I have watched this movie about 10 times. The Hero, while not perfect, especially from the Christian perspective. Is however in the most noble of all characters in almost any movie in the last year.
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I love you blog Dee. I agree with you in regards to Stranger than Fiction. Every year I write a little review for my top 10 favorite movies of the year. In 2006, number 1 was Stranger than Fiction. Here is my mini review:
1. Stranger than Fiction.
Alfred Hitchock is my favorite director and Charade is one of the best “Hitchcockian” movies that was nobody realizes was not actually made by him. Similarly, two of my all time favorite films, Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, came from the strange fantasy driven mind of Charlie Kaufaman. Stranger than Fiction has Kaufman written all over it (Kaufmanian?) but he did not script it. Will Ferrel gives his most genuine performance to date as Harold Crick, a tax collector who begins hearing the voice of an author (Emma Thompson) in his mind. The author is telling the tale of the Crick’s life with lots of “little did he know that so and so would happen next”). At first he thinks he is going crazy (he already has an OCD type disorder that causes him to think everything mathematically – which is beutifully protrayed with geometric artistry similar to A Beautiful Mind) until the author’s predictions all come true. It appears that this author is writring a book and created a character exactly like Harold and through some strange twist, he has literally become the character and her writing controls him.. When she predicts his death, he realizes that he will die as all her predictions come true and is off on a search to find her before she finishes the book she is writing so he can convince her to save his life. In the mean time his relationship with a punk-rock baker blossoms and Dustin Hoffman gets a great role as a literary professor who helps track down the author. This is a truly a great film and the best of the year. It is so good that I get emotional writing about it and remembering how it made me feel.
I love you blog Dee. I agree with you in regards to Stranger than Fiction. Every year I write a little review for my top 10 favorite movies of the year. In 2006, number 1 was Stranger than Fiction. Here is my mini review:
1. Stranger than Fiction.
Alfred Hitchock is my favorite director and Charade is one of the best “Hitchcockian” movies that was nobody realizes was not actually made by him. Similarly, two of my all time favorite films, Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, came from the strange fantasy driven mind of Charlie Kaufaman. Stranger than Fiction has Kaufman written all over it (Kaufmanian?) but he did not script it. Will Ferrel gives his most genuine performance to date as Harold Crick, a tax collector who begins hearing the voice of an author (Emma Thompson) in his mind. The author is telling the tale of the Crick’s life with lots of “little did he know that so and so would happen next”). At first he thinks he is going crazy (he already has an OCD type disorder that causes him to think everything mathematically – which is beutifully protrayed with geometric artistry similar to A Beautiful Mind) until the author’s predictions all come true. It appears that this author is writring a book and created a character exactly like Harold and through some strange twist, he has literally become the character and her writing controls him.. When she predicts his death, he realizes that he will die as all her predictions come true and is off on a search to find her before she finishes the book she is writing so he can convince her to save his life. In the mean time his relationship with a punk-rock baker blossoms and Dustin Hoffman gets a great role as a literary professor who helps track down the author. This is a truly a great film and the best of the year. It is so good that I get emotional writing about it and remembering how it made me feel.