''Garden State''

I was on StumbleUpon the other day and i came across a page entitled 'Great Movies you probably haven't seen' so being a fan of movies i scrolled down the list and came across this film, Garden State. I instantly wanted to watch it as I'm a big fan of Zach Braff after watching every episode of scrubs, i decided to give it a watch. I was not disappointed in the least by a really impressive, quirky motion picture which gives you a smile on your face from start to finish. The film stars Zach Braff (he also wrote and directed the film which i think is credit to how talented this guy is) as Andrew Largeman, a relatively successful TV star who lives in Los Angeles. he returns home after hearing word from his father that his mother has passed away. Despite its quirky nature the film does start in a really dark way due to the death of his mother, but also due to a certain resentment that a lot of the people he encounters while home have towards him. Regardless of the morbid undertones the film has some really amusing and quite hilarious aspects to it. These moments don't really make a lot of sense but they make you smile, just smile, not laugh, so much, but I really like this as its a very unique quality in a film.

Hmmmm why is that there ?

The image above was one of my favourites in the film as the previous scenes leave no indication to what has happened here. We see him wake up and drive to work, but when he arrives theres a petrol nozzle sticking out of the fuel tank. We didn't see him fill up or even visit a petrol station but there it is. The expression of his face is absolutely sublime as it perfectly resembles the face anyone would do in this situation. There might be a reason behind the nozzle, i don't know, but to be honest i want to leave it shrouded in mystery and let the film keep its mysterious facade which makes it so brilliant.

Magic ?

Another great one of these little moments is when he is preparing to go to his mothers funeral and is in the toilets getting ready. He stands up and takes a deep breath for the task ahead and walks out and as he does so each of the taps shown on the right hand side turns on. Why ? I don't know but its these brief moments that made me love the film so much. Pointless additions to scenes which wouldn't have needed them otherwise but they make the scene so much better because of them. 

One of the best things i have ever seen in a film is the shot above. Andrew is sitting in the hospital waiting room and a blind lady walks in and sits a few rows behind him. The old ladies' guide dog then wanders over to Andrew and starts humping his leg. As well as being hysterical the scene is also instrumental in introducing another of the main characters: Sam. Her introduction brings me to another great aspect of this film. Usually in films the conversations and dialog are (obviously) perfect, as in, there are no pauses and silences. In this film Braff has left these silences and awkward pauses in which i think adds another level to the film as it is more relatable to real life where conversations aren't perfect and people can't always think of what to say next. The inclusion of this is also a very key element to the comedy in the film as these silences are done really well by all the actors and are made really funny.

Knights need Milk

Another great scene in the film is when Andrew wakes up from a bit of a drug induced coma to see a man wearing a full suit of armour carrying a bottle of milk. This is brilliant in itself just because of the pure randomness of the situation. Whats great is that the knight turns out to be Jim Parsons who plays 'Shelden' in the 'Big Bang Theory'.  Its not a major part of the film but i love when well known actors have cameo roles in films that they did before they became as famous as (in this case) Parsons has now. 

This isn't really a particularly clever piece of comedy, but everyone
loves a bit of immature humour, especially me, and i just
thought it was brilliant, out of all the words to choose from.

Really fantastic and weird film from start to finish and I highly recommend watching it 

8.5/10