Stop saying this is the movie that defines my generation!!

Rating: 4/10 (7 November 2008)

This movie has a great soundtrack if you're indie. I'm not really, my ex was. Garden State is excessively melodramatic and tries to hard to be deep. Other reviewers correctly pointed out that it is a Wes Anderson rip-off, that Natalie Portman's character is a copy of Alyssa Jones from the much better Chasing Amy, that the scream scene is suppose to mean that Largeman's life is an infinite abyss. All I can say is that excessive existentialism will kill any movie. The initial scenes of Zach Braff's lost stare can get on anyone's nerve. Honestly, if it weren't for Natalie Portman's character (who in reality would be too fun and lively too find anything interesting in the dull and boring Largeman), I would have turned off this movie after 30 minutes. And I'm tired of stupid reviewers saying this movie is emblematic of young twentysomethings. They're basically saying that my generation is nihilistic, only cares about getting wasted and laid, is self-centered and loves to whine over everything.....Oh well.