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Friday, May 27, 2005
Saw Garden State
I have to admit that I liked it. Yes, Zach Braff makes an assured directorial and writing debut. Natalie Portman is charming, if irritating. She's a much better scatterbrained, epileptic, pathological liar than galactic princess-turned-senator. But something seems a little generic about this indie hit of 2004.
Garden State is a good example of its rapidly emerging genre of overtly quirky coming-of-age stories. All the elements are in place. The script is sprinkled with clever cultural allusions and liberal "fucks" (it is New Jersey), and the pop soundtrack nicely fills out the indie vibe. Some scenes occur in fast-forward while our numb hero sits, well, numbly. There is the hyperactive, outgoing girl, who brings hero out of his stupor by stumbling endearingly over her thoughtlessly-phrased sentences. A sequence in which high school acquaintances do a variety of decadent drugs and play spin the bottle. There is our numb hero. Beautiful World, by British indie stars Coldplay. Behold the hyperactive girl's quirky household: three dobermans, a forest of hamster tubes and a backyard cemetery for the tiny deceased. A large African man who is referred to as girl costar's brother. He is is applying his forensic investigation skills to discover who keeps peeing on his Gamecube (it is a dog).
What I'm trying to say is that this sorta new sorta old genre, or modified genre is already cliché-ing itself, and I can't even explain how. But it's there. You see. I mean, the adopted African guy? That is so done. I Heart Huckabees, another 2004 movie that is very similar in style if not in content, (and is the content really so different?) utilized the tired "American Family adopts large African man" cliché. Okay, fine, Garden State came out first, and it doesn't really matter because I'm sure Huckabees was in production before Garden State came out, but something is going on here! I don't know man, but I'm going to get to the bottom of this!
In conclusion, Garden State is a very enjoyable movie.
Nicky
MY E-MAIL! Okayeahwhatever@yahoo.com.
AIM: Jake Aimer
Garden State is a good example of its rapidly emerging genre of overtly quirky coming-of-age stories. All the elements are in place. The script is sprinkled with clever cultural allusions and liberal "fucks" (it is New Jersey), and the pop soundtrack nicely fills out the indie vibe. Some scenes occur in fast-forward while our numb hero sits, well, numbly. There is the hyperactive, outgoing girl, who brings hero out of his stupor by stumbling endearingly over her thoughtlessly-phrased sentences. A sequence in which high school acquaintances do a variety of decadent drugs and play spin the bottle. There is our numb hero. Beautiful World, by British indie stars Coldplay. Behold the hyperactive girl's quirky household: three dobermans, a forest of hamster tubes and a backyard cemetery for the tiny deceased. A large African man who is referred to as girl costar's brother. He is is applying his forensic investigation skills to discover who keeps peeing on his Gamecube (it is a dog).
What I'm trying to say is that this sorta new sorta old genre, or modified genre is already cliché-ing itself, and I can't even explain how. But it's there. You see. I mean, the adopted African guy? That is so done. I Heart Huckabees, another 2004 movie that is very similar in style if not in content, (and is the content really so different?) utilized the tired "American Family adopts large African man" cliché. Okay, fine, Garden State came out first, and it doesn't really matter because I'm sure Huckabees was in production before Garden State came out, but something is going on here! I don't know man, but I'm going to get to the bottom of this!
In conclusion, Garden State is a very enjoyable movie.
Nicky
MY E-MAIL! Okayeahwhatever@yahoo.com.
AIM: Jake Aimer
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