Re: Why didn't you tell me about this before?

Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:21:55 GMT, Gutless Umbrella Carrying
> Sissy <taustinca@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:36:41 GMT, throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Wayne
>>> Throop) wrote:
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>>>>: Terry Austin <taustinca@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>: Indeed. Just finished a movie that did that to me. It was
>>>>: better for having will Ferrel in it. Who would ever have
>>>>: dreamed? 
>>>>
>>>>What?  Something good and interesting, with Will Ferrel in it?
>>>>That's... improbable.  But...
>>> 
>>> Gotta be "Stranger Than Fiction." 
>>
>>"Winter Passing," actually, with Ed Harris (and how can you go 
>>wrong with Ed Harris?) and Zooey Deschanel. Very dark character 
>>study of a confused, self destructive young woman. Ending isn't 
>>happy so much as hopeful, and not syrupy all.
> 
> Ferrel's made TWO good movies?  I'm amazed.

One shocked me senseless, to be honest. I'm almost afraid to even 
try the second. Note that both are non-comedic roles, apparently 
(the one I've seen certainly is).
> 
>>> Which was an amazingly fine
>>> picture, and demonstrated that it's possible for Will Ferrel
>>> to star in a good movie, something I would not have believed
>>> prior to that. 
>>> 
>>As I recall, I avoided that one because the ads made it look
>>like a comedy, and it had Ferrel in it. I might have to
>>reconsider. 
> 
> I think you'd like it.  It is a comedy of sorts, but not at all
> Ferrel's usual kind.
> 
Which is the im****tant thing. Even if it's a comedy, if it's played 
seriously, that's the sort of comedy I like.

-- 
Terry Austin

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