[影片] 推荐: Garden State

Jun · Post by **Jun** » 2006-06-06 5:55

Garden State是Zack Braff自编自导自演的处男作.

影片里面的一些荒诞笑料, 不知是他自己的原创还是在Scrubs 电视剧里演久了受到的影响. 象所有的第一部小说/电影一样, 他的第一部也有很重的自传色彩. 故事很简单, 很平常, 讲的是一个离家好久的年轻人回乡参加母亲葬礼时遇到真爱的故事. 当然啦, 男孩子跟爸爸总是有芥蒂, 小城里总有各式各样的eccentric characters. 片子很小, 没什么野心, 很平常.

我为什么喜欢呢? 第一, 我比较喜欢小小的, personal, character-driven这类的片子. 第二, 这种板着脸带点苦味的笑料正对胃口. 第三, 里面有我最喜欢的演员之一Peter Sarsgaard! 演个当地loser, 挖墓为生的好友. 第四, 故事里的psychiatrist爸爸 (Ian Holm) 在某些地方让我想起我的某些亲戚来(不好多说了). 中心思想之一, It's better to feel pain than be numb (just so that we can pursue the elusive "happiness"), 跟我自己最近的某些感触颇有些回应.

看Scrubs的时候, 没想过原来Zack Braff是犹太人. 而且, Natalie Portman 也是犹太人. 影片里面有些关于犹太人葬礼的笑料颇好玩. Zack说他写这个剧本时女主角就一心想请Portman的, 所以是梦想成真. 当作家或者写剧本的果然容易讨好女人啊 --- 你想, 谁能抵御这种赞美啊? 角色是为你写的, 出版的书是献给你的... 可惜, 我对Natalie Portman的演技感觉一般般, 没大感动. 而且她笑起来嘴张得特别大, 不知道为什么有点annoying.

gigi · Post by **gigi** » 2006-06-06 8:25

我觉得波特曼在这部片子里演得很恰如其分，很招人爱呀。

DeBeers · Post by **DeBeers** » 2006-06-06 8:57

这个片子不是拿了个独立制片精神的奖吗？我们也看了,觉得慢，适合安静的夜里细细品。娜塔利一直是我的心头好，看着小姑娘一点点长大，还是那么漂亮，真不错。
我们周末终于看了那个著名的bowling at columbine，摩尔先生啥事都能怪总统，很愤世嫉俗，难怪会在领奖的时候喊出那样的话来。

gigi · Post by **gigi** » 2006-06-06 9:20

我倒不觉得节奏慢。其实独立制片东一榔头西一棒子的画面结构很合我胃口。每每租了这种片子来，看到一半时领导总会忍无可忍愤愤地问，难道我们看的又是荒诞片吗？

DeBeers · Post by **DeBeers** » 2006-06-06 9:57

我们每天跟打仗一样，好容易看个电影就想看个痛快的，否则真会睡着的（周末看capote,领导都呼上了）

Jun · Post by **Jun** » 2006-06-06 10:04

A friend of mine said to me: YOU are the only person I know who bothers to listen to the commentary track on a DVD. That's why I think you're nuts.

Elysees · Post by **Elysees** » 2006-06-06 10:43

啊哈哈，这个片子很可爱啊~~~娜塔丽在医院里带着耳机抬头那一幕，真正是青春无敌，美貌无敌。
这个片子的编剧同样制作了Elizabethtown，两个片子有很多相同之处，例如两男主角都要回家奔丧啊，等等；然而克里斯丹斯特的可爱迷人程度比娜塔丽差太远了呢；而且她和开花的化学也不成。

Elysees · Post by **Elysees** » 2006-06-06 10:45

顺便再说一下纳塔丽波特曼这个小姑娘。这几天我正好在重看星战前传，一边看一边想，这小女孩怎么越活越年轻，越活越青春无敌了呢。
我之前还看过一个她演年轻的孕妇，在wal-mart里面生孩子的，非常可爱，非常可爱~~~
我且想，倘或是她来演亦舒的玫瑰，我是觉得恰如其分的

Jun · Post by **Jun** » 2006-06-06 10:54

这个片子的编剧同样制作了Elizabethtown，

不是吧? 那个不是Cameron Crowe吗?

gigi · Post by **gigi** » 2006-06-06 10:56

Garden state is written and directed by Zach Braff; Elizabethtown is writtern and directed by Cameron Crowe. Any overlap?

Elysees · Post by **Elysees** » 2006-06-06 10:57

扑倒，等我查查~~~~

tiffany · Post by **tiffany** » 2006-06-06 10:57

Jun wrote:A friend of mine said to me: YOU are the only person I know who bothers to listen to the commentary track on a DVD. That's why I think you're nuts.

I did listen to commentary, once, on the bourne identity.

Elysees · Post by **Elysees** » 2006-06-06 11:02

啊，搞错了

记忆力不行。不过我找到了为啥会让我会有这种假象的那篇文章。。。。。。。。。。。

http://www.fabvalley.org/bbs/viewtopic. ... zabethtown

Writer-director Cameron Crowe's most recent stumble, "Vanilla Sky," continues without interruption into "Elizabethtown." It's hard to believe the creative mind that gave us "Almost Famous," "Jerry Maguire," "Say Anything" and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" looked up with satisfaction after typing 117 pages of this.

Speaking of killer exercycles, "Elizabethtown" comes across as little more than repedaled "Garden State." In both films, a prodigal son of sorts returns to the old home state because of the death of a parent, gets caught up in a world of offbeat characters and is ultimately saved by the love of an eccentric young woman.

我两段连一块儿看，结果给看岔了

DeBeers · Post by **DeBeers** » 2006-06-06 11:49

Elysees wrote:顺便再说一下纳塔丽波特曼这个小姑娘。这几天我正好在重看星战前传，一边看一边想，这小女孩怎么越活越年轻，越活越青春无敌了呢。
我之前还看过一个她演年轻的孕妇，在wal-mart里面生孩子的，非常可爱，非常可爱~~~
我且想，倘或是她来演亦舒的玫瑰，我是觉得恰如其分的

嗯，那个片子是她和ashley judd演得where the heart is

nowhere · Post by **nowhere** » 2006-06-06 12:02

这部电影里的音乐也都很好听，得了当年的格莱美电影配乐奖。

很喜欢Zero 7的 In The Waiting Line 和 Remy Zero 的 Fair

Jun · Post by **Jun** » 2006-06-06 12:21

Funny. I have exactly ZERO interest in watching Orlando Bloom's movies. Which means I'd have to rate my interest in watching Brad Pitt movies into the negative range. OTOH, I'll follow Peter Sarsgaard anywhere --- Nah. Not really. I can't immediately think of an actor for whom I'd watch trashy movies for. Old, I tell ya.

DeBeers · Post by **DeBeers** » 2006-06-06 12:33

but how do you define Brad Pitt movies? I think at least Seven is classic, fight club and snatch are not bad

I like Legend of the fall and Interview with Vampire too

Mr. and Mrs. smith, the mexican, ocean't 11 and 12 are good killing time movies

ravaged · Post by **ravaged** » 2006-06-06 12:50

hehe, i try not to think about brad pitt.

i dunno, i was a little underwhelmed by garden state. it's "cute," but they also knew too well that it's cute. i dunno if that makes sense... even the conflicts are soothing and nice. sarsgaad was very good, i agree. zack dude was okay, but i have to say that my dearest np has lost her thing. i dunno how it happened and why it happened, but she has grown up to be a mediocre actress.

which is totally fine of course...

Jun · Post by **Jun** » 2006-06-06 13:06

Yeah, that's what I meant by being underwhelmed by Portman.

I know Garden State is very small and unambitious. And nice and cute. Really nothing spectacular. Fine as a debut of a young man.

I was particularly moved because, well, some stuff in the movie happens to echo some going-ons in my own life recently. Good timing, I guess.

And I can watch Peter Sarsgaard play "Waiting for Godot".

I agree that Seven is some sort of a classic, but it is also on my all-time most-hated movie list. I have a deep hatred for that movie. Also part of the reason for me to swear off Pitt.

If you want an ambitious first movie, check out "Primer" or "Pi." Be warned, however, that my taste is somewhat weird.

vivi · Post by **vivi** » 2006-06-06 13:40

I watched the interview of Natalie Portman with Jon Stewart on the Daily Show. She said the movie V for Vendetta was filmed mostly in Berlin, and she was quite nervous before she got to Berlin. Jon went ‘We are Jews. We get nervous when we go to Germany’. Quite funny

DeBeers · Post by **DeBeers** » 2006-06-06 14:02

Jun wrote: I agree that Seven is some sort of a classic, but it is also on my all-time most-hated movie list. I have a deep hatred for that movie. Also part of the reason for me to swear off Pitt.

嗯，我反应不是一般的慢，才意识到我应该理解的，抵制某些人的电影的行为我也在做，这就是甲之熊掌乙支砒霜吧

Jun · Post by **Jun** » 2006-06-06 14:14

钻石抵制谁?

ravaged · Post by **ravaged** » 2006-06-06 14:52

why did you hate seven so much jun?

密斯张三 · Post by **密斯张三** » 2006-06-06 15:05

because 7 is about a killer standing on moral high lands deciding other ppl's lives?

DeBeers · Post by **DeBeers** » 2006-06-06 20:19

because Se7en stared Brad Pitt?

I hate Russel Crowe so so much that I never watched his films in recent years.

Elysees · Post by **Elysees** » 2006-06-06 21:07

DeBeers wrote:I hate Russel Crowe so so much that I never watched his films in recent years.

Why is that? Not because he broke Meg Ryan's marriage, is it?

DeBeers · Post by **DeBeers** » 2006-06-06 22:25

那只是原因之一，其实我就是不喜欢他那个人，从里到外

森林的火焰 · Post by **森林的火焰** » 2006-06-07 8:52

我也不喜欢Russel Crowe觉得他长得太主流太符合美国人民的期望了。

密斯张三 · Post by **密斯张三** » 2006-06-07 12:52

Jun wrote:A friend of mine said to me: YOU are the only person I know who bothers to listen to the commentary track on a DVD. That's why I think you're nuts.

我有时候也听评论。刚跟着看了一个the man who wasn't there. billy bob thornton演得真好。

Jun · Post by **Jun** » 2006-06-07 12:55

I saw that movie in theater when it came out. Pretty good. It was Coen brothers' work, right? Homage to film noir...

BBT真是文武双全啊, 又会演又会写. 他怎么不多写点剧本呢?

DeBeers · Post by **DeBeers** » 2006-06-07 13:45

yeah, the man who wasn't there is good, but again, somebody fell into sleep while watching it

密斯张三 · Post by **密斯张三** » 2006-06-07 16:23

那天查资料，原来他本名果然叫william robert thornton

Jun · Post by **Jun** » 2006-06-08 6:27

Who would voluntarily choose such a hill-billy name for themselves?