Compelling

So I am watching this movie, "Stranger than Fiction". Compelling. This fragmented story, which I imagine got panned, is compelling to me. It is rich in language, narrative, and vibrant with life. The exploration and growth the character goes through is so cool to me.

There is this scene where the female lead, makes cookies, for the innocuous male lead. It is pure art. The subtleties. The darkness outside. The rain. The communication and body language between a perfectly captured (played) IRS auditor and a sensuous rebellious anarchistic heroine who loathes all that her opposite displays. Is magic. You watch as these characters interplay across a table of one cookie, and one glass of milk. It is absolute pure romance. The chemistry just shows a slow warming, which is awesome.

I love this movie. I haven't even finished it yet. Moreover, and this is the beauty in the eye of the beholder thing. I can totally see people not getting this movie at all. To me it's a movie that says WOW, go out and celebrate life. But I can totally see people saying, What a waste.

There are those of us in life (no better no worse), who cry when Kevin Costner asks his dad, "Do you wanna have a catch?" In Field of Dreams, and then their are others who are compelled to go out and hit a speed bag after a Rocky Movie. None the less, it is what it is. Compelling.