Garden State

[cron]

I think he means that it's obvious that the director ripped off a lot of techniques already used.  Or "borrowed" them...  

[tpfkabi]

at this point in cinema what really isn't derivative of something?

anywho, where did you find the pic for the avatar with shirt/wall blend in thing from the trailer?

[Raikus]

I screen grabbed it from the Quicktime trailer.

And it really doesn't matter about which shots or which style is found in certain scenes--it's how well the director can blend those things in to a complete and beautiful movie.

This may not be the case with Garden State, but I'm sure hoping for it.

[Sal]

at this point in cinema what really isn't derivative of something?

I thought post modernists kept themselves hidden away like little hermits?  What are you doing self proclaiming that stuff??  

Garden State is like the alleyway prostitute eager to get inside your pants.  It screams "easy."  I'll save my load for bigger and better things..

[MacGuffin]

Zach Braff Adapting Andrew Henry's Meadow
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Zach Braff -- whose directorial debut, "Garden State," raked in positive reviews and a $5 million distribution deal at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival -- has found a follow-up project. Garden State writer/director and Scrubs star Zach Braff is teaming with his brother to adapt D. Burn's novel Andrew Henry's Meadow for 20th Century Fox.

Braff and his brother, Adam Braff, will co-write the screenplay and serve as executive producers on the John Davis-produced project, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The film is the story of a boy inventor who escapes suburbia to a beautiful meadow where he builds a child's utopia in the trees. There he becomes a reluctant hero who leads a band of fellow outcasts on a mission to awaken their families before it's too late.

[matt35mm]

Internet-Only Trailer

Eh.  For those who liked the first teaser, this ain't quite so good I think.  For those who hated the first teaser, this probably only gives you reason to hate it more.  The use of the music is pretty crap and the dialogue shows itself now as kinda... crap, as was previously reported.

Oh well.

[El Duderino]

i like that trailer actually...better than the first...good use of the postal service song.

[mutinyco]

"Natalie Portman is hot!"

"Yeah, she's hot!"

"I met her!"

"Natalie is really hot!"

"I met her too!"

"Natalie is SO hot! I can't wait!"

"Wait, what's the name of this movie again?"

[matt35mm]

I actually didn't like the use of the Postal Service song.  It's a great song, but one of my pet peeves I guess is when a song is cut to pieces to fit the images.  There must've been 3 or 4 abrupt cuts in the music.  And I don't think that song fit the images very well.

[meatball]

It's not a well put together trailer, but I'm still interested in the film itself.

[El Duderino]

I actually didn't like the use of the Postal Service song.  It's a great song, but one of my pet peeves I guess is when a song is cut to pieces to fit the images.  There must've been 3 or 4 abrupt cuts in the music.  And I don't think that song fit the images very well.

though i disagree with you...i do see where you're coming from. "Let Go" was put to better use, but i'm glad he didnt use it twice.

[tpfkabi]

the other song is:
Travis - "Love Will Come Through"

the jokes seem very Scrub-ish......i definitely like the way the movie title is done at the end, but it reminds me of the Focus title.

[ComixFan]

anyone who says this looks too much like Wes Anderson needs to watch that Napoleon Dynamite trailer again (which will also be great)

[modage]

anyone who says this looks too much like Wes Anderson needs to watch that Napoleon Dynamite trailer again (which will also be great)

yeah, no need.  that also looks too much like wes anderson.

[Finn]

Poster:

http://www.impawards.com/2004/garden_state.html

It's kinda pathetic (good representation of the movie)