I just re-watched "Garden State" because I couldn't find anything

[ET Awful]

on TV worth watching . . . I certainly hope that Zach Braff writes and directs more movies. I personally thought it was a great flick. It was also a great platform to prove that Natalie Portman is not just a pretty face, but can actually act (something she wasn't able to prove with a Lucas script).

What a great movie :). (in my opinion anyway).

[VOX]

1. Very sweet movie, and in a non-cloying way...

I believe that Braff also personally selected all the music in the film.

:thumbsup:

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6. Yup, he did.

And did a wonderful job at it. Probably my favorite soundtrack since Niagara Niagara (another wonderful movie that I highly recommend).

[sundog]

2. yeah, i liked it

as far as rom coms go :)

[Kire]

3. my favorite movie

I'm from New Jersey. I'm 29. I take medication. My mother insists. My father is dead. That movie is about me.

[WindRavenX]

4. me too!

=)

[Kire]

7. SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER

SPOILER SPOILER

There is something I really want to talk about but I fucking hate spoilers. I hope this is enough warning for my conscience to be at ease for posting the ending to this movie on a public message board. But, this is important to me, in a literary-dramatic criticism kind of way.

So, please, please, please, be warned. If you haven't seen this movie, and I hope you someday do, please don't scroll down to read the rest of this post.





































































I was disappointed that the plane didn't crash at the end. That would have made it the most tragic movie ever. The way it just kind of leveled out really made no sense. You know the term "Deus ex Machina"?

Deus ex Machina

In some ancient Greek drama, an apparently insoluble crisis was solved by the intervention of a god, often brought on stage by an elaborate piece of equipment. This "god from the machine" was literally a deus ex machina.

Few modern works feature deities suspended by wires from the ceiling, but the term deus ex machina is still used for cases where an author uses some improbable (and often clumsy) plot device to work his or her way out of a difficult situation. When the cavalry comes charging over the hill or when the impoverished hero is relieved by an unexpected inheritance, it's often called a deus ex machina.

http://newark.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Terms/deusexmachina.html

I suspect that they only did that to pacify the studio who was too afraid to see Natalie Portman just totally fucking wrecked, which, to me, would be so beautiful. If you're going to have a movie where every scene is a further step toward tragedy (like when he revealed to her that he was considered responsible for his mother's physical condition the last few years of her life), why not just go all the way and finish crashing the plane?

It would be a tragedy, but not a travesty. You saw him, the plane was crashing, and he was just as serene as could be. His soul was at peace. Like I said, beautiful. Natalie would be a 'widow', in a sense...but, at least she would know, that a good man really exists. That doesn't happen every day.

[ghostsofgiants]

I love that movie

I must have watched it a dozen times when it came out on dvd. I just couldn't get enough of it. Braff is definitely extremely talented.

[ismnotwasm]

5. I've never seen the movie,

But my daughter downloaded the soundtrack, and I like some of it. We have the movie, I guess I should watch it...

[Kire]

8. yes, please do

it is a good quality film