(Old) Movie – Garden State

HBO has been playing this movie a lot lately.

 

It’s this quirky intelligent little movie filled with phenomenal music.

 

It’s written and directed by Zach Braff (recall D.J. in NBC’s sitcom Scrub??).

 

It’s about “A young man returns home for his mother's funeral after being estranged from his family for a decade. “ And he found his true love (in the form of Natalie Portman) in his home state the Garden State (New Jersey).

 

It has a certain light sadness throughout the movie. And we as the perfect observer can’t help being moved in the process.

 

Snapshots:

 

Music: 

Let Go by Frou Frou (one of the many many amazing songs in the movie!)

 

Btw, I bought the soundtrack CD yesterday. Can’t don’t do it – you know?

 

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Lyrics of “Let Go”

 

drink up, baby down
mmm, are you in or are you out
leave your things behind
'cause it's all going off without you
excuse me, too busy you're writing your tragedy
these mishaps
you bubble wrap
when you've no idea what you're like

so let go, jump in
oh well, whatcha waiting for
it's alright
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown
so let go, just get in
oh, it's so amazing here
it's alright
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown

it gains the more it gives
and then it rises with the fall
so hand me that remote
can't you see that all that stuff's a sideshow

such boundless pleasure
we've no time for later now
you can't await your own arrival
you've 20 seconds to comply

so let go, jump in
oh well, whatcha waiting for
it's alright
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown
so let go, just get in
oh, it's so amazing here
it's alright
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown