re: Garden State

I remember seeing the original trailer and immediately deciding that I wanted to see it (a great use of imagery without context):

Garden State Trailer (Let It Go song)

I do find this annoying:

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Sam, is often cited as one of the worst offenders of the “manic pixie dream girl” stereotype, which describes a quirky female character whose main narrative purpose is to save their male counterpart and teach him about the meaning of love and life.

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I mean, that trope isn't their fault - other people copied their success (for Indie films specifically), and the term wasn't even coined until 2007.

As someone who married one of those "manic pixie dream girls", I can assure you they do exist (but I promise you she wasn't there to teach me about love and life - we just enjoy experiencing it together)...

That being said, if we had gotten together 10 years earlier, then yeah, she probably would have - I was a pretty miserable cuss then. I doubt she would've even wanted to date me.