Garden State
Listening to: It’s Too Late - Evermore
I saw Garden State on Friday. I
was delighted to see that it didn’t feel like a long episode of Scrubs. Zach
Braff (writer, director, star…. too talented for his own good) has wonderfully
summed up that “High School (check), University (check), first lame job (check),
childhood (check), parents as humans not as authority (check)…. wtf do I do
now?” feeling you get when you’re in your mid twenties. Natalie Portman
is very good as the hyper active Sarah and Peter Sarsgaard is also brilliant
as the slacker Mark. The movie has this very surreal aspect to it that I also enjoyed
because it was executed so well (it felt like magic). It won’t be for everyone…
but I think those that do get it will love it. It also has a great sound track going
for it.
