Big Fish

A magnificent tale about a man that sees the world with another eyes, who exagerated the truth to make life more interesting. I haven't read the book, but I can tell you this movie stands on its own. I'm not a fan of Tim Burton, but I think this is his best work (maybe because he finally does something different here). It's different, but still, you can understand why it's a Tim Burton film, so he doesn't lose his identity. At the beginning, we see three time periods, three stories one inside the other. That could get quite confusing, but actually it doesn't. Not at all. Surprisingly it manages to delete one of the time periods, and it does it very well, almost in an unnoticed way. The movie goes with the flow, the plot advances with no issues at all, very well developed. You get very attached to the characters, even with the ugly ones like the giant. The art direction and cinematography are excellent as well as the performances. I specially liked Ewan McGregor and Marion Cotillard, thay were stunning choices for the cast. I also loved the symbolism of Ed becoming his stories, beoming the big fish, which is kind of what he always was, born to stand out, the big fish is his alter ego. Also, the sybolism of Spectre, which I believe, Ed was using it to tell about a period of drug use in his life: Firstly because it seems wonderful, but when people go there, they get nothing done and drugs seem like a great way to escape, but people become unproductive; secondly because when people go there, they take off their shoes which makes it difficult to get out, same with drugs, it's very easy to get in, but extremely har to get out; Shoes are thrown over the line, which is also a sign of drug dealing territory in inner cities; Spectre is wonderful at first, but in time it deteriorates and needs to be saved, and drugs may seem very glamorous at first, but in the end they break down people and reduce them to nothing. And so much more symbolism, that's my favourite thing in a movie. INCREDIBLE film, to recommend and watch several time, it's very fun to learn something new about what Ed' stories mean each time you watch it.