STRANGER than Fiction

Stranger than Fiction is definitely a Postmodern movie. The entire story is metafiction. Harold Crick is living out a story within a story being written. Then, when Harold figures out what is going on, finds the author, and reads the story, he tells he author that it's okay to kill him because it is a beautiful story. They are praising chaos, saying it is okay to knowingly commit murder if it makes the story brilliant. Reality is determined by the author, not the ones actually living out the story. Also, throughout the entire movie, Harold is asking WHY? Why is all this stuff happening to him? Why is there a voice narrating his life? However, even with the postmodern aspects, I think that this movie is incredibly clever when you hear the random things the writer did like naming all the characters after mathematicians when Harold is constantly thinking about numbers or how the store near the bakery was called Drury Lane. Also, the watch being a character is a cool concept because I never really thought about that the first time I watched the movie. The whole story kind of revolves around the watch and what it wants to do to control Harold's life. The only thing I do not like is how they just accept death or at least the professor encourages Harold to let the author kill him off because it would make the story a masterpiece. They don't seem to value human life until the very end when the author saves him. The movie does do a really good job of adding in comedy, though, because without the little jokes like the "flours," this movie would be incredibly depressing and hopeless.