Garden State

[Ashlea]

It's a great movie, folks. I'm very impressed, especially with Natalie Portman.

 

[Halo]

I've never heard of this film, but I agree with you about Natalie Portman - she is an excellent actress. You only have to watch Leon to see that!

 

[Martin]

You only have to watch Leon to see that!

Do not get me started on the sheer brilliance of that film.

Cheers

 

[Ice]

I agree - Leon is one of my favourite films (along with Shawshank )

 

[Martin]

Will you marry me?

Cheers

 

[Ice]

I think Phil would have something to say about that, as would your girlfriend

 

[Martin]

Screw them.

Cheers

 

[Ashlea]

Leon is incredible - and the European edition (called Leon here) is so, so superior to the version originally released in the US called "The Professional". They chopped about half an hour out and made it a completely different film for the US release - evidently we're not sophisticated enough for a movie of that depth. I hope Garden State has a European distributor and y'all get to see it soon.

 

[Martin]

There's been talk about a sequel to Leon for ages now - a grown-up Mathilda kicking some ass.

But I hope to God it never gets done.

Cheers

 

[evie]

Garden state was wonderful. Amazing cinematography starting with the first scene. Natalie Portman was great. She cried well (pet peeve started by Olivia Hussey in Franco Zeffirelli's version of Romeo and Juliet). Great writing by Zach Braff, and the message was really great. It focused on larger than life problems/emotions without losing track of the importance of little things, which rarely happens in movies.