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Plot: A story about a son trying to learn more about his dying father by reliving stories and myths his father told him about himself.
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MCT:October 6, 2008Directed By: Tim Burton
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Helena Bonham Carter, Marion Cotilard, Danny DeVito, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup
My Review:
An adventure as big as life itself. Life is adventure.
For this movie, yeah, maybe for this movie only, I will make it shorter I hope. One way or two to describe this movie? Wonderful and very creative. Who else could be that creative except Tim Burton, that eccentric director. Yeah, this movie is imaginative, and I've mention the way I describe this movie above.
The cast are good, especially Ewan McGregor of course. This movie is quite colorful, unlike Tim's other movie that contain Gothic style. Maybe it's Tim Burton best romance since that Edward Scissorhand. Same Tim Burton but different Edward eh? Well, I love the score, the story, quite confusing in first five minutes but stunning for the rest of it, and also heart-melting in the end. Nice cinematography, fresh humor, romantic scene and quotes, also full of wise words.
Short isn't it? Well, I dunno why, but I just wanna make a short and simple review for this movie. There are some fish that cannot be caught. It's not that they are faster or stronger than other fish, in this case, that fish is Tim Burton's Big Fish.
Memorable Moments:
Every story about young Edward. Especially when he met Sandra in her college, calling her name, surrounded by lots of daffodil.
Memorable Quotes:
Young Ed Bloom: You don't know me but my name is Edward Bloom and I love you.
Young Ed Bloom: Sandra Templeton, I love you and I WILL marry you!
Sandra Templeton:Daffodil!
Young Ed Bloom: Your favorite flower.
Sandra Templeton: How did you get so many?
Young Ed Bloom:I called everywhere in 5 states. I told them this is the only way to get my wife to marry me.
Sandra Templeton: You don't even know me.
Young Ed Bloom: I have the rest of my life to find out. -
MCT:October 5, 2008having a little imagination, fantasy allows an interesting journey in life. as long dun bring any harm to any1 will do lor. ;p
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MCT:October 4, 2008
This movie was better than I thought before I watched it. Well worth a watch. Very entertaining. I loved the stories told by the father.
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MCT:October 4, 2008A dreamy experience that ponders on the truth behind our lives. Life can be however you want it to be.
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MCT:October 4, 2008
An Adventure As Big As Life Itself
Rated: (PG-13)
Directed by: Tim Burton
Casts : Ewan McGregor,Albert Finney,Billy Crudup,Jessica Lange,Danny DeVito,Helena Bonham Carter,Marion Cottilard
Genres: Drama
Released: December 10, 2003
THE TAGLINE SAID IT ALL
Burton's Big Fish is a features full of whimsical imaginary creatures and an exquisite tales,which attacks every childlikeness in people's soul,and make it completely believable and truly honest.Big Fish is a amazing adventure also a ride of joy,with it's every magnificent details.
Burton and Elfman,once again,brought a story so impeccable,so everyone can relate to it without feeling ashame nor skeptical to this utterly engaging tales.Big Fish revolves around man's peculiar imagination,which tore down his relationship with his own son.And along with father-son reunionship,the film unravels father's life story,which being so unbelievably fancy,more dreamlike.
The story of Edward Bloom,is more of a pack of grandiose extravaganza than a biopic tales.And similar like all Burton's movie,this film packed with wonderful scenes,and poetic string of scores.
And despite all the fanciness of this movie,I discovered more,the true essence of this story.Big Fish is a story of a family,not so filled with trust,and how they can ended up with trusting one another,and how's story so unbelievable can be a story of man's life.The true essence of this movie is about believing dreams,the same way with Will Bloom,who discovered his dad's dreams lies within a true stories.
Big Fish is is an embodiment of man's life story,whether fact or fiction.With magical illumination spread along the way,but in the end,all we got to do,is just believe.Big Fish is a movie larger than the story itself,a standing ovation for Burton and his amazing talents behind or in front-of the camera.
Warm.Dazzling.Captivating yet so enchanting,without questioning the intellegence of the audience.BRILLIANT!
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.
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MCT:October 3, 2008Big Fish is a lil bit different that most of Tim Burton movies...but don't expect any normalcy here, I mean It's Tim Burton, what do u expect? The story is unique and the cinematography is waesome
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MCT:October 2, 2008
This is one of my favorite of Tim Burton's and one of his best. I love the story and feel of the film! It's full of Burton's strangeness, but it doesn't overshadow, darken, or depress the film at all. Its very well acted by all, except a few one liner characters (I'm looking at YOU Miley Cyrus). Finney and McGregor are amazing. They look and seem like the same person throughout the whole film. Buscemi and Devito were also fun to watch.
But what I love about this movie is the story. It's morals, it's message, and the imaginative stories that Bloom tells. You never know what will happen next in them. The movie is a really Big Fish tale, but it still has that ring of truth about it that helps it seem real.
"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." -
MCT:October 1, 2008
Good movie...
Subtle, delicate, touching and fascinating pledge for the life as fruit of dream. About the ambiguous taste of imagination and about existence like a spectacular trip. About desire and reality like warm bread.
The director of "Big Fish" is Tom Burton. It is only decent definition of a film -mixture between childhood and small miracles, about a special image of ordinaries gestures and about hope in eccentric aspects. The texture is same of grandmother's tales in Christmas Eve or Sunday morning. A brave hero, strange village, temptation and huge love, success and discoveries, miracles and public,secret sense of life and courage. So, in many cases, the reality is only boring passage and the dream, the childish game, the sound of angel's voice or the strange facts are heart of magnificent act of contemplation.
It is a moral story but, in same measure is source of a way to look the world. The life is not a punish or bag of routine. The faith is not only part of a relation with God but with yourself. The others are, in great measure, parts of funny miracle and ineffable expectation.
The Ewan McGregor acting is brilliant. Nuances, accents, inflexion of words, smile or gestures are bricks of a magnificent character, touching, warm, credible. In some moments, the film is spectacular dialog between McGregor and Albert Finney interpretation.
In fact, "Big Fish" is a tale. A fairy tale about life's magic out of words or exterior facts.
I love it. -
MCT:September 28, 2008
An adventure as big as life itself.
DIRECTED BY: Tim Burton
STARRING: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Blly Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman, Robert Giullaume, Marion Cotillard, Steve Buscemi, Danny DeVitoSynopsis
Tim Burton directs the fantasy drama Big Fish, based on the book Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions by Southern writer/illustrator Daniel Wallace. Billy Crudup plays William Bloom, a young man who never really knew his dying father, Edward Bloom (Albert Finney) outside of the tall tales he told about growing up, making his way, and meeting his mother, Sandra Bloom (played as a young woman by Alison Lohman and in older 
age by Jessica Lange). During Edward's last days, William and his wife Josephine (Marion Cotillard) hold bedside vigil as the old man recollects elaborate memories of his youth (in which he is played by Ewan McGregor). Still doubting the the legends and folklore, William makes a journey to meet a mysterious woman (Helena Bonham Carter) from whom Edward had bought property.Source: StarpulseMy Review
With the director Tim Burton and the composer Danny Elfman, we all have imagined Big Fish to be a NICE EDWARD SCISSORHANDS ENCORE. The truth is, not exactly an encore, but still supplied with the same tone, heartwarming fairy tale for all ages, and Burton-Elfman-ish style.
Adapted from a book by Daniel Wallace, Burton convinced us that the movie is at least as good as the book, without losing his directing style in each angles. The UNIQUE storyline with imaginative characters were represent well by Burton into the screen of a movie. I haven't watched the book yet, but I'm sure that the movie Big Fish is exactly what the readers hope. Bunch of great casts, and memorable quotes, deeply acted, and well executed. But what I concern about is, I'm afraid that after a few years, Big Fish will be only well remebered as another hot job from Burton, a nice Scissorhands' follower, and then there will be nothing much left about it, becuase it is not as good as Scissorhands is every way.
Albert Finney gave a perfect performance as the older Edward Bloom, his performance was REMARKABLE. And to mention Jessica Lange and Ewan McGregor which gave honorable pwerformances, supported the movie well, quite convincing. Helena Bonham Carter is without any doubt, a true actress, she nailed all her roles in every movies she played well. But, only heaven knows whether she got her roles here because of her quality, or well, nepotism. I mean, first this Big Fish, and then Corpse Bride, and Sweeney Todd. But who cares, I'm sure she'll be as great as she is now without staying under Burton's shadow.
Overall Big Fish is a fairy tale with a troop of great casts (means you don't have to worry about the actings development, they are all in the good hands). ANOTHER 'BIG' WORK OF ART FROM BURTON.
I was thinking about death and all. About seeing how you're gonna die. I mean, on one hand, if dying was all you thought about, it could kind of screw you up. But it could kind of help you, couldn't it? Because you'd know that everything else you can survive.
-Edward Bloom-
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MCT:September 23, 2008
the best tim burton's film it is a nice story and the photography was great, it gives you a good feeling
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MCT:September 21, 2008
"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."
"You become what you always were - a very big fish."
"You were a big fish in a small pond, but this here is the ocean and your drownin".- -
MCT:September 20, 2008
Amazingly artistic. Yet very melancholy, but somehow I loved it in whole. It was a beautiful film and is one of those movies that at the end, when you are all teary and slightly saddened, you begin to think about your life and what you can do to live adventurously, freely, and to the fullest :)
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MCT:September 18, 2008
This show is just another one of Tim Burton's greatest ever. I feel Albert Finney gave the best performance out of all of them, Ewan McGregor following close behind. This really makes you think and you'll have a whole new appreciation for life. It's awesome!
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MCT:September 17, 2008
This is one of the strangest but yet one of the best movie i've seen. This movie is a great tall tale. Tim Burton really catches the attention of audiences with his work of art in this film. It must have taken lots of planning to make this wondrous film.
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MCT:September 17, 2008
I really liked this film, and funny cause I really didn't think I would have. Ewan McGregor and the rest of the cast played the roles well with unbelieveably fantasy imaginative action.
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MCT:September 14, 2008
Tim Burton manage to keep his style in this movie...thou it is more mature than his previous movies....
Tim Burton is always creative and mad....
But Big Fish is a great and BIG adventure that capture viewers emotion....
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MCT:September 14, 2008
Easily Tim Burton's best film, this takes the kind of stylistic eccentricity he's best at to its nth degree, without sacrificing a franchise like "Batman," "Planet of the Apes" or Willy Wonka to do it.
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MCT:September 13, 2008
A movie about "TALL TALES" if you know what those are you'll like this movie alot! Don't forget the tissues for the end.
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MCT:September 7, 2008
OMG I've loved this movie since first seen it..like 4 months ^_^'
But any how its nice. Just that i dont care about you mr, fish i prefer your hot son. xD -
MCT:September 6, 2008
..Tim Burton 's style of directing fantasy drama storytelling was his finest achivement!!!as always..
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MCT:August 31, 2008
Awwugh! I love this movie. Always have!
Ewan McGregor (fabulous actor) stars in this unbelieveably imaginative film with lots of love and strange things. It's just very eye opening and enchanting :). Colourful is it not? "Daffodils, daffodils.." -
MCT:August 27, 2008
God I love this movie! Most astute exploration of a father/son relationship I've ever seen, with all the imagination and flourish of Burton.
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rossjmposted 42 days ago -
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Certainly a film with a strong message. Everything one does has an effect on life.
Just did not appreciate one scene where Edward brought disgrace to his mom. Could have been left out.posted 116 days ago -
did you guys no that in the scene where the professor with the projector of edward's I LOVE SANDRA, that professor was actually the author (Daniel Wallace) of Big Fish?
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This is one of the best thought out movies ever, but yet it's slightly different than the book
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To Miakeane,
Miley was the little girl that said: Don't cuss, there's a lady present. This was her first movie.
The other girl, the blond in Spectre was played by Hailey Anne Nelson. She was Young Jenny.
GREAT film!posted 396 days ago -
This is a splendid movie! I absaloutly love it! it's so magical!
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i love this movie, it is one of my most favorite movies ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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