Big Fish

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Summary: GOOD STORY - VERY ENJOYABLE
Review: This is one of those movies you want to just see to enjoy. Wonderful imagination here on several levels. It is difficult to separate reality from dream/story here, as the film was ment to be. Burton has done a good job of this. I suppose you could call this an adventure fairytale of sorts. Be that as it may, I enjoyed it and would recommend it highly. Just watch it and have fun!

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Summary: Only Someone Like Tim Burton Can Make This Kind of Film
Review: I read the book and thought little of it with all its tall tales. When you read such book with a closed mind, you toss it away as merely child's play. Daniel Wallace probably wrote it with the intention of the reader to interprete on their own. But, it takes someone like Tim Burton to really give life into this life journey. Alot of the stories are interwoven and Burton puts flesh on the characters so we are not totally disillusioned by all this fiction. This is why I probably enjoyed the film much more than the book. I remembered alot of the plot but seeing it through Will made a big difference.

The DVD is jammed-packed with lots of features which Tim Burton fans will enjoy. I think that this DVD would make a great collection if you are a big fan. Also, it shows how a simple story can be great through a creative mind like Burton. Sometimes, we just have to open our minds a little bit to see the big picture. I think I learned alot from watching the movie and will read the book again. After watching someone's interpretation on the screen, it makes you think twice after reading a book with a closed mind.

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Summary: flying into chicago.
Review: i saw this in the theatre with a friend and we had a good laugh. we also cried and hurled, but i'll save that story for another review.

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Summary: Simply Delightful!
Review: This movie is a great mixture of emotion and production. When I first started watching it, I thought, "How stupid". But I hung in there and found it to be one that I hated and loved at the same time.

It was stupid and clever, great and horrible, all wrapped up into one fantastic package.

I cried at the end and came away with a very refreshing feeling. My husband had recently passed away, and this movie spoke to me.

Two Thumbs-Up.



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Summary: The Power of Imagination
Review: This film is about the way a man's imagination can shape and define his life. That man, Edward Bloom (played brilliantly by Ewan McGregor and Albert Finney) has a son named Will(Billy Crudup) who does not share his affinity for the fantastic. When doctors find that Edward is dying, Will flies back home to be with the man he never understood, in some effort to know the man, and not the stories he told. What Will learns throughout the course of the film is that the man is the stories he told.

When Edward tells about the day that Will was born, he creates a story about a BIG FISH that he caught using his wedding ring as bait. Will hates the story and knows the truth, that his father was a travelling salesman, and he was out of town when Will was born. Edward adds color to the story because it means something to him, and the metaphor of the Big Fish is self-evident. The two butt heads and try to reach accords up to the very end, which is very moving. They are well supported by Jessica Lange and Alison Lohman as the older and younger versions of Will's mother, and Edward's wife. A scene toward the end of the movie involving Finney, Lange and a bathtub is one of the most touching in recent memory.

From amid all of the family strife and sadness surrounding the father's illness emerges a wondrous celebration of the human imagination and how it can make any moment special. Truly a film for the ages.

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Summary: to K. Holliday...
Review: It is a great shame you didn't enjoy this movie because of Ewans southern accent. I thought that he did a superb job, considering how strong his normal Scottish accent is. But you seem to have thought Albert Finney is a "native southerner" when he is actually British! I thought Ewan and Albert complimented each other perfectly in this film. I won't bother to summarize it, because that's already been done. All I can say is, this is my top three, maybe top two favorite film of all time!! You won't be bored for a second, you are kept constantly on your toes. Everything about this movie is splendid and EVERYONE needs t oview this! Be prepared, if you have a heart, you WILL cry at the end...definetely Burtons best film ever!

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Summary: I really wanted to like this film...
Review: Normally, I love Tim Burton films (except for Planet of the Apes), but this one left me painfully disappointed. Basically, McGregor's failed attempt to speak with a Southern accent ruined it for me, particularly since Albert Finney (who plays Edward Bloom in the later years) is a native Southerner and speaks accordingly. The end result: it was extremely hard to believe that McGregor and Finney represented two stages in the life of one character... In fact, they appeared to be two totally different people. Nevertheless, I have to admit that the set design was fantastic.

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Summary: One of the best Over-Looked movies you will ever see...
Review: I am not one to type many reviews on Amazon, but for this movie I had to make an exception.

Big Fish is a wonderful movie written and directed by Tim Burton. Being a Tim Burton movie you expect a dark and gloomy type of filming and story that brings your interest into the main characters but yet keeps you on the edge while waiting to see the strange sides of darkness that he can expose is characters and in his movies. But though Tim Burton seems to have a mastery of the dark film, it is amazing to see a man show how wonderful and bright life can be.

The story itself is a Great inspiration of how one mans life can affect so many others, and also shows that redemption can never come too late as the Son and Father come to a place of respect and love in the end of the movie. But what amazes me the most about this movie is how even though you can classify it as a "feel good" movie, it goes so far beyond that. It's a movie that sticks with you and seemly coveys a message that you take home, it gives you a feeling of hope. Just watch this movie and see how good you feel and how it is not cheesy conveyed emotions or over the top acting, just total stability where these actors convey a marvelous story in a real to life way.

The special affects are amazing and what is great about them is that they are only used to make a point or to tell the tall tales his Father tells him, and you continue to look forward to every little story he will tell in the movie so you can see a great little imagination play out on the screen in a larger than life way.

I highly recommend this movie, I was a fool to say I'd never see it because Tim Burton made it. I am amazed a guy who seems to be so skilled with eerie and dark movies can find such a way to embrace life and show the good in everyday people while making you feel wonderful and inspired all at once. This ranks right up next to Shawshank Redemption as one of the greatest overlooked movie of the past 10 years.