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cybermuleI made a whole bunch of phonecalls that I've been putting off for weeks. Hurray for non-avoidance!
*bounce*
Big Fish was great - in short, I loved it's blending of mythology and reality, the message that reality is what you make it (a big favourite with me... just forunsane1, a nice bit of synchronicity ;P Especially as both of the courses I'm doing have started with a section on storytelling.) It was really quite inspirational, and the performances were good. Even Ewan McGregor, who I personally think is a bit overrated.
Most of all, I liked the way that Edward Bloom was portrayed with all his flaws - as well as being a wonderful mythologist who built his life the way he wanted it, he was also stubborn, restless and often flakey. Like me :) One of my favourite parts were the scenes at Spectre on his first arrival, especially the banjo player (*nods to Deliverance*) and the rocking chair scene. I didn't totally get why he was too early on his first visit, and too late on his second, but I loved the way that it was just a bit *too* saccharine for any intelligent person to want to stay there. And Steve Buscemi was great!
I liked the way that Spectre and Jenni looped back into the plot later on, but also looped back into the plot at the beginning. There's a great quote from Jenni about something similar, but I forgot the exact phrase. Better go and see it again *ahem* :D The metaphor of the big fish worked on many levels, as did a lot of the story telling, and you really had to think about some of it. There were also a few Lynch-esque touches, I felt, but maybe that was just me. I loved the giant and the circus - I loved it all in fact, but the end was so sad :( Unfortunately it just hit me personally, and whereas I know it was good, it was just quite painful too. But that's not a bad thing. To be honest, I wasn't so much interested in the father-son dynamics as I was in the earlier bits with the tall tales anyway.
All in all, rather spiffy, and I think I'll be getting the DVD :)
*bounce*
Big Fish was great - in short, I loved it's blending of mythology and reality, the message that reality is what you make it (a big favourite with me... just for
unsane1, a nice bit of synchronicity ;P Especially as both of the courses I'm doing have started with a section on storytelling.) It was really quite inspirational, and the performances were good. Even Ewan McGregor, who I personally think is a bit overrated.Most of all, I liked the way that Edward Bloom was portrayed with all his flaws - as well as being a wonderful mythologist who built his life the way he wanted it, he was also stubborn, restless and often flakey. Like me :) One of my favourite parts were the scenes at Spectre on his first arrival, especially the banjo player (*nods to Deliverance*) and the rocking chair scene. I didn't totally get why he was too early on his first visit, and too late on his second, but I loved the way that it was just a bit *too* saccharine for any intelligent person to want to stay there. And Steve Buscemi was great!
I liked the way that Spectre and Jenni looped back into the plot later on, but also looped back into the plot at the beginning. There's a great quote from Jenni about something similar, but I forgot the exact phrase. Better go and see it again *ahem* :D The metaphor of the big fish worked on many levels, as did a lot of the story telling, and you really had to think about some of it. There were also a few Lynch-esque touches, I felt, but maybe that was just me. I loved the giant and the circus - I loved it all in fact, but the end was so sad :( Unfortunately it just hit me personally, and whereas I know it was good, it was just quite painful too. But that's not a bad thing. To be honest, I wasn't so much interested in the father-son dynamics as I was in the earlier bits with the tall tales anyway.
All in all, rather spiffy, and I think I'll be getting the DVD :)
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Date: 2004-02-04 01:14 pm (UTC)Yeah I need to see it again as well, considering I slept through a good 20 minutes of the second half. Even if I'd seen it all though I'd need to see it again, to pick up on all the details I didn't notice, and to understand the whole story.
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Date: 2004-02-04 01:27 pm (UTC)Interestingly, Big Fish started me on a couple large threads that lasted me several days.
I ended up reading all kinds of guiness world records, and found that the tall guy has the record for largest feet, not height.
And I read tons and tons of stuff on conjoined twins. Some really interesting and freaky people and twins out there!
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Date: 2004-02-04 02:30 pm (UTC)LMFAO! I know...I know... I went and looked him up today. Wanted to see how tall he was, and how much was camera trickery :D
And I read tons and tons of stuff on conjoined twins. Some really interesting and freaky people and twins out there!
Mmm - I was reminded of David Lynch films, a bit. Something to do with human physicla weirdness and white picket fences combined in a single movie.
Heh, and all I know about conjoined twins, I learned from South Park. South Park was like a parent to me :)
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Date: 2004-02-04 03:24 pm (UTC)LOLOL yah, I was mystified by how tall he was, and thought it was his real height. I didn't notice he was shorter at the funeral. (Yah, missing 20 min of the movie made me kind of miss the entire point of it lol.)
I was disappointed to find out that the tallest human ever was only ~9" tall.
I was reminded of David Lynch films, a bit.
Heh, I was only reminded of Tim Burton films. Oddly enough, none of the Lynch flicks I've seen have had human physical weirdness, despite watching four or five of his. But I look at the list of his work and he's got stuff like Elephant Man, so I see what you mean.
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Date: 2004-02-04 07:49 pm (UTC)I loved the bit with five state's worth of daffs.
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Date: 2004-02-04 11:41 pm (UTC)aaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieee!
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Date: 2004-02-06 06:23 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-06 07:15 am (UTC)Hahah - yah, me too! Somehow that doesn't seem so tall these days...