Stranger than Fiction
Harold Crick is an interesting character even though he on the outside, appears to be extremely boring. He is a very straightforward person and practical. He liked to keep the same routine and is very dependable. His values would include being on time, being dependable, and his relationships that he does eventually develop.He values his routine and completing his task and values efficiency.
It appears to be significant for her to come up with his death because it snaps him out of his day to day life. It causes him to begin truly living his life even though he also appears to enjoy the life he was living until he realizes he's being narrated and going to be killed. This is a problem for her because she can't figure out how to do it and she doesn't want to be cliche' about it.
The questions the professor asks Harold are important to the story because it narrows the plot line down. We are able to cross so many different story types off the list for what kind of story we're being told by these questions and able to realize progressively with the questions that it's a tragedy and then the foreshadowing of all the people connecting and the story in the end and all of the particular scenes that she is seen looking at things going on in life to try to figure out how to kill of Harold. It shows all the connections up until the end of the movie.
The wrist watch plays so many important roles in this movie. The watch is basically Crick's lifeline. It chimed at key points in the plot that showed it's importance. The watch shows the time constraint of Harold's life and how there's a struggle to decide how to end his life. Also, in the end that watch saved his life so there was importance in that of course. The cookie scene showed a lot and it seems to depend on the viewer if they saw a relationship change. I definitely saw a change, especially because she came away from her attitude and offered him a present even though he couldn't accept the gift.
The relationships between film and literature are commented on through out the movie with the idea that Harold is a character in a book and can hear his life being narrated and is therefore, able to interact within those limitations. Even if the limitations are his life story and the author has complete control over him. The relationship between character and author is usually limited unlike what we saw in this movie where there was interaction and persuasion on Harold's part to the author to not be killed off. The author in the movie's books call out the cliche' that she always kills off her main character in the end and she varied from that which was a good thing to do and the film calls out it's own cliche's by not letting him be killed in the end because you can kind of see that coming when Harold tracks down his author and she realizes what she's doing. All in all it was a very interesting movie to watch.
It appears to be significant for her to come up with his death because it snaps him out of his day to day life. It causes him to begin truly living his life even though he also appears to enjoy the life he was living until he realizes he's being narrated and going to be killed. This is a problem for her because she can't figure out how to do it and she doesn't want to be cliche' about it.
The questions the professor asks Harold are important to the story because it narrows the plot line down. We are able to cross so many different story types off the list for what kind of story we're being told by these questions and able to realize progressively with the questions that it's a tragedy and then the foreshadowing of all the people connecting and the story in the end and all of the particular scenes that she is seen looking at things going on in life to try to figure out how to kill of Harold. It shows all the connections up until the end of the movie.
The wrist watch plays so many important roles in this movie. The watch is basically Crick's lifeline. It chimed at key points in the plot that showed it's importance. The watch shows the time constraint of Harold's life and how there's a struggle to decide how to end his life. Also, in the end that watch saved his life so there was importance in that of course. The cookie scene showed a lot and it seems to depend on the viewer if they saw a relationship change. I definitely saw a change, especially because she came away from her attitude and offered him a present even though he couldn't accept the gift.
The relationships between film and literature are commented on through out the movie with the idea that Harold is a character in a book and can hear his life being narrated and is therefore, able to interact within those limitations. Even if the limitations are his life story and the author has complete control over him. The relationship between character and author is usually limited unlike what we saw in this movie where there was interaction and persuasion on Harold's part to the author to not be killed off. The author in the movie's books call out the cliche' that she always kills off her main character in the end and she varied from that which was a good thing to do and the film calls out it's own cliche's by not letting him be killed in the end because you can kind of see that coming when Harold tracks down his author and she realizes what she's doing. All in all it was a very interesting movie to watch.
Very good comments about the movie. I agree about how much the relationship between film and literature are commented on throughout the movie. Actually, if there's one thing the movie does well it's the commentary on literature itself and creating a work. Interesting concept for a movie, that may have missed in a few points, but overall was a good watch.
ReplyDeleteI like what you said about Harold's watch showing the time constraint on his life. I always thought the watch was kind of a silly, unnecessary added piece of the movie that doesn't have merit until the end. I hadn't thought of it as being a sort of "countdown" piece leading to Harold's death, but that's a really interesting thought. The watch stopped working at just the right moment, showing that his time was almost up. Then, like you said, it becomes his "lifeline" at the end by saving his life. I always thought that was an interesting way to end the story, but connecting it with the watch's seeming lack of importance earlier in the film was always a struggle for me. This is a great new way to think about that connection for me. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI do agree with the cookie scene that relationships changed. I also believe that Harold's attitude changed towards doing things different in his life like trying and liking the cookies. I believe that Karen did control Harold and his life but just like the cookie scene, Harold's attitude change about life caused Karen to change her mind about killing Harold off. Maybe Harold did have more control over Karen.
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