If You Ever Need A Kato You Know Where To Find Me
A friend of mine emailed me expressing his surprise that I hadn't written anything about the movie, Garden State. OF COURSE I was going to write something about Garden State, and here it is.
By the way, the rule goes, "If the movie is out on DVD spoil away." So I'm basically going to be writing about the end of the movie. If you haven't seen it yet GO SEE IT, then read this. It is a great movie. If you don't love it you will at least like it a little.
Brief Synopsis (sponsored by Fruit of the Loom): Andrew Largeman (Zach Braff) returns home for his mother's funeral. In the days following he reacquaints himself with old friends and meets a quirky girl Sam (Natalie Portman).
After Largeman and Sam meet most of the scenes involve the two of them together and we get to see them fall for each other. In the final scenes we see the two sitting on some steps in an airport terminal. Sam is crying while Largeman tries to explain why he needs to go back to LA. He tells her that he is very messed up and that he needs to go figure things out. He explains that this isn't a period at the end of the sentence; its an ellipses. Largeman leaves Sam, and we see him in the airplane almost ready to depart, but before it leaves he gets off and finds Sam inside a telephone booth sobbing. He tells her that he is really messed up but that the one thing he does know is that he is in love with her and he's not going to let that just go. He says the last words of the film, "So what do we do now?" They kiss and embrace. Fade out. Credits
A lot of people were not very happy with the ending of the film. They thought it was too cheesy and typical. It is cheesy. It can't help but be cheesy, but I think the story had to end that way. The thing is from beginning to end we see Largeman go from numb pill popping nobody to somebody who is going through the motions of, well at the risk of adding more cheese, finding himself. Had he stayed on that plane there would have been no change there at all. It would have been the same old Largeman numb to the love that wanted him to go get the girl. Feeling real emotions was different for him and acting on them was just beyond him completely. We all have to go through that situation at least once in our lives. Do we stay on the plane, or do we get off and take the risk going for what our hearts want? I hope most of us get off the plane. This brings up another point, something that smacked me in the face the first time I saw the movie, especially considering what I was going through at the time. There is NO excuse for walking away from someone you truly want and love. "Finding yourself," and "figuring things out" is such bullshit. If that person is in front of you, that's one less huge thing to figure out, don't let it go. At least now you have someone to figure things out with, or support you while you are. "Finding yourself"Well if you're still finding yourself chances are you haven't really fallen in love. You may have come close, probably as close as you have to finding yourself, but you haven't gone all the way. How could you? You don't even know who you are to know who you love. In other words, if you really truly love someone take a step back and look at yourself, without even considering the other person, you are found. On a personal note, being someone who is in the middle of figuring things out (I had recently found myself) I am glad that there happens to be nobody in the picture, because I am damn busy, but if someone does come along and manages to penetrate this shield I have built around me I would not pass. So in the words of somebody I don't really like all that much, "Bring it!"
Oh, and do me a favor, humans. Get off the plane.
By the way, the rule goes, "If the movie is out on DVD spoil away." So I'm basically going to be writing about the end of the movie. If you haven't seen it yet GO SEE IT, then read this. It is a great movie. If you don't love it you will at least like it a little.
Brief Synopsis (sponsored by Fruit of the Loom): Andrew Largeman (Zach Braff) returns home for his mother's funeral. In the days following he reacquaints himself with old friends and meets a quirky girl Sam (Natalie Portman).
After Largeman and Sam meet most of the scenes involve the two of them together and we get to see them fall for each other. In the final scenes we see the two sitting on some steps in an airport terminal. Sam is crying while Largeman tries to explain why he needs to go back to LA. He tells her that he is very messed up and that he needs to go figure things out. He explains that this isn't a period at the end of the sentence; its an ellipses. Largeman leaves Sam, and we see him in the airplane almost ready to depart, but before it leaves he gets off and finds Sam inside a telephone booth sobbing. He tells her that he is really messed up but that the one thing he does know is that he is in love with her and he's not going to let that just go. He says the last words of the film, "So what do we do now?" They kiss and embrace. Fade out. Credits
A lot of people were not very happy with the ending of the film. They thought it was too cheesy and typical. It is cheesy. It can't help but be cheesy, but I think the story had to end that way. The thing is from beginning to end we see Largeman go from numb pill popping nobody to somebody who is going through the motions of, well at the risk of adding more cheese, finding himself. Had he stayed on that plane there would have been no change there at all. It would have been the same old Largeman numb to the love that wanted him to go get the girl. Feeling real emotions was different for him and acting on them was just beyond him completely. We all have to go through that situation at least once in our lives. Do we stay on the plane, or do we get off and take the risk going for what our hearts want? I hope most of us get off the plane. This brings up another point, something that smacked me in the face the first time I saw the movie, especially considering what I was going through at the time. There is NO excuse for walking away from someone you truly want and love. "Finding yourself," and "figuring things out" is such bullshit. If that person is in front of you, that's one less huge thing to figure out, don't let it go. At least now you have someone to figure things out with, or support you while you are. "Finding yourself"Well if you're still finding yourself chances are you haven't really fallen in love. You may have come close, probably as close as you have to finding yourself, but you haven't gone all the way. How could you? You don't even know who you are to know who you love. In other words, if you really truly love someone take a step back and look at yourself, without even considering the other person, you are found. On a personal note, being someone who is in the middle of figuring things out (I had recently found myself) I am glad that there happens to be nobody in the picture, because I am damn busy, but if someone does come along and manages to penetrate this shield I have built around me I would not pass. So in the words of somebody I don't really like all that much, "Bring it!"
Oh, and do me a favor, humans. Get off the plane.
posted by Angelo at 2/23/2005 10:10:00 PM
7 Comments:
Just watched it again after many years. So good.
I was searching for a meaning to this quote (below) and found your post!
"If You Ever Need A Kato You Know Where To Find Me"
I’m still at a loss. Did you end up finding out?!
What is a Kato?
In reference to Kato Kaelin (O.J. Simpson's houseguest): a slacker roommate.
Damn. This blog post was written 20 freaking years ago. It's insane to think that one of my all time favorite movies is that old already. I still never figured out that line either. That's such an obscure reference- OJ Simpsons houseguest, really?
Has anyone ever caught/been bothered by the fact that Mark is seen living in an apartment during the breakfast seen. His mom calls it an apartment as well. Then at the end, they drop him off at a house.
Also, how is Largeman not angry that Mark basically admits (without saying) that he opened his mom's casket, irreverently raided it, and sold her jewelery before having the idea to get it back.
It's a reference to The Green Hornet. Kato is the sidekick
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