Stranger than Fiction
Stranger than Fiction is the best movie I have seen in a long time.
(WARNING: I don't think I put any "spoiers" or inappropriate clues about this movie's plot, but if you are particularly sensitive about that sort of thing or if my praise of a good movie will set it on a pedestal which will make it "okay" for you, skip the rest of this)
I hate to be the kind of person who says that, because I usually feel a little imposed upon when someone says that to me. I also despise the joining of "I like (some dumb movie)" internet groups, and all of that sort of fan-dom, and I am a little hesitant to proclaim a movie "excellent" when I have so many movie-fan-friends, but this movie merits the risk.
I don't really go for the typical Will Ferrell movie, so I went in with few expectations; I did see Letterman interview Dustin Hoffman, which sparked some interest in my mind-although it didn't seem like the movie would be beyond the level of "Click" or "Bruce Almighty".
I started the movie giving guarded chuckles at obvious jokes.
I moved into laughing louder and more often than anyone else, and indulging in a little pride because I was pretty sure I was picking up on symbols my companions were not. "This," I thought, "is exactly the kind of comedy I enjoy-intelligent and abstract."
By the end of the movie I was being reminded why I love good books, and unashamedly crying at the beauty of this film.
Now I've hung it all out there. Well done Zach Helm and Will Ferrell.
(WARNING: I don't think I put any "spoiers" or inappropriate clues about this movie's plot, but if you are particularly sensitive about that sort of thing or if my praise of a good movie will set it on a pedestal which will make it "okay" for you, skip the rest of this)
I hate to be the kind of person who says that, because I usually feel a little imposed upon when someone says that to me. I also despise the joining of "I like (some dumb movie)" internet groups, and all of that sort of fan-dom, and I am a little hesitant to proclaim a movie "excellent" when I have so many movie-fan-friends, but this movie merits the risk.
I don't really go for the typical Will Ferrell movie, so I went in with few expectations; I did see Letterman interview Dustin Hoffman, which sparked some interest in my mind-although it didn't seem like the movie would be beyond the level of "Click" or "Bruce Almighty".
I started the movie giving guarded chuckles at obvious jokes.
I moved into laughing louder and more often than anyone else, and indulging in a little pride because I was pretty sure I was picking up on symbols my companions were not. "This," I thought, "is exactly the kind of comedy I enjoy-intelligent and abstract."
By the end of the movie I was being reminded why I love good books, and unashamedly crying at the beauty of this film.
Now I've hung it all out there. Well done Zach Helm and Will Ferrell.