Friday, September 10, 2004

"i haven't even lied in like, the past two days"

never will there be a better movie than garden state. ever.

you know when a movie comes out and for some reason you just know you have to see it?

like, someone mentions it to you “have you seen anything about this new movie garden state?” and you answer “uh, no, i’ve heard the name i guess but no previews, no reviews, no ads, no hype, no nothing yet.”

so at this point it may already be out, or it may be coming out in like a month, you think a friend may have said it was out, you don’t know.

you’re walking around downtown one day very hungry when you stumble into the theatre with every intention of finding a movie you can fall asleep to after finishing your free popcorn because that’s the easiest and definitely the cheapest meal you can think of getting right now.

WELL HOLD THE FUCK ON.

you’re wearing hungry eyes, but you could swear you see that garden state is playing. your body is jolted awake now and you start to get jittery excited, like how when you know you’re about to get laid kind of jittery excited.

while waiting for the movie to start you kind of prep yourself about the possibility of disappointment. you don’t want to get too excited, but you just can’t help yourself. your leg starts shaking up and down, and you dream of being blown away. or maybe of just being blown.

and then just after the movie starts it ends. you’re sitting there telling yourself that it can’t be the end. it was too short. it was too good. those credits mean nothing, there’s more to come, there must be. but there isn’t.

so you walk out of the theatre wishing you were as cool as zach braff because zach braff is god. zach braff is your new idol. nobody has ever written a better movie than zach braff just has. nobody has ever directed a movie like zach braff just has. and nobody has come close to acting as well as zach braff just has. never have you seen more perfect characters. never have you been so moved by someone’s acting.

you’ve just fallen for a character in a movie. by all the characters in a movie. you’re just so damn frustrated because they were so awesome and it took a genius to put that movie together and it just flowed so well and the music rocked and the comedy was just perfectly dark and depressive and hard to catch if you’re a happy-go-lucky person. you like it because there has never been a better movie character than what zach braff has just played. if you could you’d marry him. now.

AND THEN WHY THE SHIT is natalie portman is so damn hot and why isn’t she still in harvard square so i could call her up and just hang like we did last year around this time?

best line of the movie? ha! you wish. see it yourself.

warning! this entry contains spoilers. lots.