Last night we saw a strange movie for Will Ferrell. It is not his usual slapstick comedy. Stranger than Fiction is about a boring IRS dude who has no life, but starts hearing his life narrated as he moves through life. He hears a woman's voice narrating his actions and thoughts. Eventually, his life is no longer routine, and he starts doing new things, getting out of his routine and his comfort zone. And suddenly, he hears the narrator say he will die. He realizes he doesn't want to die now, because his life just got interesting.
The narrator's voice ends up being a real writer, who is writing a story about the IRS dude. Believe me, it is much less complicated than it seems. It is not a typical Ferrell comedy, and if you are expecting one, you will be sorely disappointed. On the other hand, if you watch it with an open mind, you will find it cute. Not an Oscar winner, but cute.
Emma Thompson is your typical neurotic, chain-smoking, quirky, depressed writer. Well, at least she is all those things when under stress. At the end she looked very normal and well-adjusted. Dustin Hoffman as professor is semi-credible. He almost seemed an older "Graduate". Will was cute as a strait-laced IRS auditor, and Maggie Gyllenhall was perfect in her role. Except that Will and Maggie looked a little odd as a couple. Am I the only one that feels Will looks a little awkward in his body?
Adal didn't like the ending, felt it was too Hollywood-y. But hey, THEORETICALLY speaking, if the whole movie goes on about someone's almost-inevitable death, it would make sense to not kill the guy. If you kill the guy, there is no twist. I don't know, it felt okay to me. But hey, try arguing with a writer, a person who studies this type of thing. I can only relate from the reader or viewer's side.
And I loved the little special effects embedded in the movie!
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As far as I am concern you will make a nice movie critic.
Por cierto! Vieron la pelicula de los Simpsons? Si te gusta el programa pues imaginate un episodio de hora y media. Para mi fue magnifico, no paré de reirme, pero reconozco que mi humor es algo extraño. Pero se pasa un rato chevere en el cine.
A y yo nos resignamos a que ver peliculas en el cine juntos tiene que esperar un poco mas. 1) hasta que encuentre una babysitter excelente 2) hasta que N se quede quieta por mas de 30 minutos...
I love this movie!
The end sucks. It should had ended 3 minutes before. Damn Hollywood chickensoup!!!!!!!
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