February 01, 2004
The Big Fish
Occasionally Hollywood will shock us and put out a movie of epic proportions. Yesterday I saw a movie that would most assuredly fit the bill. As most of you who come here regularly know, in the past two years I haven't been big on posting reviews of movies, music, or much of anything for that matter. This is mostly due to the fact that I think that most of what is out there is total crap.
This story hit very close to home for me, as it was a story of a man trying to identify and have understanding with his father while he still had the chance. As someone who lost his father during that "Awkward" phase of early adulthood, the movie hit me very hard.
Big Fish appealed to the same side of me that Harry Potter did. Deep down inside I am still the 8 year old little boy would would love to live in a world where we don't have to worry about the things that complicate adult life. The film bases itself around the magical and mythical world of childhood storytelling and how sometimes truth is actually stranger than fiction.
If you haven't seen the movie yet, don't continue reading past here, YES, this means YOU, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, ;-).
The part of the movie that I relate the most to was at his fathers funeral. The cast of characters that he has heard about his entire life shows up and is there to help celebrate the wonderful and beautiful life that belonged to Edward Bloom. My fathers funeral was very similar, and as the crowd flowed in like high tide, I realized just how many people my father touched in his all too short lifetime.
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