Fishy Fishy Big Fish
Wow!! A very very Big Fish..hahaha
These two words “Big Fish” attracted my attention. What is it? Documentary? Cartoon (Just like Finding Nemo or Shark Tales?) Or some movie? I never heard of it (outdated Jen). I was thinking well, nothing wrong to play it and kill my time as I was very bored to be alone at home.
Oh it was a movie! What was it all about? A father was telling a story of a big fish that he met in the river. Huh? Whole movie will be revolving around that stupid fish? It didn’t look real at all. I sat still and didn’t press the stop button. Come on, it’s just a beginning of the movie, be patient!
Slowly I realized it’s not about the big fish, it’s about a relationship between a father and his one and only son. Just like the movie “Seabiscuit”, it’s not about sea biscuits but a horse named Seabiscuit showing a life of a young man with horse race.
In “Big Fish”, Edward Bloom (Albert Finney) had always been a teller of tall-tales about his oversized life as a young man (Ewan McGregoy). His stories of his “life experience” charmed almost everyone he encountered except for his own son Will (Billy Crudup). One fine day, Will argued with him and told him straight that he was tired of his stories and ashamed of him Their relationship cracked ever since. Will and his wife returned to hometown when Edward fell sick badly. He questioned his father and begged him to tell the truth of his life and only facts but not fiction. He felt very sad and disappointed that he never knew and understood his own father because he knew him from his tall-tales.
Will found some of the old documents and found out some stories that he never told. He began to realize that things did happen but not in a fancy way. To the last few breath of Edward in the hospital, Will on the other hand telling his father fancy story in exaggerated elaboration and description.
The movie is great and I rate it 4 stars! It’s very touching which earned a few drops of my tears (I cry only for exceptional movie ok? :P) The movie shows between Edward’s tall-tales in his younger age and reality facts in older life with his family. I personally enjoy the story with the special effects etc in his tall-tales and how it ends. Quite sad though to see a father taking his last breath in front of his beloved son.
Oh it was a movie! What was it all about? A father was telling a story of a big fish that he met in the river. Huh? Whole movie will be revolving around that stupid fish? It didn’t look real at all. I sat still and didn’t press the stop button. Come on, it’s just a beginning of the movie, be patient!
Slowly I realized it’s not about the big fish, it’s about a relationship between a father and his one and only son. Just like the movie “Seabiscuit”, it’s not about sea biscuits but a horse named Seabiscuit showing a life of a young man with horse race.
In “Big Fish”, Edward Bloom (Albert Finney) had always been a teller of tall-tales about his oversized life as a young man (Ewan McGregoy). His stories of his “life experience” charmed almost everyone he encountered except for his own son Will (Billy Crudup). One fine day, Will argued with him and told him straight that he was tired of his stories and ashamed of him Their relationship cracked ever since. Will and his wife returned to hometown when Edward fell sick badly. He questioned his father and begged him to tell the truth of his life and only facts but not fiction. He felt very sad and disappointed that he never knew and understood his own father because he knew him from his tall-tales.
Will found some of the old documents and found out some stories that he never told. He began to realize that things did happen but not in a fancy way. To the last few breath of Edward in the hospital, Will on the other hand telling his father fancy story in exaggerated elaboration and description.
The movie is great and I rate it 4 stars! It’s very touching which earned a few drops of my tears (I cry only for exceptional movie ok? :P) The movie shows between Edward’s tall-tales in his younger age and reality facts in older life with his family. I personally enjoy the story with the special effects etc in his tall-tales and how it ends. Quite sad though to see a father taking his last breath in front of his beloved son.
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