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The TVClubHouse: Movies & Library ARCHIVES: Movies: May 2004 - March 2005: Big Fish users admin

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Sillycalimomma

Sunday, January 04, 2004 - 1:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, we went to catch this flick today. It is hard for me to get to the movies these days because the price has jumped so high! I really liked this movie, although I did find it to be a bit long and I guess maybe I had my expectations up a bit to high walking in. In all though I think that it was very cute and a bit of a tear jerker as well!

Ketchuplover

Sunday, January 11, 2004 - 6:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
SPOILER ALERT!! SPOILER ALERT!!

When Albert finney was in the hospital with Billy Crudup why did Billy Crudup start telling a story?

I saw the movie but I guess my brain dozed off for a second.

Thanks for your help :)

Tabbyking

Monday, January 12, 2004 - 6:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
we may go see it tomorrow. if so, i'll try and stay awake to let you know!:)

Sillycalimomma

Monday, January 12, 2004 - 6:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
MAJOR SPOILER ALERT...........

Ketchup-Sorry, Just now saw this. Boy you really must have fallen asleep there, huh? Brain freeze...lol. Anyway, Billy started telling the story because well....ok, let me figure out how to say all this. Remember how his father had looked into the witch's eye and saw how he was going to die? Then later in the movie when he was ill and his son asked him about it he told him that he would die in an unusual way, not "like this". He was there dying in the hospital and of course it was not the way he "wanted" to die. He asked his son to tell him how it ended. It took him a minute to get what his father was asking, but once he did he rolled with it and gave his father an ending that fit the rest of his life I guess you could say. Does that make any sense?

Ketchuplover

Monday, January 12, 2004 - 7:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That makes sense but if the vision in the eye didn't show a death in the hospital then he wasn't going to die there. Unless of course the father was lying about the unusual death!

ps. SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sillycalimomma

Monday, January 12, 2004 - 8:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
SPOILER ALERT
Oh dear Ketchup.....I think you just may have been lost this entire movie! Remember that the witch wasn't really a witch that could see the future but in fact that girl from Spectra? Basically, his stories did have some truths in them, but they were also embelished a bit to make things more interesting. They were parts of his true life mixed up with untruths. I forget what the son said at the end of the movie, but it went with this idea.Basically, he never did see how he was to die and that is why he wanted his son to tell him how it went. I thought it was a great "end" to the film since it showed the son finally understanding why his father told those "big fish" stories....

Hummingbird

Monday, January 12, 2004 - 11:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was looking forward to this movie and haven't seen it yet. It was panned by several critics which has made me leery of it. Is it good enough for the price of a ticket? I was going to wait for it to go to video.

Tabbyking

Monday, January 12, 2004 - 11:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
an author i really like emailed several of us and asked us to give it a viewing if we could. he had seen a sneak preview (or premiere) of it a month or two back and only went at first because he knew someone in production--you know, the 'be polite' thing. then he emailed us to tell us it really was a good film and how much he enjoyed it. he said he knew the critics were going to be not so great about it, but it was worth seeing.

Sillycalimomma

Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 1:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I thought it was a pretty good film, but it all depends on what kind of mood you are in and what kind of movies you enjoy. It is of course about a son trying to get a better understanding of his fathers life before he dies as all he thinks he knows of him is untrue...too many "I got a BIG FISH stories" you know how some dads can just embelish their hearts out!The majority of the movie is taking you back into his fathers life during various stages and the stories that he tells. It is about 2 hours long though. I have a real hard time letting money go for a movie. We saw it during the day so it was much cheaper.DH liked it as well, but was a bit upset at the price we spent to watch it.It has to be "epic" for him to be worth it I suppose....

Ketchuplover

Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 7:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My brain ain't working right :(

Egbok

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 12:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Egbob and I saw this film tonight. I loved the romantic storyline of how Edward (Albert Finney) loved his wife, Sandra (Jessica Lange), so deeply and she him. The embellished tales that Edward told his son over the years were wonderfully rich and a lot of fun. I'm glad I saw this movie on the big screen.

Brenda1966

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 11:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I saw this over the weekend and really appreciated the originality of the film. It was warm and funny and certainly worth a trip to the theater, especially a matinee (I always go when it's cheapest).

Ketchuplover

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 5:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm a cheapskate too :)

Newman

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 10:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just saw it at the Continental, then went to Piccolo's Restaurant to talk about it. Brenday, was that you and Fanny behind me having all that trouble unwrapping the plastic from whatever the heck it was you were eating???

Really good movie. Reminded me of what a lost art storytelling is. What with TV and videogames and what not do people have time for someone to tell a story anymore?

There was a lot of humor in the movie and a lot of confusion to me and Ketchup, as to what was real and what was made up. How could the father afford to buy the town of Spectre? From the bank robbery money? How is it that Ed didn't sleep with the lovely Jenny? It is like he had a secret life...the missing years. Billy Crudup didn't know his dad. How could he? He was never around.

I never got to know my Dad either. Lot of missing years I never heard about. I think he was secretly married and divorced once. Scandal back then in the late '40s I'm sure.

Matinee is the only way to go. My pal Cib asked for the Senior ticket and got in for $5.50. I had to pay a buck extra and that was during ( ) time! Hey, I have gray in my beard, I'm going to be a Senior next time I think. Is that wrong?

Brenda1966

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 10:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
No, not I Newman! I'm always a quiet unwrapper!

*spoilers follow*
As for where did he get the money to buy the town? They showed him contacting the bankrobber-now-stock-broker and the circus guy. He got them to invest. He didn't sleep with Jenny because he was faithful to his wife.

I don't think the point of the movie is to know for certain what is "real" and what was a story. It was about watching this son discover that the stories he thought were false were based in truth and that his father had a colorful and interestng life.

Tishala

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 3:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I saw this when it first came out. It's really a very good film. Much better than I expected. I really think Tim Burton is a wonderful director.

Yankee_In_Ca

Friday, January 23, 2004 - 6:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Question -- I know the movie is PG-13. Is this movie something that 1) would be appropriate and 2) would interest a "sophisticated" 11-year-old??

Thanks, Yankee

Abbynormal

Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 10:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Saw this movie today. I was disappointed the first 30 minutes because it was a slow start. If it doesn't immediately grab me I get bored. I was teary by the end though. I thought it was a good movie, it's just that the previews were fantastic! So exciting! Went with two 20ish and they raved, the 12 year old told me how many tiles the ceiling had. LOL I was excited that it was filmed in Alabama. :)

Newman
Member

11-13-2003

Tuesday, January 27, 2004 - 9:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Not sure an 11 year old would like it.

This movie gets my most underrated movie of the year. I liked it far better than I thought I would.

Most over-rated, over-hyped, for me, was Cold Mountain, Seabiscuit, and Master & Commander. I was generally disappointed in those. Big Fish was a pleasant surprise.


Webkitty
Member

07-24-2001

Sunday, February 08, 2004 - 3:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just saw this movie on the big screen (matinee, 4 bucks) and I'm glad I did.

I loved the whole movie. I got teary at the end and lol at other parts. I didn't think it had a slow start at all. The 'big fish' prop was a great visual.

Imo, one of the measures of a really good movie is that everyone who sees it has just a ~little~ different interpretation that sparks discussion. This is one of them.

Fabnsab
Member

08-07-2000

Monday, February 09, 2004 - 3:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Great movie! I cried at the end. The bathtub scene got me too.

I love Ewan McGregor and I think he is the most underrated actor out there!

Azriel
Member

08-01-2000

Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 3:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just want to warn people. Don't go see this movie in a movie theatre if you have recently lost your father.

I cried, I sobbed and I was a total basketcase. I've never made such a spectacle out of myself in a public place before.

It was a great movie. I highly recommend it.

Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Monday, April 26, 2004 - 10:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My father is still living and doing well. And it's in part because of him and his stories that I loved this movie as much as I did.

I would recommend this movie to anyone. Children won't be able to sit through it because it's a long slow start. And if you pay attention to the whole movie it really has something to say.

Lycanthrope
Member

09-19-2002

Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 10:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It's out on DVD now. I'd recommend renting before buying. It's an odd movie, but very touching. Sort of a fantasy/family mix.

Frogichik
Member

06-11-2002

Monday, May 03, 2004 - 7:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Azriel, I took my cousin to see this movie to get his mind off the fact that his father was dying of LUNG CANCER. I thought it would be sweet fantasy movie. I felt sooo horrible!! It seems like every movie or tv show seems to have someone dying of cancer, but that may be because I'm sensitive to it right now.

Tashakinz
Member

11-13-2002

Monday, May 10, 2004 - 12:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
We watched this yesterday - what a great movie. Thumbs way up.

Ocean_islands
Member

09-07-2000

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 9:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I didn't like it. I'm not sure why exactly, probably because I'm sick of McGregor who has really lost his edge. Also Burton's creativity is often misguided, in my opinion -- a lot of things are shown in this movie without our knowing why they are being shown or why should we care -- the entire 'Spectre' idea and all of its scenes, for example.

It would have been one thing if he had made Spectre up, but when it turns out to be 'real' it is just unbelievable and kind of muddies everything up.

Hippyt
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06-15-2001

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 9:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I loved it! I thought it was a great example of Southern storytelling. I turned into a blubbering fool at the end.
I would recommend this show to anyone.

Tabbyking
Member

03-11-2002

Thursday, May 13, 2004 - 10:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
dd and i rented it a couple of weeks back and watched it twice right in a row. we both thought it was a very good movie.

the movie that i don't get and that literally bored me to snoring--yet my sister has seen it a dozen times and thinks it's the best movie ever made--is
"oh, brother, where art thou?"
other than any scenes with holly hunter and all the little duckling kids. but i love holly hunter. the rest of the movie totally put me to sleep.

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 4:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
'Oh, Brother'...GREAT!!

'Big Fish'...eh!