Movie Review // Stranger Than Fiction

Update: I was just blogsurfing, and found that Firda from Weblog Wannabe voted this movie as one of the best of 2006! Hahas.. Told you it was a nice movie!

DIRECTOR: Marc Foster
WRITTEN BY: Zach Helm

Go Watch It!

I thought since I am currently talking to Alicia about the movie, I might as well post it up to the blog as the review...

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
i saw will ferrell on the poster and thought: this should be funny

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
so i went to watch it

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
but it wasn't as funny as it was meaningful =)

‡ ∂|ï©¡á ‡ Faith over circumstances says:
tt's quite a pleasant surprise

‡ ∂|ï©¡á ‡ Faith over circumstances says:
what is it abt?

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
it's something of a "what would u do if u know that you are going to die" movie

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
about how this writer is writing a book and the character is actually a living person

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
and the writer planned to write the character to death..

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
so that the story would be a good one..

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
but then she eventually found out that her character was an actual person....

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
blah blah blah

‡ ∂|ï©¡á ‡ Faith over circumstances says:
haha...so it's like she can control the fate of that person?

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
yes..

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
the story starts with the character hearing someone narrating his life

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
and how he changes his boring life eventually because he knows he's going to die..

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
the scriptwriter plays on the interweaving of reality and fiction to pull of a simple story...

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
quite draggy at the start. hahas

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
it's sort of a feel-good movie actually..

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
meaningless meaningful movie.

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
hmm.

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
i talk too much

‡ ∂|ï©¡á ‡ Faith over circumstances says:
haha to e pt of getting a lil confusing..

‡ ∂|ï©¡á ‡ Faith over circumstances says:
but it sounds like sophie's world...

‡ ∂|ï©¡á ‡ Faith over circumstances says:
a lil..

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
sort of..

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
but not really...

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
cos sophie's world is a confusion of what is real and what is not.

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
in this case, all is real.

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
hahas.. quite luan right? u have to watch it to know lah

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
i give it 3.5 stars

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
which is a go watch it! rating

The stellar cast consisting big names such as Emma Thompson, Queen Latifah and Dustin Hoffman definitely added the subtle whimsical emotions which made the movie better that if it were by lesser actors.

The movie also showed that Will Farrell is definitely capable of much more than pure comedy. I was waiting for the laugh to come, but it never really did in a slapstick manner, but in a heartwarming one. Kudos!!