garden state
i've been hearin and readin here and there about this movie for a while. hype i guess, but supposedly its won awards and what have ya. certain earned merits. anyway, since it was here in lubbock and everyones goin to see it, bernie suggested we see it too.
so yeah, it had its moments. solid shots and humoring situations. you know, the stuff you saw in the movie's trailer. but this movie as a whole was a bit of a disappointment for me. i wasn't necessarily expecting anything, it just wasn't fulfilling. the whole movie i was wondering where this character was going...what he was doing. and i suppose this was to give the audience a feel for the character's state of mind. he was either sitting numb, or on some wild goose chase with an unknown purpose. and then somehow something is supposed to tie everything together and make sense of life itself, or at least something in this guy's life. but no. instead i was given a piece of crap four-day-long love story involving him, and natalie portman's overly cutesy but more-so annoying character.
this is all probably just me, but i guess i can actually relate with a lot of this story. growing up my family was fucked up. as a teenager i was on all kinds of crazy anti-depressants and anti-anxiety drugs. i was even separated from my family over an "accident". and then i figured out how to snap out of it all. sure enough it involved a girl. thing is, thats where garden state ended. you didn't see him later in life with a successful career, happily married with everything just perfect. nah. if you thought this movie was uplifting, you'll find the sequel depressing.
if i were a little younger or still in that stage of the main character's life, i might have really liked this movie. but i've grown out of it. i've matured, i have a better grasp on my life, and i make wiser decisions. this movie had no wisdom in it or anything valuable worth knowing. it was a fluke--just like that girl who happened to help turn my shit around.
oh, and then i saw boa vs. python. I LOVED IT!
so yeah, it had its moments. solid shots and humoring situations. you know, the stuff you saw in the movie's trailer. but this movie as a whole was a bit of a disappointment for me. i wasn't necessarily expecting anything, it just wasn't fulfilling. the whole movie i was wondering where this character was going...what he was doing. and i suppose this was to give the audience a feel for the character's state of mind. he was either sitting numb, or on some wild goose chase with an unknown purpose. and then somehow something is supposed to tie everything together and make sense of life itself, or at least something in this guy's life. but no. instead i was given a piece of crap four-day-long love story involving him, and natalie portman's overly cutesy but more-so annoying character.
this is all probably just me, but i guess i can actually relate with a lot of this story. growing up my family was fucked up. as a teenager i was on all kinds of crazy anti-depressants and anti-anxiety drugs. i was even separated from my family over an "accident". and then i figured out how to snap out of it all. sure enough it involved a girl. thing is, thats where garden state ended. you didn't see him later in life with a successful career, happily married with everything just perfect. nah. if you thought this movie was uplifting, you'll find the sequel depressing.
if i were a little younger or still in that stage of the main character's life, i might have really liked this movie. but i've grown out of it. i've matured, i have a better grasp on my life, and i make wiser decisions. this movie had no wisdom in it or anything valuable worth knowing. it was a fluke--just like that girl who happened to help turn my shit around.
oh, and then i saw boa vs. python. I LOVED IT!