Big Fish - 4K Blu-ray Digital

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A different Tim Burton film but still very entertaining. Another all-star cast for a Burton film. Unusual and interesting. there is a little bit of drama mixed in to the fun this time. Feels like a fairy tale of sorts for adults. 4k is a nice upgrade. Read more

My rating is more of a 4.5 Thanks for reading! 𝑨 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒍. Big Fish is a 2003 American fantasy drama film directed by Tim Burton and written by John August. When Edward Bloom becomes ill, his son, William, travels to be with him. William has a strained relationship with Edward because his father has always told exaggerated stories about his life, and William thinks he's never really told the truth. Even on his deathbed, Edward recounts fantastical anecdotes. When William, who is a journalist, starts to investigate his father's tales, he begins to understand the man and his penchant for storytelling. If stories served no purpose, nobody would ever tell them. In in the same vein, nobody would listen to them either, notwithstanding whatever skepticism permeates the atmosphere in which they are shared. Relationships are complicated, often spoiled on the account of societal expectations; such is the case with fathers and sons, whom are frequently dissuaded from emotional expression as a consequence of what it means to “be a man”. This is never blatantly on 𝑩𝒊𝒈 𝑭𝒊𝒔𝒉’s mind, but one can argue its latent desires in terms of encouraging communication, albeit through mischief and whimsy. By no surprise, Burton, August, and the author of their indebted source material - a book entitled 𝑩𝒊𝒈 𝑭𝒊𝒔𝒉: 𝑨 𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒄 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 that was published in 1998 by Daniel Wallace - have what could be called a leg in this race. Wallace himself has described Edward as “similar to his own father” with August likewise identifying with Will as someone that had a hard time getting to know his father while he was still alive. Correspondingly, having been made within a few years after the death of Burton’s father, 𝑩𝒊𝒈 𝑭𝒊𝒔𝒉 is an attempt at making some kind of resolute connection at a time where it is seemingly impossible. Be it as it may, dishonesty maintains some functionality, bearing in mind what variance it lends to when it comes to protection and conceit. 𝑩𝒊𝒈 𝑭𝒊𝒔𝒉 demonstrates abundance fluency of this point, with the changes made from Wallace’s novel being an act of grace and personability over pity or etiquette. Its largest divergence being in its structure, Burton makes a concerted effort to tell this story in present-tense with additional exploration as to what the repercussions are of chronic storytelling without alienating those who might be identifiable as having a compulsive tendency to lie or exaggerate. All that to say, 𝑩𝒊𝒈 𝑭𝒊𝒔𝒉 recognizes “lying” as a defence mechanism without being overtly clinical about its root causes - whether it be related to the seeking of attention or reconciling of hopes and reality - without arguing one way or the other in respect to whether one should indulge such an action in the first place. Par the course,, Burton's fondness for whatever constitutes as eccentric is on full display, with 𝑩𝒊𝒈 𝑭𝒊𝒔𝒉 making the case for light-hearted and tender gossip if nothing else. Just as Augusts’ writing goes out of its way to give Wallaces’ characters more than a life that is simply mentioned in passing, his work goes as directed with an emotional gravitas that never goes too upstream with inexplicable mania, Moreover, it encapsulates an attitude about fiction and record-keeping that is hard to deny; that lies often provide a hint as to what people know and what people are hoping to preserve, and that while they prove sometimes pertinent to connection to deliver them indiscriminately is to not understand their true power. Even Burton's first short sets a precedent for this feature; 𝑽𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕, released in 1982, tells the story of a young boy who fantasizes about having a life like the one of someone he admires to the point of losing himself in such daydreams. One could argue that 𝑩𝒊𝒈 𝑭𝒊𝒔𝒉 is trying to be something it’s not, or rather that it gives its viewers something that Wallace doesn’t think anyone deserves or needs to get his points across. Self-referentially, this might be precisely what makes it a grand companion, or at the very least embraces the notion of “being the bigger fish” or striving to make the most out of a modest life. Peculiar and charming, some things really are best left incomprehensible in stride, or rather left to interpretation; at the end of the day many of us are making things up as we go, and it really doesn’t hurt to make them just a little bit more interesting. Read more

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If you miss your late father like I do, this movie will be special. Not because your late Dad was like the Dad in Big Fish, but because you realize the world lost a good man. I think the proper word for The Dad in Big Fish is a Fabulist? A guy that tells amazing stories? Well that's what this Dad does. And all his stories are about his life and feature him. This Dad's stories are fantastic and colorful, but you can sense his stories are grounded in facts that really happened in this man's life. The trouble in Big Fish was that this Dad wasn't really there for his son, as his son grew up. And when he was around, the son would have to suffer through his Dad owning the room with his long, colorful stories. His Dad had time for others apparently, and the Dad had plenty of time to hear himself talk, but the Dad really never was a Dad to his son. The son grew to resent his Dad and quit speaking to him. But now Dad's dying, and it's time for the Final Visit. And that's where director Tim Burton works his magic. The Big Fish assembles an all-star cast that brings the Dad's stories to life. And the stories are colorful, flamboyant, and fun. You enjoy seeing them as the Dad recalls them for the final time. But Burton also starts working the true backgrounds for the stories into the movie, and starts working the son's reconciliation with his father - in the father's final days - into the movie. And in the ending, Tim Burton shows the viewer what the son learned in the end, about his Dad.... his Dad Was What He Was. He Couldn't Help It. His Dad really did some interesting things and helped a lot of people. And people loved him. Dad was The Big Fish. So the son finally accepted his Dad. Tim Burton really does a good job with this movie. It will be special to any son who has lost his Dad. A Dad that the son didn't fully know, that could be annoying, but who was a good man at heart and who was loved by many. Four Stars for Big Fish, arguably Five. Read more