Another point of view

Rating: 2/10 (1 June 2005)

I do not agree with the comment that "movies like this are rare". When I was in the theater I had the impression of "I've seen it before - and it disgusts me". There are plenty of American movie clichés in Garden State. For instance, there is the character played by Natalie ; a pretty girl who in the beginning takes initiative to get closer to a little nerdy guy, who is a stranger to her, and who seemingly is not attracted to her (something which from a simply biological point of view is rather implausible). In addition, there are a lot of, in my point of view, corny, pretentious, predictable and not-at-all-funny jokes and supposed-to-be-romantic moments. Even the camera movements seemed pretentious to me at times. Furthermore, the story just seemed to go nowhere. I was just so disgusted that I couldn't finish it but had to leave the theater in advance. Unfortunately.