Most of our lives are destined to be ordinary - born and raised, married and have children, running and toiling, not good or bad, society also needs ordinary people to stabilize and support.
Ordinary is by no means mediocre, you can deny a person's achievements, but you can't deny his story;
You can ignore a person's worth, but you can't question his imagination.
Even within a fixed framework, we should dance a story that is "worth telling."
The protagonist of Big Fish, Edward Blue, is like this. A father who compares himself to a big fish, seemingly ordinary, but in fact a wonderful life.
When I first watched "Big Fish", many people were touched by its father-son relationship, in fact, this movie is about far more than that.
Edward Blue was an ordinary man who had worked as a marketing salesman. When he was a teenager, he left home and adventured, and after seeing a lot, with his rich imagination, he compiled what he saw and heard along the way into a fantasy and romantic adventure film, and constantly told others.
His son Will grew up in the "big talk" from a young age, these strange things make him unable to understand his father, but also because of these absurd stories, he has a prejudice against his father, until Will's wedding Edward once again told will can't stand it, to his father is a complaint, father and son are not happy and dispersed.
Three years later, because Edward was seriously ill, the son returned home for the first time, and in the process of further understanding and visiting his father's former friends, Will slowly understood his father, and finally before his father died, he made up a final story for his father to make it perfect.
The film is Tim Burton's tenth film, based on Daniel Wallace's novel of the same name. Burton's style has always been known for fantasy, and his rich imagination is reflected in every classic scene in the film, and the famous "Edward Scissorhands" is from his handwriting.
He is very good at using imagery, and he also unconsciously reflects the reality beyond the story of the film itself in the film, so that it has a considerable depth for the viewer to recall.
The heroine Alison Lohmann can be described as a prosperous beauty in the film, and the innocent image makes it cute to burst, without saying much, directly on the picture. Many small partners will probably lick the screen to support it.
Back to the film. As mentioned earlier, we can think of Edward's life as ordinary, extremely ordinary and with regrets. But both himself and those around him (except his son) felt he was a legendary figure.
This leads to a thought, or a cliché: reality and illusion.
The credential that defines illusion and reality seems to be an open secret that can only be understood and ineffable, and to put it bluntly, it is based on personal feelings, and feelings are uncertain.
Some people will say that the difference is whether there is a physical carrier, some people will say that the difference is in the number of people covered, and some people will say that the difference is whether it can be perceived by the body.
These statements all have their own truth, and the arguments listed seem to be valid, but none of them start from the individual, think from the perspective of the individual, and seem too big for the small "me".
So far, Xiaobian has not found a person who can convince himself, but it is those "drunken nonsense" that reminds Xiaobian that the answer to this question may be complicated and varies from person to person.
Since there is no only right answer, how to do it becomes your own business, and it has nothing to do with others at all, what matters is pure, that is, honesty with yourself.
In the film, Edward chose such a path, and the film did not portray his imagination of how to fight against his surroundings to fight for freedom, but only to create a world, a world for him to swim in.
Life is already hard, if you use the power of imagination to create a dream kingdom for yourself, with a fantastic eye to explain and understand the world, it may not be perfect, but it is definitely worth living for her.
The film also shows us a father-son relationship that is real enough to resonate with all the sons of Man. Father-son relationship is probably the only family problem that can compete with the mother-in-law relationship, and it seems that the rebellious child and the majestic father must have a war.
When I was a child, I felt that my father was perfect, and absolute worship was an intuitive feeling for my father, and my father was also willing to accept it, while creating a paradise under his control for his children.
When you grow up, with the perfection of cognition and the maturity of values, you will have a dislike of being deceived for your father, and you will feel that the most corrupt and rigid person in the world is none other than this person, and the lack of your own ability is also blamed on your father, and when you are hit by setbacks, your restless emotions are more obvious.
After maturity, I have a deep understanding of "people", and slowly, I will understand the old man in front of me, tired of the past, quite a feeling of meeting and laughing, and when getting along, it is more like a friend, and even need to take care of him.
At this point, this stage is completed, and the next round of love and killing will continue to unfold between the next generation, and so on.
"Are there some jokes you've heard so many times that you forget why it's funny?" Then you hear it again, and suddenly, as if it were a new sensation, you will remember why you liked it in the first place. A man who keeps telling his own story makes himself the story itself. ”
The story continued after his death, and in that way, he became immortal.
The title of this film is very meaningful. First of all, "big fish" in the English proverb means big fish story, which can also be understood that most of the film's shots or Edward's narration is imagined by him; secondly, in the film, Edward imagines himself as a big fish, and finally the story told by Will also hints at this, and the origin of all stories is that Edward caught a thief who became a big fish.
Some versions translate the title as "Great Wisdom Like Fish", which cannot be wrong, but it always feels less than "Big Fish", but on the other hand, the low response of the film is also due to the implicitness of the title, which may be a little regret.
There is also a small detail, in Edward's story, that since he sees his own death in the witch's glass eyes, he dares to do anything. After knowing the ending, he was brave. It seems to remind us to have a big picture view. (Perhaps a misinterpretation)
There are two contradictory tendencies in our human nature, both retreat and pragmatism.
Pragmatism keeps us immortal, retreats keep us alive; extreme retreats make us doubt the meaning of living, and extreme pragmatism keeps us exiled by God. But sadly, there are very few times when the two can be balanced.
After watching "Big Fish", we may wish to be like Edward, ordinary life, while giving life imagination, and finally, swimming as a "big fish".