garden state

= movie that scott, eric, and me went to see tonight... it was incredibly good.

i mostly wanted to see it because the guy from scrubs was the director/producer/main actor and the previews had some interesting imagery,... turned out to be an amazing movie.

plot?
andrew (zach braff) is a 26 year old actor in LA who hasn't been home in 10 years... his dad calls him to tell him his mom died and he needs to come home for the funeral... in the 4 days he's there, which are also the first 4 days of his life since he was 10 that he hasn't been insanely medicated for depression, he meets up with both old and new friends who eventually help him come to the conclusion, that no matter what it is, or how good or bad it is, life is meant to be felt.... after much running around with friends and getting close to a crazy epileptic girl (natalie portman), eventually andrew comes to terms with the fact that although his dad (also his psychiatrist) has meant well and been trying to make him "happy" all his life, maybe things don't need to be fixed, and maybe it's ok to not be happy all the time... that even if it's pain, they just need to feel.

(that was a circular summary paragraph, wasn't it? :-P)

favorite quotes:

Andrew: F***, this hurts.
Sam : I know it hurts. But it's life, and it's real. And sometimes it f***ing hurts, but it's life, and it's pretty much all we got.

Andrew : Have fun searching the infinite abyss.
Albert : You too.

later dudes