Great movie however lets not go overboard

Rating: 8/10 (30 October 2006)

To say this movie defines a generation is a total exaggeration. Sure It is a very well written and superbly casted piece, it does not define a generation. It does not define 20 something year old inner city youths or the Canadian native population or anyone but the upper middle class and over medicated population. Thats like saying Boyz in da hood defined our generation. No it did not it explained what life is like for a certain group of people... So did Garden state.
That being said this movie was pretty good. Natalie Portman gave a stellar performance and totally redeemed herself for the star wars movies. I also enjoyed the many different religious and mythological references in this movie. Thee boatman at the end of the abyss returning the lost family heirloom was an interesting concept and represented Charon returning a trinket from the underworld. These characters all go through a journey and it is fundamentaly important that everyone understands that it was not made to "define a generation" it was made to convey a far more important question: can life be real without feeling? Think about it and stop trying to define our generation with movies... just enjoy them.