Stranger Than Fiction
Have you guys seen this movie yet? It’s been out on DVD for a little while now and we just got around to finally watching it last night. It was such a good movie! It’s about a man who is going about his daily routine when he suddenly starts hearing a voice narrating his life. The movie is mostly about him trying to figure out who the voice is and why he hears her. One of my favorite parts is when Harold (Will Ferrell) is trying to figure out if his "story" is a comedy or a tragedy. He spends the day with a little notebook, one page marked "Comedy" and the other page marked "Tragedy". Whenever something happens he makes a little mark on one of the pages. At the end of the day, he opens up the notebook and the comedy page has one mark while the tragedy page is completely full of little marks. He then turns to Miss Pascal (Maggie Gyllenhall) as he’s walking out the door and says, "I know this won’t make much sense to you, but I think I’m in a tragedy." How many times have I felt that way, myself!
Will Ferrell has done so many jerky sort of comedies lately (I like the jerky ones, too, don’t get me wrong) that I honestly didn’t realize that he could do something more serious. This movie, while still a comedy, had Will doing what he does best, only with subtlety, if you can imagine that. Quite frankly, he was perfect for the part. Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhall, and Dustin Hoffman were also great in this movie. It was well written and had a good message. I must say that I’m going to recommend this movie to all my friends. Hey, look at that, I just did!
