Monday, February 18, 2008

Stranger than Fiction

I just finished seeing arguably the most amazing movie that i've possibly seen in the near past. its called Stranger Than Fiction. the movie is about a man and his WRIST WATCH that he has been keeping for a time long enough that he himself doesn't know. the hero follows dead strict routine and even counts the number of toothbrush strokes that he makes and has to make every morning(72 times, 36 time sideways and 36 times up and down). it just so happens that he begins to hear a female voice in his head that seems to narrate his whole life, rather than telling him what to do, which is the case with most of the psychiatric patients. he feels that he is a character in his own story that is being narrated by the voice. on the recommendation of a literature professor, he decides to change his lifestyle and do things that he has always wanted to do just to check if that makes things better for him now that he has heard from the voice that he is going to die very soon. he even succeeds in getting the only woman that he "WANTS". the series of events continue and it comes as a gradual realization to the viewer that the hero is, after all, a character in his own story, and the voice that he thinks is narrating the story is of the author of the story herself. once that author understands that what she is about to publish is a real story of a real living being altogether, she decides to make some changes in the story, that although not very well makes sense with the rest of the story, but is nevertheless worth a change. "as harold took a bite of the bavarian sugar cookie, he finally felt that everything is gonna be OK. sometimes when we lose ourselves in fear and despair in routine and constancy, in hopelessness and tragedy, we can thank god for bavarian sugar cookies and fortunately, when there are no cookies we can still find re-assurance of a familiar hand on our cheeks, or kind and loving gesture, of subtle encouragement, or a loving embrace, or an offer of comfort."
a must watch.....

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