Ghost director Tim Burton's works are always bizarre, but what remains unchanged is the kind of warmth that goes deep into the bone marrow of the story. From "Edward Scissorhands" to "Zombie Bride", from the two "Batman" to the childlike "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", the colorful genre colors and whimsical and interesting settings cannot be concealed. , is the pulse of love and affection. This sloppy man, but with more delicate emotions than women, has compiled stories one after another that make people find warmth in tears.
Like this "Big Fish".
Fathers often have awkward relationships with grown sons. On the one hand, there is an inseparable relationship of flesh and blood. On the other hand, it is difficult for two stubborn men to live in harmony like a mother and a child or a father and daughter. When I was young, the image of the father in the son's heart was always tall. He was like a hero who could always handle all the difficult things in the family and answer your 100,000 whys. When you grow up, you realize that your father is only a medium-sized person, and your knowledge has already left him far behind.
When a child no longer needs bedtime stories, he has already started to grow up.
In the movie, in their first conversation after years of separation, the father complains that his son always needs to be fed when he is young and has to keep him from hiccups, but he takes the can like a child, Burp while chewing. At this moment, the roles of caring and being cared for between son and father have been reversed.
About a man
"Big Fish" is intertwined with the adventurous past of his father Edward and the present of his son William's search for the truth, telling the growth of a man. Although the flashbacks are somewhat fragmented, they clearly show the mark of a man's every step on the road of life.
What the original adventure brought to Edward was bravery. When you take the first step bravely, you realize that many things are not as difficult as you imagined. As long as your heart is strong enough, a witch who no one dares to approach can be peaceful, and the terrifying glass glasses that predict death can be a source of courage. Because nothing can beat you except that final fatal blow. Therefore, Edward dared to rush into the fire to save the puppy, and he could also go deep behind the enemy in the colorful artillery fire. His bravery did not lie in how strong he was, but only in that he had a stronger heart than most people.
And the growth after that is farewell. Edward said to the giant Carl, come with me to the big city, it is not that you are too big, but the town is too small. Just like the goldfish in the fish tank cannot grow up, when children grow up to a certain point, they will always feel that the environment around them is too cramped and cannot accommodate their ambition to take care of the world. So they leave, wanting to see the distant scenery. The world is so big, who is willing to be a caged bird forever, even if there are no relatives and partners in the distance, but there are infinite possibilities. It was a confident departure, a decisive decision like the overlord of Chu. Even after many years, he would still come back here, but at that time, it was no longer the child who returned.
There will inevitably be temptations along the way. Edward came to the quiet town of Fengdu, where people have no shoes, they have lost the strength and courage to fight with thorns and hardships, and they are drunk in peace. The Poet Laureate has been unable to write a complete poem, only wasting time at tea and dances. Edward did not need such tranquility. He left resolutely, challenging the sharp stones of the wilderness with his bare feet. The divergence between the avenue and the fork is far too obvious for many of the film's obscure metaphors, and Edward's eventual return to the avenue is definitely symbolic.
The next logical step is the emergence of love. Love often comes unexpectedly and suddenly, the whole world is silent, and only each other is left in our eyes. And love can be the most powerful driving force for a man to work hard. For the sake of his beloved woman, Edward foolishly worked for the circus boss, exchanging scars all over his body for the little bit of information about the girl revealed by the boss once a month. Of course, he is smart and does not know the vicious exploitation of the boss, but he is immersed in love, but he is happy.
Of course, competition is indispensable on the road to success. The fellow who lost to him in every little thing became a roadblock for him to capture his love. But his romance and perseverance touched the girl. It's not difficult to rip off a class slideshow, but having a jet plane sketching love in the air and buying up daffodils in five nearby states is a little unrealistic for a boy who doesn't yet have a job. But since it's a romantic past, why care about these details? We only need to know that Edward finally returned with the beauty, and his countryman sadly became the dead fat man who is indispensable but full of tricks in every story told by Nine Swords.
Men need to take responsibility, even if that responsibility means you need to go to the battlefield at the call of the motherland. Men need careers, even if the effort of work makes you miss the quiet time with your wife and children. Men need loyalty more, although, it may hurt another girl's heart, but, like the meaning of that wedding ring, from the moment you put it on, until you die, you are in body and soul. Can only belong and own a woman.
Although those past events are full of absurdity and uninhibitedness, this man used his own story to give a textbook-like clear answer to a man's growth.
About his father
, William, he never knew what kind of person his father was. Although he can fluently retell all the legendary stories his father told him, in the absurd fantasy and intricate reality, he can't find the real existence of his father. When he was about to become a father, what he hoped to do was to really know this man, the man he became a father.
For his father's eloquence at the wedding reception, he stopped talking to him until the countdown to his father's life. The more Edward refused to admit that all stories were imaginary, the more William wanted to know the truth. He slowly found the prototype of those stories from life. With the pace of his exploration, the father's world appeared in his mind little by little, and the breakpoints were connected, and the dew that the father's love turned into melted the ice in his heart. He understood the regret that his father could not wait by his side when he was born, and the efforts and sacrifices his father made for the happiness of the family. Finally, when the characters in the story appeared at his father's funeral one by one, William and we all came to realize that all of my father's stories were true, but to make the world sound better, he added his own unique modification.
The final story is completed by the son. The death of the father is transformed into a return to the big river and becomes the big fish in his story. All the friends came to see off, witnessing a legendary departure. The moment of farewell becomes a grand celebration, and the separation of life and death seems to become a religious ceremony. Only then did we realize that the big fish was the symbol of Father Edward himself. He is a big fish wandering in the Ash River that no one can catch. The misunderstanding of his former son made him lose the moisture of the emotional water, so he soaked himself in the bathtub to relieve the dryness. Now, he's back in warm water. Although he was reluctant to part with his old wife, in the end, the love of his son made him peacefully relieved.
The role of father is passed on. He also began to tell his son the same blurry but beautiful stories as his father. The cycle of life and the cycle of roles is still being played out in this white and fenced house that my father worked hard to get back. And this is another story.
The movie is full of all kinds of metaphors, like twin girls, giants, werewolves, and the mysterious town of Fengdu. It is not difficult for people to see the direction of their symbols, while witches, big fish and murlocs seem absurd. It gives the film a deeper power to interrogate the heart. If we compare it with literary genres, Big Fish should have the shadow of South American magical realism. Just compared to "One Hundred Years of Solitude", Tim Burton has less cruel criticism like a scalpel, and more tenderness that makes people laugh and cry.
Just like the narration at the end of the film, there are some jokes that have been heard so many times that I forgot why they laughed. And some people, because we are too familiar, and forget how to express how much we love him?
For example, our father.
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