New updtate on the lists

What I've enjoyed since the beginning of this blog:

Movies:

1) Slumdog Millionaire
2) 2001 Space Odissey
3) Dr Strangelove
4) It's a wonderful life
5) JFK
6) In the Valley of Elah
7) In Bruges
8) The graduate
9) Inglorious Basterds
10) Garden State

Books:

1) The lady with the dragon tatoo
2) The Road

Artists:

1) Tim Christensen
2) Elbow
3) Orquestra Imperial

Wines:

1) 3 Bagos Lavradores de Feitoria (Douro - White)
2) Cortes de Cima 2006 (Alentejo - Red)
3) Dolium (Alentejo - Red)
4) Callabriga 2007 (Douro - Red)
5) Passadouro Reserva 2004 (Douro - Red)
6) S de Soberanas (Terras do Sado - Red)

Movie #11 - Garden State (2004)

Garden State is simply the best OK movie I've seen in a long time. It was suggested to me by a friend (Dank je wel Martijn) who presented it as an OK movie. And he was right in the sense that the movie is not one bit pretentious and if I think about it there is nothing really spectacular about it. But within the kind of movie it aimed to, is just perfect. Nothing is wrong with it.
So, the movie is Zack Braff (the guy from Scrubs) 's directorial debut. It was critically acclaimed and tells a story of a guy who seems not to feel anything and numbly goes to their parents home to be in his mother's funeral. The people he knows and the transformation he undergoes there make the film wortwhile. For me, a big part of the reason I liked the movie so much was Natalie Portman. That girl can act and she's pleasant to watch. Also, the songs that populate each scene in a perfect way were personally chosen by Zack Braff and he got an award for that.
Not a masterpiece, but a great movie.