November 14, 2006

Stranger than Fiction

Went and saw Stranger Than Fiction last night. Don't let the trailers fool you into thinking it's a Will Ferrell goofy comedy. It's a lovely, smart, funny, touching movie. The attention to detail. The story. The cast. The acting. The scenery out the window. Everything. Perfect.

I'm going to go out on a limb and put it on my list of perfect movies. There's not many movies I think of as perfect:

Amelie. Perfect.
Raging Bull. Perfect.
Wizard of Oz. Perfect.
Corrina, Corrina. Might sound crazy... but it's perfect.

What's your perfect movie?

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Perfect Movies!!!

1) Amelie
2) Fargo
3) The City of Lost Children
4) Delicatessen
5) Betty Blue
6) Barton Fink
7) The 400 Blows
8) Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast
9) Little Miss Sunshine
10)Angel Heart

Reel Fanatic said...

My list would include:

Manhattan
Out of Sight
The Snapper
Duck Soup

and one recent addition, Inarritu's Babel, which is simply remarkable

Sarah Kramer said...

Out of Sight is a fantastic movie.

Raphie said...

i've been known to whine about how i'd just about kill to live in the color-adjusted Paris of Amelie...

Anonymous said...

The Princess Bride
Say Anything
Notorious (Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, I mean come on!?!)
The Philadelphia Story

That's all I got off the top of my head

Anonymous said...

I totally agree with you about "Corrina,Corrina".When I was in 6th grade I watched that movie everyday after school for 2 weeks(it was on HBO for a while)and cried almost every time.

The only perfect movie I can think of right now is "Dancer in the Dark".

Anonymous said...

Here are some of the films I LOVE:

Roman Holiday
Amelie
The Color Purple

Anonymous said...

How about, That thing you do...
fun movie!!!

Unknown said...

i have to second and third the votes for Amelie and add Breakfast on Pluto. V for Vendetta and Sin City (though not warm fuzzies) border this category because, upon watching them again lacked the thrill of the first viewing, though still good.

Lo said...

Last Life in the Universe - Go see it.
The Royal Tenenbaums - Yup.
Yes, and Amelie, too.

Lo said...

Last Life in the Universe - Go see it.
The Royal Tenenbaums - Yup.
Yes, and Amelie, too.

Anonymous said...

Pride and Prejudice (the BBC Version)

What can I say? I'm a sap.

~Angela

Anonymous said...

lost in translation= perfection

Anonymous said...

Amelie, Lost in Translation, and Life is Beautiful (La Vita e Bella) are my perfect movies.