Garden State

My S.O. and I went to see Garden State a few weeks ago, and it is a great movie, if you haven't seen it, go now. Before I saw it, I knew "that guy from Scrubs" Zach Braff wrote, directed, and stars in it, and that it is called "The Graduate for this generation". I like Scrubs and I like Zach Braff and Natalie Portman and what little I had heard about it, made me want to see it. Then I hear that one of my favorite, now defunct, bands is on the soundtrack: Remy Zero. The rumor is that the soundtrack started out as a mix cd he made for the cast to feel the mood of the film, then they started asking for the rights of the songs to be in the movie, and then eventually a terrific soundtrack. I also found out that Zach Braff has taken to blogging. It is humorous and humble and definitely worth the read.

Then I saw the movie. Wow. It does speak to our generation. Its beautiful, intelligent, witty, heartbreaking, sharp, dark, bright...I could go on and on. I came out of the theater a twist of emotions. My head was humming. Then I remembered that I had heard it described as a movie for all those twenty-somethings that don't quite know what to do with their lives. Well, that's me, even though I'm scarily close to exiting my 20's, and that's my S.O., and that's like a lot of people I know. Do any of us really feel like we're doing what we dreamed we would be doing, or did we just happen into it? I do know some people who I actually think are in their "dream profession" but I think that a lot of us are just doing what we do because it was all there was at the moment, and I am definitely in that group. Some people work to work, they love their work, and some people work so they can play. Here's to those who feel like they are playing when they work because they are lucky indeed.