Stranger Than Fiction

[rbx260]

So what do you guys think of Will Farrell's next movie, "Stranger than Fiction" ? Will plays a more serious character, but still looks quite funny. It opens this Friday. Anyone intent on seeing it?

[sockcrotch]

I've been planning on seeing it for months. It looks so brilliant.

[Dan #3]

I'm not the biggest Will Ferrel fan, but Tony Hale is in the film, so I'll be going.

[Crusader]

I plan on seeing this but from what I've seen in the trailers, this isn't WIll Ferrel playing a serious character.

[HoboFactory]

So they took a mildly amusing gag used in many movies before... and made it the premise for the entire film?

 

Brilliant? Try "poor excuse for even retarded."

[Shakakahn]

it's more dramatic comedy which is a big change for him

[muffledscreams]

i really want to see this movie. i think it'll be funny seeing will ferrel not causing the comedy exactly, but more suffering from the comedy. even my english professor said it looked like a good movie (in an intellectual narrator-character way)

[garsk]

so how was it? or has anyone seen it yet?

[juniorspank]

Jim Carey has a similar movie coming out called The Number 23 or Number 23... one of the two... maybe even 23.... something like that.

[Hyphnip]

I wouldn't call them similar. Stranger than Fiction is about someone who hears a narrator who is writing a book about him without her knowing he is a real person. 23 or whatever is about a person who reads a book which is kinda like some conspirasy theory and notices parallels in his life.

 

anyway, I want to see both.

[juniorspank]

I still find it similar on a basic level.

 

Guy notices life is following a story. Guy realizes that there's a death in the story that he hasn't experienced yet.

 

That's a very basic similarity but it's there >_>

Edited November 30, 2006 by juniorspank

[Hyphnip]

well... I guess on a berry berry basic level.

[Lauren]

i saw it last night and i liked it a lot. i don't watch a lot of movies so maybe i'm not the best judge... will farrell was a good pick for this movie. it gives off a date movie vibe but i think its enjoyable for most anyone. i even cried! haha that's not unusual though. and the soundtrack is amazing. i hope to purchase it. a few of the guys from spoon worked on it and its pretty kickass.

 

in conclusion: worth the money to see it.

[S.E. Hardy]

I really loved it... It's as close to Charlie Kaufman you can get without hiring Charlie Kaufman.

[Matt]

It's good. They built a solid story, which is kind have weird because it's completely unbelieveable. But, I also liked how the author, after constantly killing off all her characters,

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re-evaluates her writing after she learns these people could be real. And through this she is able to come to terms without being perfect to some extent.

[Muran]

Just saw it, I thought it was an adorable movie. Will Ferrell did a great job, surprisingly understated, but well acted.

[Jarrod]

I loved Stranger Than Fiction. I saw it at the cheap ass theatre for $2.

[marx marvelous]

I liked it. Not "brilliant", but an overwhelmingly positive turn from garbage like Anchorman and Talladega Nights. I wish he were interested in more serious roles.

[Jarrod]

Yeah, considering his next movie... Blades of Glory... which looks like a piece of SHIT.

I liked Talledega Nights but it wasn't the greatest movie in the world. It was good for a popcorn flick.

 

He needs to do more mature comedies like Stranger Than Fiction, and perhaps more dramatic...

[Matt]

I think part of the problem is how many people have seriously thought Will Ferrell would be good in a series films? I doubt he gets offered many, sort have like Jim Carrey at first... Probably over time, he'll do a few more, and then a few more, etc. Talledega Nights was funny-ish, the whole goof-ball character becomes tiring after awhile.

[Shiri]

I can't stand Will Ferrell and I have no intention of watching any of his movies.

[HoboFactory]

Damn straight, Shiri.

[Hyphnip]

he is amazing in this movie. I think I'll give it a 9/10.

[Ravenous megin-sane]

I can't stand Will Ferrell and I have no intention of watching any of his movies.

go see it. it's amazing

[Shiri]

I don't want to ;)

 

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