FILM REVIEW: GARDEN STATE
Written/Dir/Star: Zach Braff
Costar: Ian Holm, Natalie Portman
Instead of reading a review of a film that you can't possibly review with any accuracy, my diagnosis comes in the form of a personal account shortly after having seen the movie...
Naked Superhero: yeah
Naked Superhero: I just saw garden state
Naked Superhero: go see it
Naked Superhero: I dont know if I want to laugh, cry, break someones nose, wet my pants because I can...
Naked Superhero: I hate that I love movies like that.
Calyn: i'm going friday with my mama
Naked Superhero: they always make me want to go out and do something with my life, and then I never do, so I think back about how inspired I was right after and then get angry that I'm not always that inspired, or that when I am, I dont do anything about it.
Naked Superhero: the worst thing about ambition is knowing when you have it and aren't using it.
Calyn: that's poetic and beautiful and sad and true
Naked Superhero: I know. And I hate it.
Naked Superhero: I feel like I should be carrying a tape recorder with me, copying down all those ephemeral moments that always seem to turn up in life-altering movies.
Naked Superhero: but I don't. and then I remember those moments and how fleeting they were and I'm not sure if the movie makes me feel cheated out of something, or glad that someone else knows where I'm coming from.
Naked Superhero: And movies like that prove that because of my life, I could be a famous actor some day, just from who I am. But my fear that I will never be famous (or worse, that I will be and regret it all) makes me wonder if my life is just tantamount of my search for something I want for poor reasons.
Naked Superhero: Do I want to be famous for the money and esteem, for the gratification, or because I want to do good? Or am I just so bored with this life that everyone else seems to be praising in their movies, I'm trying to escape to some hollywood fantasy that's basically just a mirror image of what I'm running away from.
Naked Superhero: I'm confused, depressed, and not sure what the hell I'm doing on earth. And thanks to this god damned free will shit, I can't tell if I like it or hate it. Sometimes life is so crushing I feel like I am someone else's movie altogether...is that weird?
Calyn: i don't think it's weird. I just think thats life.
Naked Superhero: Sometimes I hate that I feel.
Calyn: Sometimes I do too. But sometimes I love it...and THAT's the shit that makes the hating tolerable. At least I think so.
Carolyn is brilliant. Now go see Garden State.
TO MODIFY THE S.C. STORY:
4 days of sun, a night partying with Nick and Ryan my brothers friends (which drunkenly led me to a Willy Nelson/Bob Dillon concert...ROCK ON.), and I met 2 girls, one of whom was not only gorgeous but lives 3 minutes off campus from me...should be an interesting return to New York. Plus we stayed an extra day (the stupid airline finally decided to chip in and cover our expenses) which wasn't too shabby either...
Written/Dir/Star: Zach Braff
Costar: Ian Holm, Natalie Portman
Instead of reading a review of a film that you can't possibly review with any accuracy, my diagnosis comes in the form of a personal account shortly after having seen the movie...
Naked Superhero: yeah
Naked Superhero: I just saw garden state
Naked Superhero: go see it
Naked Superhero: I dont know if I want to laugh, cry, break someones nose, wet my pants because I can...
Naked Superhero: I hate that I love movies like that.
Calyn: i'm going friday with my mama
Naked Superhero: they always make me want to go out and do something with my life, and then I never do, so I think back about how inspired I was right after and then get angry that I'm not always that inspired, or that when I am, I dont do anything about it.
Naked Superhero: the worst thing about ambition is knowing when you have it and aren't using it.
Calyn: that's poetic and beautiful and sad and true
Naked Superhero: I know. And I hate it.
Naked Superhero: I feel like I should be carrying a tape recorder with me, copying down all those ephemeral moments that always seem to turn up in life-altering movies.
Naked Superhero: but I don't. and then I remember those moments and how fleeting they were and I'm not sure if the movie makes me feel cheated out of something, or glad that someone else knows where I'm coming from.
Naked Superhero: And movies like that prove that because of my life, I could be a famous actor some day, just from who I am. But my fear that I will never be famous (or worse, that I will be and regret it all) makes me wonder if my life is just tantamount of my search for something I want for poor reasons.
Naked Superhero: Do I want to be famous for the money and esteem, for the gratification, or because I want to do good? Or am I just so bored with this life that everyone else seems to be praising in their movies, I'm trying to escape to some hollywood fantasy that's basically just a mirror image of what I'm running away from.
Naked Superhero: I'm confused, depressed, and not sure what the hell I'm doing on earth. And thanks to this god damned free will shit, I can't tell if I like it or hate it. Sometimes life is so crushing I feel like I am someone else's movie altogether...is that weird?
Calyn: i don't think it's weird. I just think thats life.
Naked Superhero: Sometimes I hate that I feel.
Calyn: Sometimes I do too. But sometimes I love it...and THAT's the shit that makes the hating tolerable. At least I think so.
Carolyn is brilliant. Now go see Garden State.
TO MODIFY THE S.C. STORY:
4 days of sun, a night partying with Nick and Ryan my brothers friends (which drunkenly led me to a Willy Nelson/Bob Dillon concert...ROCK ON.), and I met 2 girls, one of whom was not only gorgeous but lives 3 minutes off campus from me...should be an interesting return to New York. Plus we stayed an extra day (the stupid airline finally decided to chip in and cover our expenses) which wasn't too shabby either...
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xo
sunny