[lit-ideas] Big Fish
- From: Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Lit-Ideas <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 09:07:03 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
We saw the movie Big Fish on Saturday. I couldn't make heads or tails of it.
It didn't get a rise out of me, and it didn't work intellectually or
cinematically either. In the beginning I was hopeful it was "inspired" by
James Joyce's Ulysses (Edward *Bloom*, wandering salesman, cyclops, father/son
theme), but none of it panned out as far as I could see. Even the music was
trite. I liked Tim Burton's other movies for their originality, but this was a
real dog. Could it have been faked?
Seriously, has anyone seen the movie and have any ideas on where Burton was
going with it?
Andy
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