Garden State now available for rent in Xtra-Vision..

Basq · 08-08-2005 3:20pm #1

.. and about feckin' time too!

If you didn't catch in the cinemas.. give it a rent.

Fantastic film!

Raiser · 08-08-2005 3:30pm

Looks good - thanks for tip - will rent tonight!

mewso · 08-08-2005 4:31pm

Not a poxy exclusive I hope. I swear they are infringing on my rights as a consumer not to rent from them.

qz · 08-08-2005 4:33pm

Saw it for sale in HMV today too. €24 methinks.

Basq · 08-08-2005 4:41pm

musician wrote:

Not a poxy exclusive I hope. I swear they are infringing on my rights as a consumer not to rent from them.

Nope.. it's got all the extras.

Had a feeling it'd be out this week as i saw it in Zhivago in Galway over the weekend to buy!

spooydermot · 08-08-2005 4:58pm

Its worth going into even xtra vision for (if it is an exclusive that is) - great film

i hope its not exclusive to xtra vision, I try to avoid them as often as possible because of their constant price hikes

mewso · 08-08-2005 5:02pm

I purposely avoid them. I owe them money

In fairness though I disputed it, paid half and never went back so the exclusives really annoy me. As consumers (and xtra vision haters) we deserve choice.

Necronomicon · 08-08-2005 6:52pm

spooydermot wrote:

Its worth going into even xtra vision for (if it is an exclusive that is) - great film

i hope its not exclusive to xtra vision, I try to avoid them as often as possible because of their constant price hikes

It's not exlusive, it's just damn expensive so they seem to be the only ones who have bought it so far.

Agent Orange · 08-08-2005 8:05pm

It's a seriously overrated film, at least by boards.ie denizens.

The individual scenes are nicely written but put together the film doesn't amount to anything. It's a shame as it's certainly a well made film.

Braff knows how to direct but he should direct someone else's script next time.

simu · 11-08-2005 1:54am

Saw it yesterday and was very impressed - great visuals, soundtrack and dialogue, convincing characters and love story and the overall story I found interesting too! Viva Zach Braff!

sutty · 11-08-2005 11:29am

A fantastic movie. I seen it a month or so before it came out over here. I then went and seen it in UGC. both times I was very impressed with it. Highly recomend it to people

nesf · 12-08-2005 12:17am

Agent Orange wrote:

It's a seriously overrated film, at least by boards.ie denizens.

The individual scenes are nicely written but put together the film doesn't amount to anything. It's a shame as it's certainly a well made film.

Braff knows how to direct but he should direct someone else's script next time.

It's a slice of life kind of film. It really wasn't trying to put a message across it was more about one man's rediscovery of life and emotion.

I liked it a lot because I could relate to it a lot when I saw it first in the cinema. Was one of those, "I'm seeing my week so far up on screen and it's scaring me" type moments.

Thus I'm horribly biased.

But I would say that it is quite a good film, well written (as you said) and didn't suffer from being forced into having a "meaning" or trying to get an important moral message across. It was a slice of life. Nothing more, nothing less.

If anything I liked it because it was plausable as a week in the life of a person rather than being the usual "Hollywood version of reality". If you know what I mean.

Rhyme · 12-08-2005 10:50am

...and heres me starting up my pc to buy it online, money spent

nadir · 12-08-2005 2:25pm

Agent Orange wrote:

It's a seriously overrated film, at least by boards.ie denizens.

The individual scenes are nicely written but put together the film doesn't amount to anything. It's a shame as it's certainly a well made film.

Braff knows how to direct but he should direct someone else's script next time.

If I remember correctly, I liked the first half, and hated the second half.
It crossed the line, the line you dont cross when you are making a romance movie.

nesf · 12-08-2005 3:08pm

nadir wrote:

It crossed the line, the line you dont cross when you are making a romance movie.

Eh, romance movie?

Um no. It was a movie with a romance in it, big difference

nadir · 12-08-2005 7:05pm

Oo, dunno about that, I kinda took a different view of it at time.
edit: but thena gain it's been a while since i saw it so. could be talking ****, I do remember being unimpressed though

Bri · 12-08-2005 8:37pm

Sweet! Laser are all out tonight and now you've made me wanna see it again. Don't think I could happily part cash in Xtravision for it though. I think I'd rather wait.