Friday, November 10, 2006

Second Chances...

Dad and I had to give Will Ferrell a second chance to entertain us... after the great disappointment in the much-over-hyped Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby which we saw a few weeks ago... I had not previously written about it... The reminder is still painful. That piece-of-crap posing-as-art was (1) not funny, (2) offensive, and (3) not entertaining...

So, today we went to see Stranger Than Fiction. That's right! Poppa and I went to see a "chick-flick!" I didn't literally count'em; but, I am sure that he and I laughed more than 100 times each...

In fact (without spoiling it for those who've yet to see it), at one moment when the director (Marc Forster) was eliciting a collective gasp from the audience... Dad and I were the only two in the theater roaring with laughter -- in clear contrast to the rest of the audience's expected reaction... Hahaha...

Emma Thompson, Queen Latifah and Dustin Hoffman each play wonderful supporting roles... Between the two of us, Dad and I give this 3.5 middle fingers... <g>

Go see it! If you want an enjoyable time and need to escape for a couple of hours... this is a good remedy!

A couple of notes which interested me --
  1. So far as I can tell, this is Zach Helm's writing debut...
  2. Due to the creativity exposed in this film, I now plan to see Finding Neverland which was also directed by Forster...
  3. The writing process is nicely demonstrated through experience...