Ruby Sparks

Stranger Than Fiction indeed.

Now I like Zooey Deschanel, but the is something more then a little sad than she agreed to play the literal role of a writer's wish fulfillment.

I don't know about any one else but I find the laser like pandering to her nerd male fan base rather disheartening. You're a better actress then this Zooey

edited 27th Aug '12 2:39:22 AM by joeyjojo

Dude, the trailer says it's Zoe Kazan, not Zooey Deschanel.

edited 27th Aug '12 5:33:15 AM by GeekCodeRed

Yeah, it's Kazan, who also scripted. Supremely creepy concept, which that trailer's tone doesn't really hit — outside the accidental freeze frame there.

Also, I thought the ending was a bit weak.

edited 27th Aug '12 5:35:38 AM by Nicknacks

Yeah, it's Kazan, who also scripted

That makes all the worst

She also doesn't look all that similar to Zooey Deschanel.

Regardless of the actress. It's a pretty creepy and sexist premise for a movie. I have to adgree with Natalie Audley on this one.

edited 27th Aug '12 3:21:25 PM by joeyjojo

Have you watched the movie? I haven't, but I was (and still am) under the impression that it isn't about gratification and is meant to be played for creepiness.

EDIT: Or rather, that it's about very creepy gratification.

edited 27th Aug '12 5:04:57 PM by disruptorfe404

Interested, for some odd reason.

The premise reminds me of "A World of his Own" off of The Twilight Zone, which was handled very humorously :P .

It hasn't got a major release here yet. I certainly hope so but. Zoe Kazen would have to be a poor quality writer (and a total failure as a woman) if she saw nothing distastefull with the story's premise.

Don't spoil it for me, but is there some sort of plot twist where terrorists steal the writer's magic typewriter and use Ruby as the perfect assassin?

I'm just bemused by the fact that Kazan could be mistaken for Zooey Deschanel, or that the latter could be better than this after appearing in The Happening and Your Highness. Many lulz.

What? They are both actresses who play Manic Pixie Dream Girl and who's names start with Z. What more do you want?

They might as well be twins.

edited 6th Jan '13 8:19:52 PM by joeyjojo

All I know, I learned from Wikipedia.

(I'm talking about this movie, but that statement is very likely more applicable to more things than I care to admit)

Speaking of Wikipedia, in Miss Kazan defense she does try to address the criticisms of the manic pixie dream girl trope, but she fails to come up with a logically consistent counter argument IMHO. 

edited 3rd Sep '12 3:47:59 PM by joeyjojo

Tough shit

Anyway it's pretty safe to say that Ruby Sparks despite the authoresses best intentions fills the Manic Pixie Dream Girl check list to a T. Although unlike whats-her-name at the Feminist Frequency I don't think there is anything sexist per say in the heroine as the hero muse archetype,

edited 8th Sep '12 3:58:08 PM by joeyjojo