, 05:49 PM | #2 |
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JD likes Natalie... JD likes Natalie....
Hasn't come out yet, over here, I don't think. But I soooo want to see - might check out the movies today. I LOVE that guy from scrubs (also a JD).
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11-30-2004, 06:57 PM | #3 |
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I saw Garden State. It's definitely one of my favorite movies.
I especially like the scene where the main character has that important talk with Ian Holm (his father in the movie). He puts his hand on his chest, and Ian never verbally responds. It was a very real moment. I felt it was a really honest movie, about quirky but somehow believable and broken people. Another great scene was when the protagonist closes the fridge door, and Ian Holm is standing right there. The son is startled, and they have a conversation in which Holm is kind of a jerk, but as he walks away, almost out of sight of the camera, he turns and says "Sorry for frightening you." That's the kind of thing that doesn't need to be in there, but it just makes the scene. It brings the characters alive, and I have a feeling that Ian Holm improvised it. Natalie Portman was amazing in this movie, and I thought it was her best performance that I've seen. Her character as Padme Amidala was by contrast unemotional, and as a character seemingly undemanding. Portman does so much better as the fun, giggly, slightly insecure young woman who can't help but tell little lies. It's a movie, I feel, with a good message, and interesting things to say about life.
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11-30-2004, 09:01 PM | #5 |
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Ooh, I want the soundtrack tooooooo.....
Well, I nipped down right after I posted on here, and it was on. FANTASTIC movie, freakin' awesome soundtrack. In fact, I went to try and track the soundtrack down, and I couldn't find it, curse-it-all. It was surprisingly well directed considering that it was his first movie. There were some really great shots - I especially liked it in the beginning in the plane, and later when his dad was calling him, and he was almost catatonic in bed. I love both of their characters as well, the numb guy, and the neurotic compulsive liar. Some stuff didn't quite gell, like the dog humping him, but they're minor quibbles. I also liked how the movie didn't pass judgement on the ancillary characters in the movie... Definitely gonna see it again - gonna drag the BF along. So... JD... what's it gonna take to get the soundtrack off you? A recitation on how great NJ is? <edit> AND REMEMBER TO WATCH SCRUBS!!
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11-30-2004, 09:51 PM | #7 |
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That movie was one of my favorites. A friend of mine kept nagging me to see it ("it's great." "Best movie I've seen" etc etc) and I finally went. The acting was really good, especially Natalie Portman who is just fantastic.
The scene with the hamster cracked me up. Repeatedly. I don't think it is supposed to, quite, but it did. And the scene in the doctor's waiting room is brilliant.
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But don't worry, I've already managed to get some tracks off that thing that must not be named. I'm particularly taken by the Shins, and zero 7.
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