Scrubblogging

August 25, 2004 7:12 PM

Zach Braff's Garden State Blog. Yeah, semi-PepsiBlue, but Braff talks about more than the movie, and the star of a movie choosing to write a weblog for a few months is a bit more of a commitment than the usual handful of talk shows.
posted by XQUZYPHYR (28 comments total)

the star of a movie choosing to write a weblog for a few months is a bit more of a commitment than the usual handful of talk shows.

Star, screenwriter and director. I'd say the level of commitment is about right.
posted by eyeballkid at 7:24 PM on August 25, 2004

That's a lot of damn comments.
posted by ColdChef at 7:25 PM on August 25, 2004

If I had pictures of me making out with Natalie Portman, I'd try and talk about it and post pictures of it all over the internet too.

No. I'm not incredibly, incredibly jealous.
posted by graventy at 7:32 PM on August 25, 2004

And if you've not seen the movie, do so. I loved it.

(Yeah. Pepsi Blue me.)
posted by grabbingsand at 7:43 PM on August 25, 2004

Thanks. Interesting link. But this?

Some of you have been asking about the rating. Just so you all know, your government doesn't believe a 16 year old should hear the word "fuck" more than twice in a 2 hour period.

Zach, just so you know, the MPAA is not the government.
posted by pardonyou? at 7:45 PM on August 25, 2004

Wait. Are you saying that the government LIKES for 16 year olds to hear the word "fuck" more than twice in a 2 hour period?

Fuuuuuuuck.
posted by ColdChef at 7:53 PM on August 25, 2004

fuck yeah!
posted by shoepal at 8:02 PM on August 25, 2004

Braff is enough of a regular guy to use apostrophes when he makes things plural. Ordinarily I'd summon Bob the Angry Flower but in this case it kind of makes him more likable. Like your ex-girlfriend who always misspelled definitely "definately" but you didn't want to correct her.

I didn't, anyway.
posted by emelenjr at 8:21 PM on August 25, 2004

I saw an advanced screening of this where Zach came out after the movie and answered questions for a good long while. He came across as a dedicated, interesting guy who's genuinely nice.

The movie is really good too.
posted by bshort at 8:28 PM on August 25, 2004

I wish iTunes would offer the whole soundtrack album, though.
posted by ColdChef at 8:33 PM on August 25, 2004

emelenjr: My friend GrandmasterP always spells tomorrow "tommorow," but he's doing a PhD in physics, so I let it slide.
posted by wilberforce at 8:48 PM on August 25, 2004

Yeah, it's a good coming-of-age tale, quirky but serious enough. I was in love with it right up to the end, where it disappointed me a little. Natalie Portman steals the show. Marcy has a review at our site.
posted by muckster at 9:01 PM on August 25, 2004

Cool. This was an amazing film.
posted by xmutex at 9:39 PM on August 25, 2004

wilberforce: But then will it be "Dr. GrandmasterP" or "DoktorGrandmasterP"? I'd only let the "tommorow" thing slide if the latter.
posted by swell at 9:44 PM on August 25, 2004

is that the kid from 'scrubs'...? dammit, but he's adorable...! funny as hell, too. not a bad blogger, either.
posted by t r a c y at 10:37 PM on August 25, 2004

excellent Peter Sarsgaard (my favorite character in the movie, he thankfully brings down the cuteness/romantic-comedy factor) interview on NPR here. Sarsgaard was terrifyingly good in Boys Don't Cry, I think
posted by matteo at 1:56 AM on August 26, 2004

btw I think that the Chicago Reader is spot-on, if a bit generous, in writing that

The movie never finds a consistent tone--the humor is dynamically offbeat, the dramatic moments a bit canned--but Braff's affection for his misfit characters and skeptical take on how people sell themselves short in America make this the truest generational statement I've seen since Donnie Darko

and I think Ian Holm's part is massively underwritten, and an amazing actor like him is criminally underused by Braff -- Holm desperately tries to find to something to bite in his scene, but never finds it.
it's a rookie mistake by Braff, and a forgivable one, but it's big nonetheless
posted by matteo at 2:07 AM on August 26, 2004

Thanks for this-- a nice break from the abyss.
posted by yerfatma at 4:03 AM on August 26, 2004

good stuff, emelenjr.
posted by Hankins at 4:59 AM on August 26, 2004

emelenjr: Have we dated? ;^)
posted by absquatulate at 5:07 AM on August 26, 2004

No. But there's still time, should you ever... y'know.
posted by emelenjr at 7:28 AM on August 26, 2004

Some of you have been asking about the rating. Just so you all know, your government doesn't believe a 16 year old should hear the word "fuck" more than twice in a 2 hour period.

Or watch someone getting fucked doggiestyle, which is also in the movie, and might go a little further to explain the rating.

POSSIBLE SPOILER BELOW....






























Those who've seen it -- can you explain to me why someone sent away to boarding school beginning at age 12 has so many highschool friends around town who remember the good times so fondly? Did I miss something?
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 7:41 AM on August 26, 2004

He went to boarding school at 16, I thought?
posted by kenko at 8:00 AM on August 26, 2004

To those of us who aren't privvy... what is the origin of the PepsiBlue references?
posted by adamms222 at 8:44 AM on August 26, 2004

He went to boarding school at 16, I thought?

OK -- same question. The movie acts like he has a partyin' high school history with all these people. Even to the point that when Natalie Portman says she knows him from somewhere, he suggests, "Maybe from _____ High?"
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 9:18 AM on August 26, 2004

Origin of the PepsiBlue injoke.
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 9:22 AM on August 26, 2004

Scrubs is also one of the least annoying and consistently funny (in a mean way) sitcoms going. Branff is perfect in it. ALthough it did have me waiting for him to bust one of those weird expressions in Garden State.
posted by gottabefunky at 9:42 AM on August 26, 2004

I love scrubs and can't wait to see this film. Thanks for the link man.
posted by lazaruslong at 5:59 PM on August 26, 2004