i've decided that i am dying to see the movie garden state, written, directed by and starring that adorable zach braff from scrubs. my reasons are many:

1. the movie is written, directed by and starring that adorable zach braff from scrubs.

2. natalie portman is in it, and while she's totally wasted her talent after george lucas got his hands on her in the past two worthless star wars movies (random fact: did anyone know that keira knightley played one of portman's doubles/handmaidens in the phantom menace? and sofia coppola played another? WEIRD), garden state looks like the kind of showcase she deserves, akin to the professional or beautiful girls.

3. the soundtrack looks good. includes: coldplay, the shins, remy zero, nick drake, iron and wine, etc. i'm a sucker for any movie that has a good soundtrack, even if the movie itself is crap. i mean, check out this soundtrack for wicker park. now, i saw a preview for wicker park when i saw anchorman the other day, and it looks like a cross between the butterfly effect and single white female. not good. but jeez. the soundtrack has the postal service, mogwai, the shins, stereophonics, etc etc. when i see soundtracks put together like that, i immediately assume that the forces behind the movie have impeccable taste and couldn't possibly have put out a crap film.

4. zach braff has a blog. and it's funny. and we know that anyone who has a blog can't be bad, correct? blogs are the real deal yo.

5. just check out the trailer for yourself. it looks exactly the pretentious-while-desperately-trying-to-avoid-being-pretentious sort of movie that i love (lots of staring meaningfully into the camera while zany fast-motion/slow-motion stuff happens around you, or weird shots of tractors, etc). and zach braff. yay.

in other movie news, i've got plans to see the bourne supremacy tomorrow night, and i could not be more excited. well, i could be more excited if i knew matt damon was taking his shirt off a lot in the film, but i'm not sure how high that possibility is.