Garden State (2004)

My labmate Nicolas was astonished to hear that I hadnt seen this movie. Ashamed as I was, I had to watch this one. The movie is set to bring out the age of those who are in their twenties now. It was supposed to show me how I was feeling and that its a feeling that is felt by the entire race of twenty year olds.
To quote a review: "It is a film that speaks to an entire generation. 1947's "The Best Years of Our Lives" spoke to our grandparents. "The Graduate" spoke to our parents. "Fight Club" spoke to our older brothers working dead-end jobs in the 90's. But it is with the arrival of "Garden State" that our generation is spoken to, those of us born in the early-mid 80's who are in our late teens and early twenties trying to make it by in a environment that seems all at once to strange and yet so familiar"

I did indeed enjoy the movie, though I wouldn't go as far as the reviewer in my accolades to the movie. Maybe because I dont share the same feelings as young americans do. But what I did enjoy was the choice of music for the movie. They were just so right for the movie. I had to go and get the OST for this movie. A little more investigation into Zach's movie told me that this movie won the Grammy for choice of music in a movie. An apt choice I would say.