The film, Stranger Than Fiction was needless to say interesting. I enjoyed
the comedy because it tickled my funny bone. Will Ferrell is one of my favorite,
comedic actors and he definitely made me laugh. His character (whose the main
character) Harold Crick is very organized, clean and kind of a bore. His life
is not exciting whatsoever but he seem content of where he is at in life. His daily
routine consist of waking up at a certain time every morning. He brushes his teeth a certain amount of times in different strokes. He gets dressed in a similar looking suit to his others. He counts his steps, catches the bus on time and goes to work on time as well. He does this everyday without fail. He is very dedicated to his routine and the details around him. Quickly, it becomes obvious that his character has traits of obsessive compulsive disorder, OCD for short. OCD is an anxiety disorder that causes uncontrollable, repetitive behavior that a person feel that they have to do. He does not exactly has the disorder first hand but he features some of the symptoms.
In the beginning of the film, he is a static character; not changing or really developing. But as the movie goes, he changes and becomes an dynamic character when his life gets invaded by a narrative voice of an famous writer. He transforms from this boring, man of order to this happy, living man who no longer cares about order or numbers. He goes with the flow, meets a woman, changes his attire, and his whole life around fulfilling his past desires. He learns that it is okay to be carefree and do all the things he has wanted but never did. That is another thing he suffers from in the beginning, denying his desires and needs but all that changed within time and a lady's voice.
In the beginning of the film, he is a static character; not changing or really developing. But as the movie goes, he changes and becomes an dynamic character when his life gets invaded by a narrative voice of an famous writer. He transforms from this boring, man of order to this happy, living man who no longer cares about order or numbers. He goes with the flow, meets a woman, changes his attire, and his whole life around fulfilling his past desires. He learns that it is okay to be carefree and do all the things he has wanted but never did. That is another thing he suffers from in the beginning, denying his desires and needs but all that changed within time and a lady's voice.
This movie has a nice balance of
literature and film mixed together. The plot of the movie promotes common
themes of literature, clichés, typical relationships, different genres and classic characters. Stranger
Than Fiction is the movie that confronts every classic, mutual movie slash
book out there how predictable literature have become. Opposites always
attract, there is a hero and a villain, someone has a change of heart, someone
changes their life for themselves, love is in the air, there are laughs, tears
and then someone dies. The end. This happens almost ninety-five percent of the
time in films these days and this picture happen to do the same but in a
different way that is exposing the secret to literature adaptation. I
personally enjoyed the film and the messages behind it. My religion of being a
Baptist does not affect the way I see or read literature because I am not
religious to the point where I let this movie and or many others affect me in a
literal sense. My faith does not have a say so in my movie life and it is
alright. This motion picture brought the truth to the light and there is
nothing greater than the truth in a strange way.
*If this sounds like a movie you will like, you can watch here. Here's the link: Stranger Than Fiction
