Garden State

Some vitrolic comments but mostly nice - IMDB Forum

I like the comment: "I'm not emo, so don't even try that".

Emo is the new "too cool" music, it's the music that hipsters say they they like, when relly they can't stand the dirges and mellowness. No pain, no gain. The cool wannabes realise that. what with the OC name checking Dasboard Confessional and Death Cab for Cuties, one has to suffer the emo for the appearance of cool. Or maybe not.

^ is refering to todays school kids. I'm a bit older than that. To me emo was melodic punk - unwritten law and bodyjar, and the Shins, Something for Kate etc. were indie-alt rock. I wonder if Slint realised that they were emo?

Probably I'm just jealous in that traditional rock way - your fave bands are getting more fans, and your "market share" decreases.

Maybe Garden State is an emo film, but its a brilliant emo film. In the same way Blues Brothers is a brilliant blues film, and Blues Brothers 2000 is an awful blues film.

The forum is arguing (on one hand) that the too-cool hipsters just want to see their latest fave film get into the IMDB all time greats list. You know what? Time will tell. There is always a bias towards recent films in any such list (because we live in the most important time, stupid, and also cause unlike film students, most of the population hasn't seen Murnau's Sunrise, which would win every list if they had...). But i do know that Garden State deserves to be at least considered for the all time greats, whereas say, Prey for Rock and Roll shouldn't.

Going into anti-verbose mode:
movie.....good....very.

I could relate to the "where is home?" talks.