Big Fish

Big Fish

Big Fish is a Tim Burton film, made in 2003, as it about Will Brooms (Billy Curdip) dying father, Ed Bloom (older-Albert Finney,  younger Ewan McGregor). During the film, it slides to the saddest of the death of Wills father, to the unbelievable, whimsical stories of his life which the father tells. Which all have mid 20th feel to them. It goes from the odd birth of the father, though the strange town he finds in his teenage years to Vietnam to the finding the love of his life. The father tells these stories to much to his family, so that Will is special of these stories, telling most people around him and his own father that they are made up. The ending of the film in true sweet fashion ends with the story's existing. The message of the film is fact vs elaboration of story telling and weather is right to discourage on for the other.

One of the parts of the film I found very good was its story. The story had similar feel to the 80s classic Forrest Gump, as the set up was the same. All though, the stories were impossible and verged on creepy, such as the Karl Giant and sometimes a little too cheesy, such as the moments with Edward and his love.
The story is also told though narrative, this means the film seem wholesome, interestingly  even it is the older Ed Bloom, Ewan McGregor takes centre stage as narrator, this is an odd choice from Buton as it the context it seems confusing. But the young voice of Ewan McGregor is soft and sweet to listen to as well as transporting us to the actual events of the stories.
However the story was enjoyable and a joy to watch resulting in some great messages about family and childhood. As this was a Tim Buton production I would have expected of more of a gothic style such as his later work such as Night Mare before Christmas and Sweeny Todd.
In this film however the film is stylised with deep and bright colours giving the film a childlike theme, giving the impression of a fantastic story being told. The effects are also a interesting aspect of the film, they rage from large fish in the opening to the lavutiving
popcorn when Edward meets the love of his life at a circus.
Big fish combines the use of intense story arcs and slightly sadder moments with the astounding visual effects and the use of colour, sound and whimsy.


The emotion in Big Fish is heighten though the use of deep emotional feelings of the relationships between the father and his son.
While watching the film I could feel the love between the father and son even after seeing there difficult relationship. There was a good moments such as when Will's father was dying, I feel like I was there in the film watching his father die.