mental state

Belinda and I saw Garden State over the weekend. Great movie. Belinda, who isn't much of a movie buff, loved it. I guess it really spoke to her since she is in her mid-twenties. I didn't quite feel the same connection with the movie as she did, even though I enjoyed it very much.

In the days since we saw the movie though, Belinda has become totally obsessed with Garden State and Zach Braff.

When we got back to work on Tuesday, she Googled "Garden State" and has been reading Zach Braff's blog ever since.

Then she found a connection between people in their mid-twenties who are experiencing what is known as the Quarterlife Crisis and the overarching theme of the movie. Notice that big ad on their homepage? I've never heard of this quarterlife crisis thing, but apparently if you're between 24 and 27 it's a huge problem for you.

Then yesterday, she went out to dinner with her alumni group and one of the other alumni there had just met Zach's brother, Joshua, a week ago at a bar. Joshua apparently released a new book the same week that Garden State was released. Weird synchronicity, huh?

Every day this week she has been coming home from work with a new tidbit and new trivia about the movie from more "research" she's done on Google. I think she must have read every blog post, review and commentary that exists about the movie and Zach.

For instance, did I know that Zach wrote the role of Sam for Natalie Portman, but he never in a million years thought she'd accept the part.

Or, that the movie was financed privately for $2.5 million, but picked up at Sundance for $5 million.

Or, did I know that Zach quit his job as a waiter at a Vietnamese restaurant in LA the day he got the call to be in Scrubs. But he didn't realize shooting wasn't to start for four more months, so he wrote the screenplay for Garden State over those four months because he had no job and nothing else to do.

Then on Wednesday she tells me we're definitely going to see the movie again this weekend.

Um, no?