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bump for this one. just caught this today, and i cant believe i waited.
what a phenomenal film.
what a phenomenal film.
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Film: Garden State
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Rik
Bluelighter
The film lived up to the trailer. Also i was wondering where i had seen that chap before, of course it was scrubs.
i think this has to be my all time favourite film. I dont think the end should be critised so heavily (dont want to say too much) but i think it was handled well
i think this has to be my all time favourite film. I dont think the end should be critised so heavily (dont want to say too much) but i think it was handled well
Perpetual Indulgence
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I thought this was done before....guess not. I loved this movie. Just bought it too. Zach Braff (?sp) is whatshisname.
^ I did a search and nothing came up (although the damn search function isn't always accurate) ...
I was really impressed by the use of music in this film. The songs were all lovely and seemed to suit the melancholic/bittersweet mood well. It also didn't seem over-soundtracked to me, thankfully.
I was really impressed by the use of music in this film. The songs were all lovely and seemed to suit the melancholic/bittersweet mood well. It also didn't seem over-soundtracked to me, thankfully.
AmorRoark
Bluelight Crew
Yeah, on thefacebook.com you can make your own groups, I'm in "I'm currently in love with the Garden State soundtrack" group. 
Garden State was my favorite of 04.. probably.
The scene where Baff is sitting amongst friends, on drugs and just sitting really hits fucking home. Well, that scene and the one where Natalie is burying yet another of her pets, and crying about it, made my heart ache with familiarity.
Garden State was my favorite of 04.. probably.
The scene where Baff is sitting amongst friends, on drugs and just sitting really hits fucking home. Well, that scene and the one where Natalie is burying yet another of her pets, and crying about it, made my heart ache with familiarity.
mariacallas
Bluelight Crew
Very nice movie....lovely!!!! One of the better movies about young love that isnt sappy nor overbearing and corny (it reminds me a bit of A Cool Dry Place and Gas, food Lodging )....just the general atmosphere of the movie.
cydonorb
Bluelighter
ONE OF THE 10 WORST FILMS OF 2004
I was with this film for the first 15 minutes before the depressing
reality that it was nothing but another "slacker Sundance young
director" clone sank in. Zack Braff--from SCRUBS, the only sitcom
that I watch--stars, writes & directs this painfully derrivative
flick about a bunch of aimless & quirky twentysomethings who stumble
aimlessly through life while treachly awful alternative folk music is
strummed & bleated from the soundtrack. Natalie Portman seems to be
channelling her former costar Jar Jar Binks as the most annoying
person in New Jersey (& NJ is a state that produced both Joe Piscopo
& Jon Bon Jovi) while Peter Sarsgaard barely maintains his dignity in
the well worn cliche of the wise, quick witted & jaded loser/stoner.
How many cliches can you jam into one movie? I stopped counting at 18
but that's only because I picked up a magazine & began reading it
during the film's last 10 minutes. I just didn't care anymore what
happend to these cartoon characters & only left the movie on in the
vain hope that there would be another scene with Sarsgaard shirtless
(there wasn't).
Jeezus, didn't they stop making movies like this back in the 1990s?
Unfortunatley this turd got some decent reviews, awards at Sundance &
did OK box office (for an indie) so I guess we can all look forward
to another slew of inoffensive, slice of life, twentysomething,
slacker, disaffected, quirky, smalltown yarns with neo-folkie
alterna "rock" cooing from the soundtrack.
Suddenly an Adam Sandler/Meg Ryan marathon doesn't seem so
unendurable
I was with this film for the first 15 minutes before the depressing
reality that it was nothing but another "slacker Sundance young
director" clone sank in. Zack Braff--from SCRUBS, the only sitcom
that I watch--stars, writes & directs this painfully derrivative
flick about a bunch of aimless & quirky twentysomethings who stumble
aimlessly through life while treachly awful alternative folk music is
strummed & bleated from the soundtrack. Natalie Portman seems to be
channelling her former costar Jar Jar Binks as the most annoying
person in New Jersey (& NJ is a state that produced both Joe Piscopo
& Jon Bon Jovi) while Peter Sarsgaard barely maintains his dignity in
the well worn cliche of the wise, quick witted & jaded loser/stoner.
How many cliches can you jam into one movie? I stopped counting at 18
but that's only because I picked up a magazine & began reading it
during the film's last 10 minutes. I just didn't care anymore what
happend to these cartoon characters & only left the movie on in the
vain hope that there would be another scene with Sarsgaard shirtless
(there wasn't).
Jeezus, didn't they stop making movies like this back in the 1990s?
Unfortunatley this turd got some decent reviews, awards at Sundance &
did OK box office (for an indie) so I guess we can all look forward
to another slew of inoffensive, slice of life, twentysomething,
slacker, disaffected, quirky, smalltown yarns with neo-folkie
alterna "rock" cooing from the soundtrack.
Suddenly an Adam Sandler/Meg Ryan marathon doesn't seem so
unendurable
mariacallas
Bluelight Crew
^lol
cravNbeets
Bluelighter
cydonorb~ did you actually write that? either way someone did and it's too bad (for me) that being bored and jaded didnt push he/she to suicide 5 seconds before churning it out so i'd have been saved the trouble of reading it...
awesome film. i cried like a baby. i was extremely impressed by portman, she could tell a story with here eyes and facial expressions alone. i loved the way that humor coexisted with the introspectiveness and seriousness of the plot rather than cheapening it or otherwise detracting from it.... the ending MAY have been a little campy but @ that point there could've been a robot dance scene *ponders* and i'd have been just as pleased.
awesome film. i cried like a baby. i was extremely impressed by portman, she could tell a story with here eyes and facial expressions alone. i loved the way that humor coexisted with the introspectiveness and seriousness of the plot rather than cheapening it or otherwise detracting from it.... the ending MAY have been a little campy but @ that point there could've been a robot dance scene *ponders* and i'd have been just as pleased.
mariacallas
Bluelight Crew
i love that frou frou song...
dammit...and i keep turning that airport scene over and over and over in my head ...
dammit...and i keep turning that airport scene over and over and over in my head ...
misscelestia
Bluelighter
I loved this movie, and I loved the soundtrack. I liked that this movie was subdued and subtle, honest and simple. No frills, if you know what I mean. Just a basic heartfelt story about the times in someone's life. Funny, endearing, and akward at all the right moments.
Funny, endearing, and akward at all the right moments.
Finder
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I saw this film a few weeks ago when I was on vacation and enjoyed it, but didn't really pay attention. I rented it again yesterday and watched it last night. I was very impressed by the attention to detail throughout the film and a lot of the situations the characters were placed in. If you have the DVD, I recommend going through the deleted scenes as I have a much better understanding of some of the scenes and characters than I did before watching them. Excellent, excellent film. These sort of movies usually depress the hell out of me, but for some reason, this one didn't.
The soundtrack also fit my current mood extraordinarily well...just the type of music I've been into lately.
The soundtrack also fit my current mood extraordinarily well...just the type of music I've been into lately.
QLineHookups
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I just saw this movie and liked it. I thought that the concept was pretty believable and it was very well done. The acting was pretty good too, seemed very natural. The soundtrack was great too, Thievery Corporation, Shins... all pretty good stuff that fits perfect to the movie.
starlightgemini
Bluelighter
I bought this on DVD the other day, because it was only $9.99 and I had heard such good things about it that I figured I'd love the movie.
I couldn't even finish it all in one sitting![:\](https://bluelight.org/xf/BL_Images/Orig_Emoji/wrygrin.gif "wry grin :\")
I can certainly see why others would like it, but it just didn't appeal to me. So now I have a DVD I'll probably never watch again 
I couldn't even finish it all in one sitting
I can certainly see why others would like it, but it just didn't appeal to me. So now I have a DVD I'll probably never watch again