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I am somewhat afraid that this film will ruin Garden State for me.

posted 10 years ago by cmertes-1
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When I first heard about this, I thought the best case outcome was a second Garden State, a film that I really liked, and the worst case was just a bad movie. Now seeing the trailer and the one-to-one copy of certain Garden State moments like the standing-at-the-edge-of-a-canyon-and-freeing-your-mind scene make me fear that the movie in combination with Garden State will become a "How to Make a Whimsical Zach Brach Movie" manual that ruins both films.

Edit: I watched it now and I have to say the similarities are not as concentrated as they are in the trailer. So overall I kinda enjoyed it and it didn't ruin Garden State for me. It's not exactly a legendary movie either but well.

[–] Final_Hitokiri 10 years ago

If you're concerned about that, probably your best course of action is to avoid this movie and treasure the one that you already love!

Funny how that works. He had a good product already... now he has the potential to complete wreck that one after the fact.

[–] cmertes-1 10 years ago

Funny how that works. He had a good product already... now he has the potential to complete wreck that one after the fact.

Yeah, that would be quite the sad irony.

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[–] cmertes-1 10 years ago

Other than you being off by a factor of two and the irony of asking such a question on the forums of the Internet Movie Database, what are you getting at?

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[–] Luckysbicycleworks 10 years ago

Garden State is and will remain my favorite film. I went and saw Wish I Was Here last night. I can say if you loved Garden State then you will appreciate WIWH and it's message. It's a personal film from Zach Braff. It isn't better then Garden State. They are two different films but have that same Braff feeling. After hearing nothing but bad reviews and saying it was bland and boring, I was afraid WIWH wasn't going to be a good film. I sat back, relaxed and enjoyed every second of it.

Braff does it again with well written characters and a good story. Definitely check it out. I went home and watched Garden State right after and I can promise you that it doesn't leave me hating it or feeling different to it at all. If anything I loved Garden State even more.

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[–] cmertes-1 10 years ago

Well then, let's hope I'll feel the same way I guess :)

[–] cmertes-1 10 years ago

There is nothing ironic about me asking any question that I wish.

Not unless actual irony exists, which here it does not.

I have no idea whatsoever what you are talking about but to be quite honest with you, I somehow don't even care so don't take it personally if I stop replying to your riddles now.

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[–] cmertes-1 10 years ago

I did what? It was I who brought up irony, how could I possibly have intended to reprimand you for using the word incorrectly?

In case you are wondering BTW, the irony I was referring to was that you asked the kind of basic question about a movie that this very site was designed to answer; in this case "when did this movie come out?" I only spent half a sentence on this remark anyway and whatever assumptions and misunderstandings happened after that, it should at least have been clear that my main intention in that post was just to find out what you wanted to say in the first place.

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[–] RustyShacklefordd 10 years ago

It's not as good as Garden State, but it's still a very good movie. It does a good job at doing what it's trying to do for the most part. It just isn't anything that original and could have used some trimming. I'd say it's worth seeing at a matinee.

[–] skymoscow 10 years ago

It will. It did.

[–] rcpleasants 10 years ago

When the credits rolled I turned to my honey and said this movie is about 25% as good as Garden State. A few days later I think 25% is the right amount.

[–] skymoscow 10 years ago

Forced me to rewatch Scrubs on NF start-to-finish... Oh, 00's were the shiznit...

[–] cardinalsfan27 10 years ago

There are very few similarities to Garden State. If you will let those similarities ruin a movie for you then you should stop watching movies all together because every movie has that especially when both are written and directed by the same person.

[–] theunopeneddoor-697-442391 10 years ago

How can a movie ruin another movie? Garden State will always be the same film, unless someone recuts it or something.

Joseph Chastainme
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[–] cmertes-1 10 years ago

I already told you how I think this is possible but maybe another example will at least help you to see my point, whether or not you agree with it: I think Transformers would be much better regarded these days if the exact same movie hadn't been shot three more times, making Michael Bay's pattern of filmmaking plain as day for everyone to see and making Transformers 1 just one more element in a series of pointless explosions instead of the rather enjoyable blockbuster action flick that it used to be.

[–] theunopeneddoor-697-442391 10 years ago

Transformers was horrible period. There was no way it would have been "better regarded."

Joseph Chastainme
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marks-the-series/806493646056177

[–] cmertes-1 10 years ago

You're not so good at this thing called "getting the point", are you? ;)

Anyway, there may be times when I enjoy pointlessly discussing things with people who will veer off topic at every possible or impossible occasion but this is not it. So I'm outta this subthread.

[–] Final_Hitokiri 10 years ago

I'm reeling you back in, because I agree with your assessment about Mr. Bay's 4 movies (which are the same movie just shot from different angles).

However, the same can be said for a lot of the Comic Book movies these days.

[–] theunopeneddoor-697-442391 10 years ago

No i got your point and disagreed. YOu didn't get MY point, that Garden State is the same movie no matter how many times Braff would do similar movies. Just because YOU have limitations and can allow your opinion to be swayed like that doesn't mean Braff is a bad filmmaker.

Joseph Chastainme
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marks-the-series/806493646056177

[–] yesanything 8 years ago

Nothing could ever ruin the Fantastic Garden!
😌

>the coins in the jar are for charity,
<the coins in the tray are for sharing

[–] Prelude (1443) 7 years ago

I liked this a thousand time better than Garden State.