I actually feel glad that I didn't know the shins before this scene - just because this bit is so magical, and you feel like you and Andrew are feeling the exact same thing at the exact same time - rarely do you get to connect like that with a character in a film.
First date with my ex, the shins were playing in a restaurant in downtown Asbury. It really felt like a moment in time. I remember that day like it was yesterday. We talked and laughed so much we hardly ate. This movie really captures falling in love with someone in Jersey and the ups and downs life throws at you. I miss him so much. It's so hard to come across genuine people that feel like home.
I actually though this movie was crap when I watched it a couple of years ago. Although it got me hooked on The Shins's first album. I still think this is one of the most beautiful songs ever
I watched this movie about a month ago, and just recently found out about the shins. I just now realized the shins is in this movie, and im pretty sure that concludes that this is the best movie ever.
A few months back, I made a connection with my honeysuckle. She sent me a song called "Bleeding Hearts Show" by the New Pornographers. I literally felt my heart and my throat chakras open as the song enveloped me and then crescendo into the finale part. It was at the moment I thought I knew we were meant to meet. Sad thing is she wasn't there waiting for me in the airport. Credits roll and Let Go plays as I stand there alone. I miss her and that moment but I'm glad I experienced it...
If Natalie Portman tells you to listen to a song and then you listen while she's looking at you and smiling at you. It doesn't matter what that song is, it's gonna change your life.
OK so a few people have told their Shins / Garden State stories so here I go, having been a blabbermouth too much on this comment thread: I had barely heard of the movie "Garden State" when it came out (2004) and never saw it in theatres. I didn't really think much about it one way or another at the time. I was riding in a friend's car in high school in 2005 and this really awesome song / band came on, it sort of reminded me of the Beach Boys, and the vocal harmonies were really good and the melody writing was excellent. Since I mainly play older music and stuff that has a lot of different melody notes in it, this caught my attention, the melody and the harmony. I wasn't even paying attention to the lyrics yet. I asked my friend what the band was and he said something like "the Shins, they're good" or "I'm getting into them" or something like that. The album turned out to be the second one, (Chutes Too Narrow) and the song was Saint Simon. Upon hearing it again it reminds me even more of Simon and Garfunkel than the Beach Boys (perhaps that's the origin of the tune's title), but is still what I think is an original melody with original lyrics. Anyway, when at the record store one day, not being a big shopper for music I got that Shins album, figuring there to be a few good songs on it and the rest would probably be so-so or junk. I was really surprised, everything (to me) was/is good, there was no junk. Then, after that I got the first album (Oh Inverted World, a track from which we hear here) and although "New Slang" didn't (and doesn't) stand out to me except for the colorful lyrics, the album as a whole, and several other tracks, really really got me. I was / am now a Shins fan. I was actually such a Shins fan that I was a bit paranoid to get the third album (Wincing the Night Away) because I was worried that being new, they couldn't bat 3 for 3 and that it would be a strikeout and shatter my perfect image of them (how dumb right?). So I held off getting it for several years. When I finally got it, I was blown away again. I know this sounds like an exaggeration, but when it comes to rock and pop music I'm a huge stickler for quality songwriting (especially the melody and harmony) and if it's shit, no matter how well orchestrated or how good are the lyrics, I pick it out right away (of course, great or shit is a matter of personal opinion....). So for something to bowl me over, in that line, it has to be REALLY good. And this was, and is. Even today I'll put on one of the first three Shins albums and can hardly take it off after one track, since I'll want to listen to more. I still hear / learn new things every time I listen, it's that sophisticated and layered, and also (more importantly), that meaningful (I think). That is what I personally call good music. I think these are quality songs, and although they are too weird in their own way (i. e. cryptic and/or overly specific, though creative lyrics, rather than hugely generalized lyrics) to become truly immortal in the way, say, certain Beatles songs are (and of course the Beatles were huge pioneers and trailblazers although by no means the first, or the only), I would like to think that these great Shins songs will someday become standards of tomorrow, especially as instrumentals. Now, I am a huge weirdo with weird music tastes etc so I caution that the Shins are not for everyone. Some people either hate the sound of the band (but like the songs) or like the band's sound (but hate the songs), or just hate the whole Indie Pop or Indie Rock thing as a blanket statement without bothering to listen in detail or make any kind of differentiation between the numerous groups / songwriters. That's people's personal opinion, and they're entitled to it. As for me, I like the (original) band AND the (first three albums' worth of) songs... although I must say I've listened to just a little bit of "Port of Morrow" and have been a bit underwhelmed, but perhaps it will sound better with repeated listens. I also look forward to seeing them on tour although I know most of the band is now new except for the main man, but as he wrote most of most of the songs, I'm not too worried. To me the playing and arranging is great, and important, but the composing is where it's AT. --- As for the movie - after hearing it was good from some friends, and that it was utter shit from other friends, and being a bit intrigued by the plot premise (since it was/is similar to my life at the time in some ways, minus the tragedy), I saw it several years ago, I think maybe 2008-9? Anyway, it really hit me, and got to me, since it did seem so much in many ways like my life (in other ways not at all). Of course, again, I'm weird. What happens in this movie may not speak to everyone and so just because you can't relate to a certain scene, character, etc. and that scene or character seems unrealistic to you, doesn't mean that (with the exception of one very cinematic visual scene which seems a bit fantastic/unlikely) someone else hasn't seen the same thing and related to it really hard, because it happened to them in their life, and/or they know someone in real life exactly like that character. Of course, you're not required to like this movie at all... just realize there are people who do, and that some do so from an aware standpoint rather than (as some have been surmising) an ignorant one.
@ryanmd1227 Well congratulations, the world is a much better place because you liked the Shins before Garden State. Would you like a medal? I'll make you one. It'll say "First place for succeeding at boosting his own ego over things that don't matter to humanity." You earned it.
ahhhh fuck, I've never actually seen this scene apart from memes but I did already really like the Shins for years before this, people must think I like the Shins because of this lame-ass 'pixie dream girl' movie i've never even seen. Damn, way to ruin the Shins for me, now I feel stupid.
I've watched this movie a few times and labelling Portman's role as pixie dream girl is doing her role as huge disservice and a gross oversimplification. Samantha had a detailed back story and inner motivations and wasn't just some trope to help the male protagonist in his journey of inner discovery. Maybe watch the movie before jumping to conclusions after watching a few memes.
@Jmswlks Sounds like you're not a fan, so you see it as bad. I can respect that. I like the but won't go and say it was perfect or the best. I honestly think its a good show and catch reruns of some episodes and get enjoyment from it. If you can't get enjoyment from it, forget it and find a good show.
"You gotta hear this one song. It'll change your life, I swear," Natalie Portman famously murmured to Zach Braff, and the song did in fact change your life if you were an indie-rock band in the early '00s. If "Smells Like Teen Spirit" announced alternative rock's "Here we are now" moment like a ton of bricks, then those opening notes of the Shins' "New Slang" cooing softly in Portman's headphones declared indie rock's arrival like a handful of feathers. Within months of the film's festival-circuit premiere and art-house run in the late summer of 2004, the Garden State soundtrack was hovering high on the Billboard chart, thanks largely to this relatively new invention called the iTunes Store. Suddenly, the Shins, Iron & Wine, and scene forefather Nick Drake - all featured on the soundtrack - were a mere Nelly's Suit away from being No. 1 in America. It's amazing that the Garden State soundtrack, originally just a mixtape the dude from fucking Scrubs made for himself, was the catalyst for indie rock to officially enter the mainstream, but thanks to it, the door was kicked open for Arcade Fire and Bon Iver to win Grammys, for Vampire Weekend to score a gold record, and for Gotye and fun. to rule radio. Damn straight that song changed your life. - SPIN
I don't know. Indie and Alternative are my two favorite genres, but I would say that bands like The Killers, Modest Mouse, Death Cab for Cutie, and Keane brought indie to the music stage before this movie was shown in theaters. Of course, I'm 18 and didn't know what the radio was like back then, but I gained a lot of my musical taste from my dad, who's been listening to alternative and indie for decades now.
This is the kind of moment that people hope and dream for every day they exist out there somewhere, thing is you can't plan them they just happen. Until we experience one we can only hope and dream of them and stay open to the possibility.
I couldn't agree more. It was so simple and even a little awkward, but it's exactly what you'd want. Their attraction felt plain and real. They bonded in a fleeting moment. Real life flirting rarely ever happens this way.
"this song will change your life" oath! from the second i heard new slang on the plane to america i fell in love with it! nothing quite like it. definitely my favourite song at the moment. i think it's safe to say that i changed my life :) now i need to watch this movie!
This film just proved to me that most men want to date a girl with about the same depth as a piece of cardboard, while we have to navigate a world where our next boyfriend / friend / coworker could be Billy Loomis.
in movie: What are you listening to? The Shins! You gonna hear this song this will change your life. reality: What are you listening to? I'm sorry? None of your business? ..................
whoaaa. Lazy. You here???? I am your age old sub. I didn't expect you to be here at all(I came here from the meme). And that too from 9 years ago. damnnn. I could def see you are a man of culture. BTW love your work. Keep the good videos coming. And my man. I'm just excited to be the few people who got to recognize from this post
What are you here for? To promote The Shins of course, you? I do love The Shins though. This movie just overstated New Slang to the point of silliness.
She really nailed the cute, innocent, girl-next-door vibe. I melt at that smile. I just love the vibe of the movie. It was very subtle but realistic. I don't normally like rom coms but this movie always gets me.
id say the soundtrack is one of the best of all time. Not only some good and popular songs, but songs that really blended with the movie. Not to mention ive been a thievery corpooration and shins fan now for a long time cause of that movie!
Sam(Natalie Portman) was the dream girl I always wanted when I was 16,17,18. It reminds me of girls and their Disney fantasies. This was like my version of a Disney fantasy
I knew Nick Drake and his song (One of these things first) before the movie too! Do I get a medal as well,and can I feel superior as well.;) Seriously though the Nick Drake song became easily one of my favorite songs ever.
![The Shins - New Slang [OFFICIAL VIDEO]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/zYwCmcB0XMw/mqdefault.jpg)
I actually feel glad that I didn't know the shins before this scene - just because this bit is so magical, and you feel like you and Andrew are feeling the exact same thing at the exact same time - rarely do you get to connect like that with a character in a film.
I know you wrote this 11 years ago but I feel the same ❤ now it’s become one of my favourite songs since watching this film probably 10 years ago
You just explained exactly what happened to me, what an amazing mind you have. The shins are forever close to my heart cause of this scene.
> "think you can maybe listen to the music while you fill the forms?"
> "yeah, I think I can handle it"
> doesn't handle it
I don't think I could handle it if Natalie Portman was smiling up at me while The Shins were playing either
First date with my ex, the shins were playing in a restaurant in downtown Asbury. It really felt like a moment in time. I remember that day like it was yesterday. We talked and laughed so much we hardly ate. This movie really captures falling in love with someone in Jersey and the ups and downs life throws at you. I miss him so much. It's so hard to come across genuine people that feel like home.
The first moment i heard this song, i literally sat up mind blown. She's smack on on here.
Hearing this song and watching Natalie Portman with her amazing smile, made me fall in love with her. I swear.
And this was after Padame and The Phantom Menace 😊
That Natalie Portman smile
I was only in elementary school when this came out but i watched it with my parents and I discovered so many new bands cause of this movie
I actually though this movie was crap when I watched it a couple of years ago.
Although it got me hooked on The Shins's first album. I still think this is one of the most beautiful songs ever
if a girl has never smiled at you like that its over
What's over? What if a girl smiles at someone like this after you told them it was over?
ive been a fan since 7th grade and i never knew the shins were in this movie - still havent seen it haha. how crazy!
I watched this movie about a month ago, and just recently found out about the shins. I just now realized the shins is in this movie, and im pretty sure that concludes that this is the best movie ever.
This is still my favorite movie of all time ever.
Garden State, it's a brilliant film with a brilliant soundtrack
this scene just kills me. beautiful.
Can’t believe I knew that song before I even heard of this movie
A few months back, I made a connection with my honeysuckle. She sent me a song called "Bleeding Hearts Show" by the New Pornographers. I literally felt my heart and my throat chakras open as the song enveloped me and then crescendo into the finale part. It was at the moment I thought I knew we were meant to meet. Sad thing is she wasn't there waiting for me in the airport. Credits roll and Let Go plays as I stand there alone. I miss her and that moment but I'm glad I experienced it...
If Natalie Portman tells you to listen to a song and then you listen while she's looking at you and smiling at you. It doesn't matter what that song is, it's gonna change your life.
When the song goes “gold teeth” and she smiles… boom. Magical, like someone else here said.
one of my fav songs
OK so a few people have told their Shins / Garden State stories so here I go, having been a blabbermouth too much on this comment thread:
I had barely heard of the movie "Garden State" when it came out (2004) and never saw it in theatres. I didn't really think much about it one way or another at the time.
I was riding in a friend's car in high school in 2005 and this really awesome song / band came on, it sort of reminded me of the Beach Boys, and the vocal harmonies were really good and the melody writing was excellent. Since I mainly play older music and stuff that has a lot of different melody notes in it, this caught my attention, the melody and the harmony. I wasn't even paying attention to the lyrics yet. I asked my friend what the band was and he said something like "the Shins, they're good" or "I'm getting into them" or something like that.
The album turned out to be the second one, (Chutes Too Narrow) and the song was Saint Simon. Upon hearing it again it reminds me even more of Simon and Garfunkel than the Beach Boys (perhaps that's the origin of the tune's title), but is still what I think is an original melody with original lyrics.
Anyway, when at the record store one day, not being a big shopper for music I got that Shins album, figuring there to be a few good songs on it and the rest would probably be so-so or junk. I was really surprised, everything (to me) was/is good, there was no junk.
Then, after that I got the first album (Oh Inverted World, a track from which we hear here) and although "New Slang" didn't (and doesn't) stand out to me except for the colorful lyrics, the album as a whole, and several other tracks, really really got me. I was / am now a Shins fan.
I was actually such a Shins fan that I was a bit paranoid to get the third album (Wincing the Night Away) because I was worried that being new, they couldn't bat 3 for 3 and that it would be a strikeout and shatter my perfect image of them (how dumb right?). So I held off getting it for several years. When I finally got it, I was blown away again.
I know this sounds like an exaggeration, but when it comes to rock and pop music I'm a huge stickler for quality songwriting (especially the melody and harmony) and if it's shit, no matter how well orchestrated or how good are the lyrics, I pick it out right away (of course, great or shit is a matter of personal opinion....).
So for something to bowl me over, in that line, it has to be REALLY good. And this was, and is. Even today I'll put on one of the first three Shins albums and can hardly take it off after one track, since I'll want to listen to more.
I still hear / learn new things every time I listen, it's that sophisticated and layered, and also (more importantly), that meaningful (I think). That is what I personally call good music. I think these are quality songs, and although they are too weird in their own way (i. e. cryptic and/or overly specific, though creative lyrics, rather than hugely generalized lyrics) to become truly immortal in the way, say, certain Beatles songs are (and of course the Beatles were huge pioneers and trailblazers although by no means the first, or the only), I would like to think that these great Shins songs will someday become standards of tomorrow, especially as instrumentals.
Now, I am a huge weirdo with weird music tastes etc so I caution that the Shins are not for everyone. Some people either hate the sound of the band (but like the songs) or like the band's sound (but hate the songs), or just hate the whole Indie Pop or Indie Rock thing as a blanket statement without bothering to listen in detail or make any kind of differentiation between the numerous groups / songwriters.
That's people's personal opinion, and they're entitled to it.
As for me, I like the (original) band AND the (first three albums' worth of) songs... although I must say I've listened to just a little bit of "Port of Morrow" and have been a bit underwhelmed, but perhaps it will sound better with repeated listens. I also look forward to seeing them on tour although I know most of the band is now new except for the main man, but as he wrote most of most of the songs, I'm not too worried. To me the playing and arranging is great, and important, but the composing is where it's AT.
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As for the movie - after hearing it was good from some friends, and that it was utter shit from other friends, and being a bit intrigued by the plot premise (since it was/is similar to my life at the time in some ways, minus the tragedy), I saw it several years ago, I think maybe 2008-9? Anyway, it really hit me, and got to me, since it did seem so much in many ways like my life (in other ways not at all). Of course, again, I'm weird.
What happens in this movie may not speak to everyone and so just because you can't relate to a certain scene, character, etc. and that scene or character seems unrealistic to you, doesn't mean that (with the exception of one very cinematic visual scene which seems a bit fantastic/unlikely) someone else hasn't seen the same thing and related to it really hard, because it happened to them in their life, and/or they know someone in real life exactly like that character.
Of course, you're not required to like this movie at all... just realize there are people who do, and that some do so from an aware standpoint rather than (as some have been surmising) an ignorant one.
omg. so pretentious, just more well spoken the the average pretentious garbage baby.
Who gives a shit, what do you want? A medal for pretentious horse shit?
well apparently she wasnt listening to the shins because she handed him the headphones at pretty much the very beginning of the song
Austin Poznoski or she restarted the song since she wanted him to hear it, not just a snippet
Love this movie! Zach is so talented! Wasn't this song also used on Scrubs?
wow this is so good it's like life man you know what i mean
Natalie Portman is a goddess
her smile always melts me
what's great is that they used this song in a scrubs episode as well. Coincidence? maybe - either way it's great!
the perfect meme for cannibal corpse
This song is played in garden state and in scrubs. Zach Braff.
@JaneLame where I live, finland, there don't seem to be any.
@ryanmd1227 Well congratulations, the world is a much better place because you liked the Shins before Garden State. Would you like a medal? I'll make you one. It'll say "First place for succeeding at boosting his own ego over things that don't matter to humanity." You earned it.
Can I give you the "funny smart ass on youtube" medal please oh please?
Le Shins
HA.
That's who he'll be 'til he's dead.
wait.. noisy[1:02]?i thought it was nosy. haha. Great scene!
ahhhh fuck, I've never actually seen this scene apart from memes but I did already really like the Shins for years before this, people must think I like the Shins because of this lame-ass 'pixie dream girl' movie i've never even seen. Damn, way to ruin the Shins for me, now I feel stupid.
I've watched this movie a few times and labelling Portman's role as pixie dream girl is doing her role as huge disservice and a gross oversimplification. Samantha had a detailed back story and inner motivations and wasn't just some trope to help the male protagonist in his journey of inner discovery. Maybe watch the movie before jumping to conclusions after watching a few memes.
Conundrum!
Do you realize that phoebe tonkin shared your video?
I think I would feel superior as well if I knew the shins before this movie
@Jmswlks Sounds like you're not a fan, so you see it as bad. I can respect that. I like the but won't go and say it was perfect or the best. I honestly think its a good show and catch reruns of some episodes and get enjoyment from it. If you can't get enjoyment from it, forget it and find a good show.
hermosa
this scene is so magical
If by magical you mean pure cringe then yes… it is quite magical
Pingüino Rodriguez
@salesavalar thank you
New slang
This is my favorite episode of scrubs I've watched it like 3 times!
Oubadah Adam Alwan lmao it's not scrubs
HAHAHAHAHA
Not bad not bad
Oof, fake fan. Its from the movie Garden State
@@daytondixon7984 dumbass.
"What are you listening to"
"A song that hasn't even started playing yet apparently"
Brilliant.
Scene ruined forever.
@@jetfromgladiators7382 LOL sorry
after that:
"Hey man, turn on the TV Right now! There's a special news report that hasn't aired yet about to play!"
If she's listened to the album before, then it stands to reason she knew what song was going to come on next.
Lets just pretend they cut the part where she restarts the song.
Natalie Portman's smile.
Smile then not smile then smile smile.
It scares me
Its soo cute
@@tonyknight2960 ikr 😰
It’s weird but iconic like the prequels
I think every 20 year old who is unsure about what to do next in his life should definitely watch this movie
Yeah if they’re whiny little bitches. You want your kid to not be a whiny pussy let ‘em watch Rocky 4.
They'll just get disappointed when the universe doesn't send them a Natalie Portman.
And when their best friend doesn't take them to some random place where they can cathartically scream into a canyon
I watched this in the movie theatre as a 20 year old who was unsure about their life…. 20 years later and I’m still waiting for my Natalie Portman
I've watched so many versions of this that I'm legit confused if this is the og one.
Abhishek Adhikari the shitting one is the original
Og lol
This shit is so early 2000's lmao
The Shins is eternal
"You gotta hear this one song. It'll change your life, I swear," Natalie Portman famously murmured to Zach Braff, and the song did in fact change your life if you were an indie-rock band in the early '00s. If "Smells Like Teen Spirit" announced alternative rock's "Here we are now" moment like a ton of bricks, then those opening notes of the Shins' "New Slang" cooing softly in Portman's headphones declared indie rock's arrival like a handful of feathers. Within months of the film's festival-circuit premiere and art-house run in the late summer of 2004, the Garden State soundtrack was hovering high on the Billboard chart, thanks largely to this relatively new invention called the iTunes Store. Suddenly, the Shins, Iron & Wine, and scene forefather Nick Drake - all featured on the soundtrack - were a mere Nelly's Suit away from being No. 1 in America. It's amazing that the Garden State soundtrack, originally just a mixtape the dude from fucking Scrubs made for himself, was the catalyst for indie rock to officially enter the mainstream, but thanks to it, the door was kicked open for Arcade Fire and Bon Iver to win Grammys, for Vampire Weekend to score a gold record, and for Gotye and fun. to rule radio. Damn straight that song changed your life. - SPIN
That was too deep.
very well said :)
Truly it spawned a whole generation of adult contemporary background music for dinner parties
Damn you're cool.
I don't know. Indie and Alternative are my two favorite genres, but I would say that bands like The Killers, Modest Mouse, Death Cab for Cutie, and Keane brought indie to the music stage before this movie was shown in theaters. Of course, I'm 18 and didn't know what the radio was like back then, but I gained a lot of my musical taste from my dad, who's been listening to alternative and indie for decades now.
This is the kind of moment that people hope and dream for every day they exist out there somewhere, thing is you can't plan them they just happen. Until we experience one we can only hope and dream of them and stay open to the possibility.
I couldn't agree more. It was so simple and even a little awkward, but it's exactly what you'd want. Their attraction felt plain and real. They bonded in a fleeting moment. Real life flirting rarely ever happens this way.
That's gay and cringe
@@yahtzeeeuook3193 oh you're 7 ok cool
@@paulphoenix1669 lmfao I hate this film but your comment made me laugh
@@KaoruSan241 why do u hate the film
"You didn't." Such a great line.
"this song will change your life" oath! from the second i heard new slang on the plane to america i fell in love with it! nothing quite like it. definitely my favourite song at the moment. i think it's safe to say that i changed my life :) now i need to watch this movie!
“This song will change your life, I swear”
*puts on headphones*
“Hello mah baby,
Hello may honey,
Hello mah ragtime gaaaaal”
Head like a hole
Black as your soul
I’d rather die
Than give you control
This film just proved to me that most men want to date a girl with about the same depth as a piece of cardboard, while we have to navigate a world where our next boyfriend / friend / coworker could be Billy Loomis.
If cancer were pretentious it would be Garden State.
It was over for him at 0:35.
It was over for me at 0:35
Why?
@@user-vi4xy1jw7e because, she gave him that smile, and with that song, that was it. sooner or later, they'd hook up
Gawd, I hate Dax Sheppard.
phototristan That isn't Dax
@@colton8331 he knows genius
Hahahha I laughed so hard
i cried during this movie whilst coming down of an insane acid trip
Sounds awesome
that must have been such a beautiful moment
isn't this a show
@@motorhh nope
Cringe
in movie:
What are you listening to?
The Shins!
You gonna hear this song this will change your life.
reality:
What are you listening to?
I'm sorry? None of your business?
..................
@Quill Inkwell Hell no.
I would be instantly in love with her, such a song and her smile (or just the fact she is natalie portman)
There’s always this type of music that “changes your life” in these types of movies
Songs that sound like they're from late 00s cellphone commercials. Very compelling 🥱
@@ChrisMcSweeneywhat music do you like?
@@user-vi4xy1jw7e Self-pitying acoustic indie ballads you hear in the hipster craft brewery bar, of course.
Best music ever 👍🤡
Zach Braff always chooses amazing music in his movies. The soundtrack to Wish I Was Here is brilliant also.
@xDeadMisfitsx Don't feed the troll man, he doesn't understand :)
whoaaa. Lazy. You here???? I am your age old sub. I didn't expect you to be here at all(I came here from the meme). And that too from 9 years ago. damnnn. I could def see you are a man of culture. BTW love your work. Keep the good videos coming. And my man. I'm just excited to be the few people who got to recognize from this post
Garden State is a very well written movie. The choice of music, plus the acting and story and just amazing. Excellent movie!
God this is such a cute scene
"if cancer were pretensious it would be garden state"
What are you here for?
To promote The Shins of course, you?
I do love The Shins though. This movie just overstated New Slang to the point of silliness.
This is how I look at people while I force them to watch my favorite movies
This song was also in an season 1 episode of Scrubs. Braff loves this song.
Palme the whole time:
😁😐😁😐😁😐😁😐
Anyone else?
she's so cute when smiles hesitantly, stops smiling, then smiles again.
I smile like that when I’m not sure if my biscuits are done, but I know damn well they’re ready.
Natalie Portman makes this movie worth a watch. A lot of the soundtrack is good as well.
She really nailed the cute, innocent, girl-next-door vibe. I melt at that smile.
I just love the vibe of the movie. It was very subtle but realistic. I don't normally like rom coms but this movie always gets me.
id say the soundtrack is one of the best of all time. Not only some good and popular songs, but songs that really blended with the movie. Not to mention ive been a thievery corpooration and shins fan now for a long time cause of that movie!
I still love how they dodnt straighten her hair for this movie, and 500 days of summer reminded me of this
Waiting for a friend my ass.
WOW I LOVE CRINGEY MOVIES SO GOOD
Esa se llama el pingüino Rodríguez XD doblao
I saw it theaters when I was 14. The ultimate coming of age movie for millennials. I still play the soundtrack whenever I feel sad.
Speak for yourself son.
I had actually listened to the song before seeing this movie, but since I saw it I miss Natalie Portman's beautiful smile every time I hear it.
this and my friends is how i heard of the shins. god bless zach braff and the shins.
Natalie Portman is Utter Perfection.
Best scene of the movie.
Her smile when he puts on the headphones melts my heart
"The Shins. You know them?" "No." (even though he was just listening to them in the car earlier)
Sam(Natalie Portman) was the dream girl I always wanted when I was 16,17,18. It reminds me of girls and their Disney fantasies. This was like my version of a Disney fantasy
like 500 days
This is the cringiest scene in film history
The moment a generation fell in love with Natalie Portman. Kudos to Zach s direction.
Actually I wanted to stab her in the face when I saw this movie.
What a coincidence that she was listening to it from the very start.
Natalie Portman has the cutest smile
Is there such a thing? This movie introduced The shins to a big audience, and for that, I love it.
smile-stop-smile-stop and wait, i love her smiles
im so addicted to drugs
fellow vamp watching a goated movie
I knew Nick Drake and his song (One of these things first) before the movie too! Do I get a medal as well,and can I feel superior as well.;)
Seriously though the Nick Drake song became easily one of my favorite songs ever.
Loved this scene... remainds me of someone very special to me
I know I'm not the first one to say this but if cancer were pretentious it would be Garden State.
This scene/ song really did change my life!
I have those same exact Aiwa headphones.
This movie was alright, but I hate how they fucking pimped the shins every chance they got. The name dropping got old real quick.
Lowkey she looks like Katherine Langford from 13 reasons why