Key Elements: Characters – Concept – Message My Review:
Most of this movie is entertaining fluff. It’s a story I’ve heard before in other places – just given Adam Sandler’s own touch.
But, the movie took a turn that surprised me – and moved me. It makes an awesome statement about the importance of family, and fathers in particular.
I have never cried at any movie so much as the scene where Sandler’s character says goodbye to his dad. It made the movie for me.
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He's always chasing the pot of gold, but when he gets there, at the end of the day, it's just corn flakes.
Will you still love me in the morning? -Forever and ever, babe
Ben... family... family comes first
Like I Said, "Good Guys Need A Break". I know you'll do the right thing this time. …I love you, son…- I love you. …I'll miss ya... you know that... good-bye.
Key Elements: Visuals, Concept, Message, Symbolism, Characters, Music
My Review:
Burton’s imagery here is less dark, but just as surreal.
One of the things I like about this movie is the way it acknowledges the damage done when a boy does not have a strong relationship with his dad. In a society where the role of father is dismissed, even mocked, it is refreshing to see the significance of the father/son relationship illustrated.
The other thing I liked was the way it blurs the line between real and ideal. Were Edward’s stories lies, or honest accounts of the way he saw the world? It seems that where other people might see bleak normality, Edward saw extraordinary beauty.
Life is existentially reliant on our perception.
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In telling the story of my father's life, it's impossible to separate fact from fiction, the man from the myth. The best I can do is to tell it the way he told me. It doesn't always make sense and most of it never happened... but that's what kind of story this is.
Sometimes, the only way to catch an uncatchable woman is to offer her a wedding ring.
You don't know me, but my name's Edward Bloom... And I love you.
Sandra Templeton, I love you and I WILL marry you!
There's a time when a man needs to fight and a time when he needs to accept that his destiny's lost, the ship has sailed and that only a fool will continue. The truth is I've always been a fool.
There comes a point when any reasonable man will swallow his pride and admit he made a mistake. The truth is... I was never a reasonable man.
Truth is, I've always been thirsty.
It was that night I discovered that most things you consider evil or wicked are simply lonely, and lacking in social niceties.
She said that the biggest fish in the river gets that way by never being caught.
Now I may not have much, but I have more determination then any man you're likely to meet.
Most men, they'll tell you a story straight through. It won't be complicated, but it won't be interesting either.
I know better than to argue romance with a French woman.
I've been nothin' but myself since the day I was born, and if you can't see that it's your failin', not mine.
Has it ever occurred to you that maybe you're not too big? That maybe this place is just too small?
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.
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.
They say when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that's true. What they don't tell you is that when it starts again, it moves extra fast to catch up.You become what you always were - a very big fish.
Charlie is a case study in human insecurity. But something his brother says to him makes all the difference. It is also this quote that makes the movie.
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I don't want to cram in sex or guns or car chases or characters learning profound life lessons or growing or coming to like each other or overcoming obstacles to succeed in the end. The book isn't like that, and life isn't like that, it just isn't. I feel very strongly about this.
I loved Sara, Charles. It was mine. That love. I owned it. Even Sara didn’t have the right to take it away. I can love whoever I want… That was her business, not mine… You are what you love. Not what loves you. That’s what I decided a long time ago.”
Original, this is a musical in which the story was made to fit the music, not the other way around. Basically a stringing together of Beatles covers music videos, this movie gives amazing music with stunning visuals.
A must for any Beatles fan.
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My god you... you have perfect teeth.
She came in through the bathroom window.
Is there any reason you shouldn't serve in the United States Army? - I'm a cross-dressing homosexual pacifist with a spot on my lung. As long as you don't have flat feet...
Music is the only thing that makes sense anymore... play it loud enough - keeps the demons at bay.
