Random Question of the Moment. 9/6/07 @ 11:14 pm Edition

I'm sitting in bed watching "Garden State" which I happened to pick out from my collection at random tonight (perhaps I was craving a huge dose of Vitamin Emo?)  This is only my second or third time watching it all the way through and I just DO NOT get what all the fuss was about!  Great soundtrack, sure.  But it's like I keep forgetting that I dislike the film itself.  And don't get me started on Natalie Portman.  She drives me nuts in this movie.  Am I crazy? 

(The movie leaves me feeling like Natalie Portman looks in this picture: stunned by a taser.)

Comments

[Meg]

I never really got what all the fuss was about either, and sort of figured that maybe it was too hyped by the time I saw it. But to me it feels like a movie that tries so very hard to seem cool and original in a kind of effortless way, but winds up being a string of cliches without much of thought behind them. Without the soundtrack--which is also a bit self-consciously cool, no?--I'm not convinced it would have received the reaction it did.

So no, you're not crazy. Or at least not alone in your craziness.

[Ariel]

You're not crazy! I thought I was the only one that thought "Garden State" was overrated!

[M]

Meg you perfectly summed it up! Much more concise than I could manage laying in bed at night when I posted this!

Glad you girls agree, I don't know why I own this movie. Although, as my friends will tell you, in my big collection I have MORE than a few duds. :-)

[Jim]

i liked it...no defense, just liked it

[jennifer]

i liked it too...i hadn't heard much of the hype and just popped the dvd into the player.

natalie portman tap dancing was cute!