tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407391624985829089.post1201239150868730242..comments2024-03-28T16:52:10.619-04:00Comments on Radiator Heaven: Garden StateJ.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11823190634186509982noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407391624985829089.post-51196739318541797652013-04-02T10:04:21.377-04:002013-04-02T10:04:21.377-04:00Maurice Mitchell:
Welcome and thanks! Yeah, it is...Maurice Mitchell:<br /><br />Welcome and thanks! Yeah, it is too bad that the film didn't get more awards. I do believe it won top honors at that year's Indie Spirit Awards.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407391624985829089.post-49826154929197252502013-04-02T10:03:03.138-04:002013-04-02T10:03:03.138-04:00Francisco Gonzalez:
Thanks for your comments. I a...Francisco Gonzalez:<br /><br />Thanks for your comments. I agree! The touching moments in the film do feel genuine and you really do get involved with these characters.<br /><br /><br />Jonny Metro:<br /><br />Good to see another fan of this film. For awhile, it was not cool to like this film. A real backlash came up against it but I think it has aged very well. I agree with you that Braff wasn't trying to make some zeitgeist movie and sell a bunch of soundtrack albums. He picked all the music because it meant something personal to him as did the film, much like you said. And you're right, it was no different than what Tarantino does and the world kisses his ass.<br /><br />I also like the relationship between Sam and Large. It definitely is the strongest aspect of the film and the most well developed. It certainly helps that Braff and Portman had create chemistry on-screen. Their characters shouldn't work together but they do. They both are damaged people of sorts and I think that is part of what draws them to each other.<br /><br />As always great comments, my friend.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407391624985829089.post-43780808556968673222013-03-27T18:21:39.687-04:002013-03-27T18:21:39.687-04:00J.D., good or bad, the story behind the movie is f...J.D., good or bad, the story behind the movie is fascinating. Too bad they don't give Oscars for perseverance.<br />Maurice <br />Geek Twins (Lamb #1444)Maurice Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15338165486757095191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407391624985829089.post-3703277380938209282013-03-26T11:18:03.932-04:002013-03-26T11:18:03.932-04:00I'm a big fan of this film. When I first saw ...I'm a big fan of this film. When I first saw it, I thought that it was good...but it grew on me more and more over time. I was never a fan of SCRUBS, and so this was my first exposure to Braff in any form that I could appreciate. A lot of people like to hate on it, I know. They think it is pretentious, but Braff wasn't shooting for a mainstream comedy, he was shooting for art comedy of sorts. And no attempt at art, successful or otherwise, is without its pretensions.<br /><br />I remember some backlash against the soundtrack as well, calling it hipster bullshit, and stating that Graff was selling the movie to kids based solely on the soundtrack. I don't believe that's necessarily true. He's a young guy, and he populated the soundtrack with songs that were important to him, and placed them in ways that added to the scenes they were in and made you rethink them. I don't see that as any different than what Tarantino does. Braff just did it with (mostly) new bands and new music, and although those songs haven't yet faced the test of time, a collection of more classic music wouldn't have seemed genuine. GARDEN STATE is very much a movie of its time, and the soundtrack had to reflect that.<br /><br />My favorite aspect of the film is the relationship between Large and Sam. At the start of the film, Large is so heavily medicated that he is numb, unable to feel anything. Sam, on the other hand, is so manic that she feels everything to a dangerous extreme. He is medicated, but probably shouldn't be. She isn't medicated, but probably should be. They exist on completely opposite sides of the emotional spectrum, and as they get to know each other, they balance each other out, meeting somewhere in the middle.<br /><br />Great write-up as usual, my friend.<br />--J/MetroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407391624985829089.post-1035969167265159732013-03-25T08:09:52.789-04:002013-03-25T08:09:52.789-04:00I remember seeing Garden State a couple of times a...I remember seeing Garden State a couple of times at the theater, I loved that soundtrack, and the story, which has it's touching moments and feels genuine, kind of like a bunch of people who don't know what to do with their lives in this crazy world. Loved that scene where they go visit that family living down in that canyon. They were a humble family, with lots of love in the midst of the cold storm, loved the symbolisms there. Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.com