I just read D's blog, and I couldn't resist. She mentioned Garden State, and I forgot I have a few things to say about that.
So last Saturday, D, D, Big U and I went to see Garden State down in Boston Common. To my surprise, I found it quite an interesting and enjoyable movie. Started off pretty slow, but once the story's established, it'll suck you right into it.
There were two things that got stuck in my mind from that movie.
Number one:
Sam: "This is your one opportunity to do something that no one has ever done before and that no one will copy throughout human existence. And if nothing else, you will be remembered as the one guy who ever did this. This one thing."
The weird noises, of course. I guess it's not so weird after all, since other people apparently do it too. I do a lot of weird noises, but only around people I'm really comfortable with. The same thing with touching. People think I'm really not the kind of person to show my affections, but when I'm really comfortable with people, I can't keep my hands off them :P Kidding, but I don't have problems hugging and touching people I really feel comfortable with.
Number Two:
Andrew: "You know that point in your life when you realize that the house that you grew up in isn't really your home anymore? All of the sudden even though you have some place where you can put your stuff that idea of home is gone."
Sam: "I still feel at home in my house."
Andrew: "You'll see when you move out it just sort of happens one day and it's just gone. And you can never get it back. It's like you get homesick for a place that doesn't exist. I mean it's like this right of passage, you know. You won't have this feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for you kids, for the family you start, it's like a cycle or something. I miss the idea of it. Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place."
It's kinda true, isn't it? Once you leave, things are never the same. Your home changes, your family changes. When my youngest sister was born, for the longest time, it didn't feel like she's part of the family to me. I watched all my other siblings grew up, but I was away when she did her growing up. I can't recall her as a baby, or as a toddler. No image would come to mind. I can't tell any stories about her as a little kid. It had really upset me, but gradually, I began to get to know her. And now, she's definitely part of the family, but the home I left I haven't found yet.
Lastly:
I thought the best line in the movie was:
Andrew: "Can you imagine being the guy whose job it is to argue for the right to build a mall on top of a geological phenomenon? "
Mark: "They love their malls here, man."
I thought Big H can agree with that, hehehe....
Anyways, check out the movie, it's pretty cool, and if you pay attention, it's a lot of stuff you can relate to as a messed up human being. Plus, it has some really good songs.