Brief Summary Of The Movie 'Big Fish'

Produced and directed by Tim Burton, the film Big Fish is primarily a fictional recounting of the life of Edward Bloom. A majority of the plot takes place in flashbacks, starting with Edward’s story about how he caught the biggest fish in his town on the day of his son's birth using only his wedding ring. It is soon revealed in an argument scene that Edward’s son Will Bloom is sick and tired of stories like this as they are a complete lie. Soon following Will receives news that his father is deathly ill with cancer, so he immediately visits his parents with his wife Josephine. Soon after their arrival Edward immediately goes on to telling his life story to Will and Josephine although they have heard it countless times before. His story starting with a flashback in which he and a friend stumble upon a witch that reveals to him how they

In the short story, “Fish Story,” Rick Bass uses suspense and conflict to strengthen the plot. The father advised his ten year old son to keep watering the 86-pound catfish for the barbeque party later that evening. Throughout the day, many people come to see the “swollen, gasping grotesque netherworld” and “monstrosity” of a fish, including the family who caught the fish to repay their debt of $67 (Bass, 2009, pg. 1).

For the past few weeks, I have analyzed the storytelling style of the book and film Big Fish. The biggest difference I noticed was that I thought that the book focused more on the telling of Edwards inane stories, while the film was mostly centered around character development and relationships. I also think that while the book was very euphoric and felt like a children’s bedtime story, the film took a much more mystical and mysterious route, where a childish feel was dormant. Lastly, I thought that in the book the author just threw all the stories together and told them

Last but not least, Edward Bloom is at fault for the poor relationship built up over the years of him and son mainly by the reason of him choosing his dream and job over his family. As Edward pursues his dream of becoming a great man, he was rarely at home. William even referred to their home in Edward’s eyes as a “refueling station” (fifteen).

“Fifty years of connecting and caring;” this is one of SeaWorld 's many advertisements to entice people to come to their parks. This park, along with others like it, is a large tourist attraction for people of all ages. Who doesn’t love observing sea creatures, especially killer whales, perform tricks like a circus in the water? In the documentary, Blackfish, released in 2013, Gabriela Cowperthwaite tells the story of Tilikum, a killer Orca whale held in captivity by Seaworld. This is a story of how the sea park industry hides the risks and reality of working with these intelligent and emotional mammals. This film is written to educate the general public about how little is known about these animals, and point out that the sea park industry is a multi million dollar business exploiting these sea creatures. At the beginning of the documentary, the tone is set. The beginning introduces SeaWorld and the beautiful whales in all its glory. The trainers are shown interacting with the whales. After watching the beginning clips, the audience wants to find out more. Throughout this documentary, Cowperthwaite exposes the conditions of Orca’s “behind bars” with the use of irony along with using logical and emotional appeals.

Tim Burton’s Big Fish has elements of fables, fairy-tales, and tall-tales. At first, these elements dimish the relationship between Will and his father, Edward. However, towards the end of the film and of Edwards’ life Will discovers the truth behind the myths and starts to understand why his father is the way that he is.

Edward is represented as the creation of an intelligent inventor, yet before Edward could be “completed” the inventor passed away. This had a long-term effect on Edward as he was left confused, alienated, alone and most importantly, “incomplete” literally, and metaphorically. This contrast, symbolizes the complex feelings associated with alienation and ostracism, and the destructive effects it has on individuals, leading them to create barriers of isolation, and lack of acceptance and understanding. William struggles to form a sense of identity because of the emotional abuse that was inflicted upon him during his placement with an unidentified male. And Edward suffers from a sense of identity, as he was never able to establish on, through social interactions, Edward is intrigued by those around who to him seem to be, unique and different, while those around Edward believe him to be unique and one of a kind, accepting him for “ The years spent in isolation have not given him the tools to judge from right or wrong. The snow represented the change he brought to the people and especially Kim. It showed how he blossomed, and when the chaos of his visit came and left, he still left his mark behind to the town. Before Edward visited it had never snowed, and now every year it does. This is because even though Edward was looked down upon at the end, he still wanted to show people he can create beauty and not just destruction. Edward wanted them to feel a sense of belonging, maybe not with him but with each other, with the town’s community. understood by us as an audience that the need to belong is significant in our world as it is through the healing process in our relationships and experiences that the human

As the boys grow older, their different classes become more significant to the play. Edward goes off to

Big Fish has a theme that occurred throughout the movie as Barrie Wilson would call Big Fish “a story of redemption” (Wilson 10). Throughout the movie, Edward had made life mistakes that was eventually redeemed in the end of the movie. Edward, despite being destined as a hero, made several mistakes throughout the film and he ended up redeeming himself for all his mistakes. The first encounter that Edward has was with Karl. In a way, Edward solved Ashton problem with the giant, but it was compensated with Karl losing his home.

Avon girl was looking for people to give makeovers. While having no luck she seen this castle like house at the top of the mountain. She became curious and before you know it she was wondering mysteriously through the greatly sized home. She came across Edward, took him to live with her. Things went great with Edward there, everyone was happy. He even fell in love with Avon girl’s daughter Kim. Until his venerability makes everything go downhill. He made various unwanted mistakes and that led to the disliking of him. He Became unwanted there and very much mistaken for. Kim thinks different though, while she felt feelings for him, as well as he did her.

In the film, Edward explores the theme of love in many different aspects of life. It was clear that the day when Peg kindly brought home Edward to the conventional village, she also brought down a deeper and more meaningful understanding of love. For all Edwards’ life, he had only known one person, his creator, and even though he was not all human, the bond of family was something that they had, and the most precious thing he lost when his creator "never woke up". Therefore, when he had nothing left but his own entertainment Edward turned to art instead, beautifully caring for his garden around the dark and ghostly mansion. After he had been brought down to the community, he developed a love for Peg's family who cared for him. He grew to have a great love for Kim, who adored Edwards individuality and kind heart above Jim, urging him away after he became sickly jealous of the couples’ love. Kim exclaiming, "Jim I don’t love you anymore I just want you to go, just go!" despite this Jim's jealousy resulted in his death. Edward found happiness in the simplest of things, such as gardening, ice-sculpting, cutting hair and the company of the people around him and

Upon entering the circus, Edward spots a beautiful girl whom he vows to marry. However, she soon vanishes and he never learns her name. The ringmaster, Amos, agrees to provide Edward with clues about the girl each month that he works for him. He does everything Amos asks of him, which includes sticking his head in a lion’s mouth, washing an obese circus performer, cleaning up after the elephants, and being fired from a cannon. Edward completes every task with a smile knowing that he is one step closer to meeting his future wife.

The film ‘Edward Scissorhands’ directed by Tim Burton, is a modern-day fairy tale, that follows the story of Edward, a young man that has been withdrawn from segregation and introduced into a new way of life. ‘Edward Scissorhands’ is for entertainment, but that is not its sole purpose. The story is rather dark and packed full of many profound and rich meanings and emotions that are portrayed through themes such as: conformity, isolation and the significance of individual growth.

Temptation is a complex issue that impacts the lives of humans each and every day. This urge to stray from the path of morality can shape-shift from lust to jealousy and its consequences can range from mild to severe. Ultimately, temptation is often the primary culprit in a spiritual downfall into an abyss of sin. In the movie titled Big Fish, we see temptation haunting Edward through Jenny and her transformations between the witch, little girl, and middle-aged woman. In each stage of Jenny’s life, we see Edward struggle with a desire to be all-knowing, to settle with a mediocre life, and to commit adultery. Overall, the issues of temptations and sin plague Edward throughout his life as demonstrated in the movie, Big Fish.

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