Stranger Than Fiction

[jasonf]

Posted: 11/10/06 at 9:42pm

Caitie and I just got back from this - and WOW was it a great movie!!! If you're an English teacher or an English major -- or love and appreciate great literature, you will LOVE this movie! I am NOT a Will Ferrell fan, but he was FANTASTIC in this. However, the best character was by far Dustin Hoffman's character (especially since I'm an English teacher). I hope this movie gets some Oscar nominations - especially for the writing!

[iHeartMyGeek]

Posted: 11/10/06 at 9:54pm

I can't wait to see it! I'm a literary arts major and a bunch of my classmates and I are going to see it. It looks like the perfect movie!

[Liam]

Posted: 11/10/06 at 10:01pm

I just got home from it.
I liked it a lot.

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 11/10/06 at 10:03pm

i've heard it's really great.
i was thinking of asking my cousin if he wanted to see it with me... he's an english teacher.

[mabel]

Posted: 11/10/06 at 10:37pm

I also saw Stranger than Fiction today. I'd highly recommend it! The screenplay was great, and the cast was just top notch. While I loved Will on SNL, I've been less than thrilled with his film efforts recently. He was great here though, I must say. Hoffman was also just fabulous. What a character. Even him just sitting in his office with his bare feet cracked me up. Excellent, excellent!

[KelRel]

Posted: 11/11/06 at 1:16am

I just got home from seeing this film and I adored it. For those of you who have seen it you might remember the author's reference to her treatment of a school teacher and then right after that she references a civil engineer. It was dead quiet in the theater at that point and my husband and I about died laughing. He is a civil engineer and I am a teacher. It was random, but funny for us.

It was a wonderfully acted film and I really enjoyed it. It reminded me a bit of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but less confusing.

[Plum]

Posted: 11/11/06 at 1:26am

This movie references Italo Calvino and features Emma Thompson. Damn right I'm going to see it.
Updated On: 11/11/06 at 01:26 AM

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 11/11/06 at 2:20am

I have been dying to see this ever since I read about it in Entertainment Weekly's "Must List" back in June!

[jasonf]

Posted: 11/11/06 at 10:32am

KelRel - what was the line about the civil engineer? We were laughing SO hard at the teacher line that we completely missed it!

I'm just worried about how many kids are going to see this movie thinking its a Will Ferrel movie and being very disappointed with it. What a shame -- you really do have to be pretty well educated to truly get this movie!

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I loved how the entire movie was written as if it was a novel - with the little quirky things that authors sometimes randomly do (the cookie list, the near-sighted octogenarian, Hoffman as a lifeguard...).
Though both Caitie and my favorite line, hands down, was "Dramatic irony, it'll f*** you every time." Priceless!
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[KelRel]

Posted: 11/11/06 at 10:45am

Jason it was "I killed a school teacher the day before summer vacation, how f-ing cruel is that!? Then there was the civil engineering with a heart attack in rush hour..."

It was so funny that those two were paired together and that my husband HATES traffic jams and hold ups so we could completely see him going that way. It was just funny the way that it was presented like that.

[Liam]

Posted: 11/11/06 at 11:31am

I did love the movie. But when Queen Latifah came on the screen i had half a mind to walk out. I hate her like poison.Queen Latifah made this film 30% worse.

[ILoveMyDictionary]

Posted: 11/11/06 at 11:52am

I'm seeing it today. yay.

[b*r*o*a*d*w*a*y baby]

Posted: 11/11/06 at 5:17pm

hmm. it looked good but i can't stand will ferrel. now i am convinced, however. i will have to go see it.

[One Song Glory]

Posted: 11/11/06 at 5:35pm

I saw it last night and I loved it. I just love the concept and I thought it was very funny and original.

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 11/11/06 at 5:43pm

I'm trying to talk Ivan into seeing it.
We might see it next week.
The reviews are all good.
75% on RT.
7.5 on IMDB.com

[hermionejuliet]

Posted: 11/12/06 at 12:17am

I saw the movie on Friday night (one of the few movies that would bring me to my local theatre on a Friday night - it is always crawling with teens). I really liked it. I thought it would have more slapstick like Will's other movies, but I really enjoyed the whole idea in general. Emma Thompson is spectacular! Plus, the is a Kristin Chenoweth cameo. I knew it was her the minute I heard her voice!

[DancNdaMoonlite]

Posted: 11/12/06 at 12:56am

I just came back from it. It was really good. I didn't know Kristen Chenoweth was in it until I heard her voice. I also thought they were saying Adam Pascal everytime someone said Ana Pascal.

[Freckles1329]

Posted: 11/12/06 at 2:32am

It was so funny seeing Kristin Chenoweth in it. She has 3 movies out at almost the same time... pretty cool.

[mauriposa]

Posted: 11/12/06 at 4:27am

This is easily one of the best movies I've seen in years. Then again, I am an English grad student. Brilliant is the only word I can think of to acurately describe it.

But, Liam, I have to ask. How does one hate Queen Latifah?

[DAME]

Posted: 11/12/06 at 4:35am

I didn't care for it. The gimmick wore thin and I can't stand him.

[mauriposa]

Posted: 11/12/06 at 4:48am

I hate Will Farrell, too, but as an English geek, I couldn't resist.

[iHeartMyGeek]

Posted: 11/12/06 at 7:54am

I'm seeing it today for my birthday. Really psyched! We've been talking about it forever in Playwriting class.

[ILoveMyDictionary]

Posted: 11/12/06 at 9:01am

I saw it and I loved it. The fact that the movie had Kristin Chenoweth, and a West Side Story referance, and music from Slava's Snowshow in it, made my day.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 11/12/06 at 9:38am

I think I will pass on this one. It looks a bit too clever for it's own good. Rather like The Truman Show and Adaptation, both of which had some good moments, but overall I kept feeling the writer and director were showing us how innovative and odd they could be. Besides, after seeing Will Ferrell run around in his underwear and sing the Wind Beneath My Wings on the Megan Mullally Show, I have a certain hesitancy to ever see him again.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 11/13/06 at 3:50am

I loved this movie. I don't know about Oscars, but I would certainly add Thompson to my shortlist for best feautured actress, and of course, the screenplay.