I'm re-watching Garden State for the first time in about 4 years. Part of the reason I disliked it the first time around was because of Natalie Portman's character. The second part of that reason, was because someone once compared me to her character. I've always disliked her part in the movie, but I guess now after watching it a few times, she is a likable person, with a good heart, so how can you really go wrong? I guess it was her optimism that I was opposed to. Since I'm a negative Nancy. But now that I'm older, and more mature, I'm understanding the appeal to her. She's so kindhearted, sincere.
After all, this is a movie about my home state, I'm supposed to like it. And as unreal as it may seem, the movie does represent the Garden State almost one hundred percent. This shit was my high school, college years, current. Zack Braff, he did graduate from one of the Oranges with Lauryn Hill.. Supposedly..
"I realize how silly it is to take anything too seriously."
Maybe a few years too late I've felt that I should take this advice to heart.
I feel like I fully comprehend the meaning of that statement (in the present), and excuse the melancholy, but as a teenager, I was a miserable brat. But.. now, that sentence seems very close to my heart.
