Wandering in the river of life like a big fish

Eleanora 2021-10-18 09:31:07

This movie was highly recommended to me by others. Just the name of the movie, big fish, will definitely not attract me, it is too ordinary.

To some extent, this movie is similar to Forrest Gump, but it is more obscure and difficult to understand than Forrest Gump, and the plot is more unreliable. I didn't know what he was talking about when I put it in 1/3. What are you going to do? How could this father, who is more than a few years old, always use stories to prevaricate other people like an old naughty boy. At that time, I could understand the feelings of my son better.

In fact, small villages, ghost towns, circus cities, universities, conscripts, and sales locations all change as the protagonist grows up. The younger the younger, the more bizarre the stories that occur in these locations, and the richer childhood imagination. It doesn't matter. Many stories that take place here have metaphors, and anyone can freely interpret them. For example, the boss of Circus City can be imagined as a stingy boss or as a stubborn old man. At first, he is not easy to contact and aggressive, but once he uses his wisdom to find the right way, he can pry open the tough shell. The story of the witch is very in-depth and directly echoes the theme of the big fish. My father was not afraid of the moment he saw his death since he was a child. Arrival is an arrangement of fate, but when you have to do something, you cannot stop because you don’t know when life will end, because what you are doing has achieved the meaning of your life. At the moment of death, all Everything ends spontaneously. Combining Confucius' thoughts of "being unknown, knowing death" and Zhuangzi's "singing with drums".

On the day of the son’s birth, the father caught a big fish with a precious wedding ring. On the day of his father’s death, the son released the big fish that his father had transformed into the water. I couldn’t help but wonder if this big fish was once again. Back in the river of life, I don’t know which father would catch this fish one day...

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Big Fish quotes

  • Young Ed Bloom: There are some fish that cannot be caught. It's not that they're faster or stronger than other fish. They're just touched by something extra.

  • Will Bloom: A man tells his stories so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on after him, and in that way he becomes immortal.