garden state is a good movie

[sundog]

that is all.

[progmom]

1. i have yet to see it

that is all

[sundog]

2. you should.

that is all.

[WCGreen]

3. I agree,,,,

That is all

[sundog]

4. thanks for backing me up.

that is all.

[WCGreen]

6. Your welcome

That is all

[sundog]

8. no problem.

that is all.

[democracyindanger]

5. Not great, but good.

[sundog]

7. i said it was good, not great.

that is all.

[democracyindanger]

9. I was merely concurring while establishing more detailed parameters.

And you made me waste my 5000th post on clarifying a statement, when I had a two thousand word screed tying Bush to depictions of bestiality on ancient Grecian pottery, ready to go in celebration.

[WCGreen]

10. You should track better

That is all

[sundog]

11. no shit.

that is all.

[democracyindanger]

15. Ah, but you both are

missing out on topic headings like, "THE MINOTAUR--MORE BULL THAN JUST ABOVE THE SHOULDERS AND WHAT IT HAS TO DO WITH BUSH'S NUMEROUS PRIVATE SCREENINGS OF 'CLASH OF THE TITANS'"

Garden State: Good, but not great.

[sundog]

17. i already said it was good.

that is all.

[sundog]

12. don't blame me.

that is all.

congrats btw :toast:

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

45. I am using my 500th post to state my love for Garden State

the movie not the actual Garden State, not so much anymore atleast.

Great is a word used in connection with movies way too much, in my opinion. The only movie(s) to come out the past five years that deserve that adjective already is the LOTR trilogy.

[ghostsofgiants]

16. I thought it was great.

That is all.

[sundog]

20. watch them try to gang up on us.

that is all.

[democracyindanger]

48. But you said it was 'good.' and did not dispute my assessment

that it was good, but not great.

I don't think we're getting the whole truth from you.

[nickgutierrez]

13. Never seen it.

That is all.

[sundog]

14. this is a thread for people who have seen garden state.

that is all.

[nickgutierrez]

18. See post #1.

that is all.

[sundog]

22. i already saw it.

that is all.

[Ivan Sputnik]

19. I enjoyed it.

Thought it was a little too self-conscious and deliberate about its quirkiness, though.

[sundog]

21. thanks for your insight.

that is all.

:P

[DerekG]

24. Agreed

If you like your outcast movies to have a less wry tone, I recommend "Ghost World" and "American Splendor."

[tigereye]

25. but shouldn't outcast movies have a wry tone?

;)

I actually thought Ghost World had tongue a bit in cheek. Not terribly, but.

[sundog]

26. ghost world was fab!

that is all.

[WCGreen]

29. I liked that one too

That is all

[WCGreen]

30. Am I a Perv for liking young girl movies at 47

That is all

[tigereye]

32. well, it is interesting to look at different perspectives....

that isn't necessarily a perv thing. Depends on your motivation, I suppose.

I like teen movies now for some reason because it is fun to look back on that time with some distance.

[WCGreen]

39. Yea but the girls in Ghost World were hot

That is all

[tigereye]

31. I liked the odd color schemes

but I felt oddly sorry for the young women and their sense of alienation.

[sundog]

34. but that's what suburban living is all about

there is a lot of stuff about the facade of "pretty life" vs. the frustration underneath...

couple of subtle catwoman references... note when they go to the mailbox & pull out a mag with michelle pfeiffer on the cover... later she goes into the porn shop & pulls out the latex catwoman mask

[tigereye]

42. I didn't grow up in the suburbs

small town girl here... so I guess I don't totally get suburban alienation all that well. Although they did remind me of friends of mine from the punk scene. Sort of that bored/ ennui/ Not yet come to frution thing.

And the film looked like they lived in a fairly cosmo town ( or was it LA masquerading as Kansas, or Oregon?)

I think there is a homage to David Lynch as well.

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

44. No this was actually shot in the Garden State

I am currently working on finding as many of the filming locations as possible.

[tigereye]

46. oops sorry

I was off topic and talking about Ghost World, instead. :)

[DerekG]

27. Yes, but consider the perspective

True, in the first act of "Ghost World," the two protagonists were the most cynical creatures in town, but the film itself never betrays its objective POV. There's a grace and naturalism to "Ghost" and "Splendor" that I just don't see in "Garden State."

Still, Portman makes an indelible impression in a couple of her first scenes.

[sundog]

28. aimee mann based a song on that movie

called of course "ghost world" - it's great

[tigereye]

33. I thought American Splendor was great!

very sweet and funny.

[WCGreen]

38. I met Harvey Pekar. He wrote for the paper I did

That is all

[tigereye]

40. that is very cool!

I thought Paul Giamatt did a great job!

I had a friend who used to love Pekar's work and at the time, I didn't really like it. I suspect I didn't really "get" it at the time, since I was too much a pampered student then. But now, Pekar's work really speaks to me and is incredibly insightful.

[hibbing]

23. some good songs on soundtrack too

I loved the scene where it was raining and they were screaming.
The mom taking bongs was uh..interesting too.

[sundog]

37. thievery corporation is the best.

that is all.

[TheProphetess]

35. I completely agree

that is all.

[sundog]

36. thank you.

that is all.

[northzax]

41. no it isn't.

that is all.

[sundog]

47. that's your problem.

that is all.

[northzax]

49. lemming.

if no one else jumped off a cliff, would you? :)

[sundog]

50. yes.

that is all. :P

[StuckinBFE]

43. I loved the flaming arrow part, makes me laugh just thinking about it

I do agree that it was a good movie, maybe even great I would need to watch again.

ha ha, flaming arrows...