October 26, 2005

Didn't you play the retarded quarterback?

Jason writes that the film Garden State is for "twentysomethings who just want to say that they liked something." He adds: "It tried to be about 14 different things but never really decided what to say about any of them, so it ended up being about kissing Natalie Portman." As for me, I enjoyed most of the 14 things the film tried to be. But mostly, I enjoyed the soundtrack, which currently is my favorite CD.

This weekend, I found out that Adam didn't think much of Garden State either. It seems to me that everyone seems to be placing very high standards on this film. As a coming-of-age film, is it the Graduate? No. But if that's the standards by which we grade movies, we're going to be disappointed a lot.

4 comments:

The Ham said...

I didn't like The Graduate, either.

Mike said...

What's wrong with kissing Natalie Portman?

SAL said...

And now everybody's saying "Elizabethtown" is Garden State 2005. With an equally interesting soundtrack, I'd argue, but then I always like soundtracks. I thought both movies were a grand way to spend a few hours. Plus the road trip in E'town is worth the price of admission. (to me).

The Ham said...

Nothing's *wrong* with kissing Natalie Portman; I just don't want to pay $9.50 to watch some other guy do it.

For the record, "Kissing Jessica Stein" was a much more interesting movie.