Big fish - 2003

Tim Burton is known for his amazing and interesting ideas and concepts in film, and this film is no

change from this. When listening to the stories of Edward Bloom, we see giants, wolves, danger and adventure! The main concept of the film is that throughout his life, Edward Bloom has always told his son all of his stories about his life but as his son Will is growing up, he is starting to believe that these stories are nothing more than fiction. In the film, we are taken through Edward's life and all of the terrible or amazing things that he had to endure. I really enjoyed the film because it was so unexpected in some parts and so heart warming in others. One part that I particularly enjoyed was the ending, I will not spoil what happened but it was very emotional and happy.

In the opening of is film, the main idea of the story is set. This is that there is an uncatchable fish that represents many things throughout the film including Edward Bloom's wife, his dreams and himself too. This fish starts the film and ends it creating a circular narrative type of structure which I think works very well. When looking at the baked bean theory, I do not think that this film is a copy of another as I have never seen anyting like it and it is very well known so would be the type of film that other companies would copy.

One my favourite characters in the film is Danny DeVito's amusing ring leader character, Amos Calloway. Amos acts as a mentor or guide for the young Edward Bloom when he meets the love of his life (Sandra Bloom). I like his character because even though he is not the most featured character, he is a funny and different character and we find out that he also has a second side.

A brilliant film, amazing cast, and fantastic storyline. I reccomend this film.