Film: Big Fish

[MynameisnotDeja]

FILM: Big Fish

I just saw this last night..and oh shit is it great! It took everything in me not to just cry and cry at the end..and when I left the theater it literally felt like my heart was swollen 6x the size in my chest...this film is everything..beautiful, interesting, exciting, full of heart. GO SEE IT!

 

[alasdairm]

i saw this last night also. it's very tim burton. great acting - particularly ewan mcgregor who is sparkly and charming. lots of excellent support, beautiful scenes.

it's definitely a 'feel good' movie. also the end was beautiful and triumphant.

alasdair

 

[kerosika]

I got bored

 

[Trippies]

Oooh this is one of those movies i am very psyched about seeing, I hear really is just great.

 

[MynameisnotDeja]

I thought Ewan McGregor was sooo cute in it..and yes all the acting was definately very good. I am going to see it again very soon.

 

[PoetessAurora]

I saw it two weeks ago in Orlando. Tim Burton is a fantastic director. The movie itself is a tear jerker. Ewan is hott and his wife in the movie is adorable. Must see this movie.

 

[shannabanana]

I loved it. To be honest, there were a few points where I thought "get on with it already" but for the most part, I was content to sit back and watch and feel happy.

(And I thought the military scene was the funniest.)

 

[Fried Man]

YES, the vantriliquist!!!!!!! SO FUNNNY,

 

[Cat Again]

what is this movie about? the commercials dont really say much.

 

[MynameisnotDeja]

It's basically the story of this man, and his relationship with his son. The father always told all these stories about the things that happened to him in his life, and although most of the things did happen, he sort of vamped them up to make them better stories. The son felt like he never knew his dad because he thought he was a liar. So the whole movie is pretty much everything that happened to the dad, looked at in the vamped up way that he had always told them. It's also about how the son comes to term with everything he thought about his father..
God that was really jumbled but that sort of sums it up...maybe? LOL Just go see it! :D

 

[cravNbeets]

glad to see this film has been endorsed by people i trust i cant wait to see it. i feel another solo trip to the cinema coming on after i return from vacation.

 

[Baron]

I really enjoyed almost all of it, but for some reason the very ending really... I don't know, took me out of the rest of it. I'm not going to give spoilers, but it felt kinda overused, like I'd seen it in a bunch of other movies. Right BEFORE the very end, though, I had tears streaming down my face and loved it.

 

[Lingo]

^^
Baron, holy shit, I didn;t know you where still alive!

I have to agree with Baron. The ending made me more than a bit misty.

As for the rest of the film, my inner monologur during thr first half was (jesus christ, Burton must be desperate." At the end, however, I was covinced that Burton could (if he so desired) make a seious film baseed entirely in reality.

Adios,
Steve

 

[RollNRave]

I just saw this film yesterday. Three guys at my restaurant were raving about it for the past two weeks, saying that it is one of the greatest movies ever. When I mentioned that I might see it alone, my manager said, "Good. That way no one has to see you cry."

In the end, I thought it was alright. Burton's cinematography and his sets were amazing - the visual impact of the movie was astounding. The acting was also excellent on all parts, especially Ewan McGregor. On the other hand, I thought the plot was merely ok. I am in a similar relationship with my father, as William Bloom says, "We are two strangers who know each other really well." (or something to that effect) Nonetheless, I did not think the movie was a tearjerker at all and did not even come close to misty eyed. In my opinion, this is a rental movie and not worth the $7.75 for theater entry.

 

[MynameisnotDeja]

^
Damn...do ANY movies make you cry???? hehe

It's amazing how opinions can differ...I definately agree with your friends who said it was one of the greatest movies ever...

 

[RollNRave]

I can't really think of any off the top of my head. Then again, I think I can check that impulse whenever I feel it start to happening by just realizing that it's a movie dammit. They're actors reading from a script and it's not real. Call me Capt. Buzzkill

 

[onetwothreefour]

well, i was pleasantly surprised - though i'm a massive fan of burton, i really didn't think it looked too good at all, so i was stressing that it would suck. but no, i shouldn't have doubted him, i found this *really* enjoyable.

i guess it acts as burton's ode to storytelling, and it works so well - with so many of the things in ed bloom's (ewan mcgregor; albert finney) stories acting on a metaphorical level, and the same threads running through august's script/burton's film.

and yeah, the acting was great, and burton's fantastical sets were as good as ever. though i don't think he'll ever beat edward scissorhands, i think this ranks up there as one of burton's best, certainly better than planet of the apes

i'm definitely looking forward to the willy wonka remake now!!

 

[DigitalDuality]

I was extremely moved by this movie. Burton is fucken great. Anyone else notice that the background music through the DVD menus for special features and previews is from Edward Scissor Hands?

I liked the story, the acting, the sets, even the ending. Burton is amazing...

 

[beanergrl]

I really want to see this movie but i am afraid of it. I get to into movies and if it moves me too much then i will be affected by it possibly for weeks. I will be depressed - or disturbed from something i have seen.

So i need to know... is this a cry movie where you are just so happy and touched you cry? Or are you sadly touched?

 

[Prinsesse]

^^^I'm the same way....I have to be really careful about my movie selection.

I watched it last night and it was very good. The ending was sad but almost more in a happy way....it's hard to say without giving it all away It really deals with the not so great father/son relationship.