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Big Fish

The film Big Fish is directed by Tim Burton, from the novel “Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions” by Daniel Wallace.

This film is about two things: first, the father, Ed Bloom’ larger than life stories, about how he comes to the world, how he travels the world and meets different kinds of people, how he finds his love of his life, and how he has his career and has his family; second, the son, Will, actually he has a bad relationship with his father, Ed Bloom. He does not believe anything his father tells him. He just regards his father as a teller of tall tales.

It’s very difficult to separate the difference between the reality and Will’s father’s adventures. Because Will does not believe that his father once traveled the world at his 19 years or younger, however, he finds the town of Spectre is really existed, and there is really a girl named Jenny who loved his father before. And he never believes that his father once joined the Korean War a few years ago, but he finds the note reformed his mother that Ed Bloom died in the Korean War a few years ago. That’s the reason why Will begins to believe some parts of his father’s adventures.

Ed Bloom’s larger-than-life’s stories begin when he is a young man, and end when he finds his love. Truly, he loves his wife very much, and he shows that kind of love directly. For example, on the

ship, he says to everyone “Sometimes the way you catch an uncatchable woman is to offer her a wedding ring.”And the first time he sees Sandra, he believes that they say when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that’s true, however, when time begins, it goes quickly to make up the time which is lost. So he loses her. Then the owner of circus, Amos says “Most men have to get married before they lost their wives. But he also tells Ed that he knows the girl. Then, poor Ed begins to work for Amos to find her again. Every month, he knows something about Sandra from Amos, like “This girl, the love of your life, her favorite flowers are daffodil” or “This girl, the love of your life, likes music.” Then, Ed’s determination touches Amos, and fins her again. And then performs a dazzling series of romantic gestures to win her love. What’s more, he is honest to his wife, when he meets Jenny again, he refuses her love and says “I’m sorry, I just love my wife, from the day I met her to the day I die.” This is the love story of Ed Bloom, and also a part of his adventures.

To be honest, I believe that this film’s really aim is to show the relationship between father and son, between Ed Bloom and Will. No matter how unbelievable Ed’ adventures are, or how dangerous the trip is, or how funny the people he meets are, and hoe difficult for him to get his love. All he has done is just to let his son, Will, can