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“Big Fish”
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Billy Crudup and Albert Finney
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Edward Bloom {Ewan Mcgregor) recounts his lifetime experiences, including
his brief job as a circus ringmaster (above), in Tim Burton's "Big Fish."
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Everybody can name that one person in their life that always tells
the same stories and the same jokes over and over again. For Will
Bloom (Billy Crudup) that person is his father. In different stages of his
life, father Edward Bloom (Albert Finney) had always entertained his
son with tales of his wild youth. From stories of giant catfish to swamp
witches, the elder Bloom had a story for every occasion. After hearing
the same stories repeatedly throughout his childhood, Will Bloom
becomes jaded with his father’s penchant for tall tales. Distancing him
self from his father, he starts a family of his own.
When Will learns his father is dying, he rushes to his bedside in a
desperate attempt to leam the true identity of the father behind all the
big fish stories.
The film frequently dives into flashbacks of young Edward (Ewan
McGregor) experiencing the misadventures that will one day consti
tute the stories of his life. From having a brief stint in the circus work
ing for Ringmaster Amos (Danny DeVito) to fighting as a soldier in the
Korean War and encountering conjoined twin performers Ping and
Jing (Ada and Arlene Tai) to name a couple, the elder Bloom has led a
full life. Filmed with a whimsical nature reminiscent of urban fairy
tales. Bloom’s fantasies are wonderfully enjoyable.
With “Big Fish” director Tim Burton climbs a new and exciting
plateau in film making, utilizing his trademark style of gothic subur
banism to bring to life Daniel Wallace’s debut novel.
Edward Bloom travels through a haunted forest where the trees
come to life and attack him. A giant of a man lives in a cave and eats
sheep. Scenes like this are ripe with Burton-esque imagery, but as a
whole, the movie is an entirely different animal than Burton’s past
films where over-the-top antics reigned king. Quiet scenes of human
drama between father and son manage to co-exist with werewolves and
other fantastic creatures in an emotional roller coaster of a film.
Incredibly well-designed scenery and Burton’s high level of talent
behind the camera help create a film that is always attractive to the eye.
but Burton has matured as a filmmaker to the point where he can eas
ily switch tones from zany to somber in a heartbeat.
Finney and Crudup excel as a father and son who have grown apart
physically, but emotionally are tied together tighter than a fisherman’s
knot. Crudup’s performance as a man in desperate need to finally meet
the true man behind his father is sure to bring much deserved attention
to the previously underrated actor. There is something about
McGregor’s youthful portrayal of the elder Bloom that audiences will
find they can’t help but like. The charismatic performance and earnest
musings about life and love project an aura of sincerity that helps to
enhance the credibility of Edward Bloom’s stories. Jessica Lange and
Allison Lohman play Bloom’s one true love Sandra Bloom at different
periods in her life. Helena Bonham Carter does double duty in the film
as both the swamp witch and a lovelorn girl with a crush on Bloom.
Steve Buscemi plays a quirky character Bloom encounters several
times in his adventures. Fans of Buscemi’s earlier roles will be treated
to deja vu when Buscemi’s character robs a bank in a scene right out
of “Reservoir Dogs.”
Adding to the movie’s magical aura is the masterful work by com
poser Danny Elfman. Elfman’s haunting medleys help bring a sense of
fantasy to the Bloom’s crazy stories. In fact, the film’s biggest weak
spots occur when the music switches from Elfman’s score to cliched
songs pulled from the vaults of overused movie songs.
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of 2003 on T.V.
Coupling
Over-hype and eye candy
paid off for FOX. their drama
became the 2003 television
season's only real breakout
hit
One-Tree Hill
The smoke from this overdona
media blitz can still be
NBC The American version ol
the British hit was one of the
worst disasters in NBC's re
history
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ment. the highly publicized
modern-day Romeo-Juliet
was 'skinned* alive by
critics - CNN reports It
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with a string of bombs that
were so bad that Entertain
ment Weely reported NBC
representative Jeff Zucker
apologizing for what he called
shows that sucked
Despite TV Guide's predic
tion that lead actor Travis
Fimmel would become tti«
next Brad Pitt, the senes
couldn t even warrant any
episodes past the eight pre
produced ones.
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When it can be said that the movie’s weakest link occurs watt
choice of background songs, audiences can rest assured that they it
for a treat with Tim Burton’s “Big Fish.” While "The Lord of:
Rings’" cinematic finale cleans up the box office, audiences wool::
well advised to give a slightly different fantasy film a chance
watch a "Big Fish.”
- Robert Sauctdo
‘Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Starring: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortenson, Orlando Bloom.
McKellen, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd. Dominik Monahan John
Rhys-Da vies, Christopher I^ee and Andy Serkts
New Line Cinema
With a sweep and a flourish, director Peter Jackson brings hist
trilogy “The Lord of the Rings" to t finish that is sure to make ill ^
greatest trilogy in cinematic history. It is hart! to imagine that am^
of films could sustain itself over three movies without losing
uniqueness or becoming repetitive and unimaginative, as can bear
with "The Malnv" tnlog> not loo lone ago Keliirn of the fi®ow s
comes charging in hard on the heels of "The Two Towers" and doe< the rea
lose steam for a minute. if 1,1111 ‘
As with “The Two Towers," the film is divided into two pans, gnered
fellowship of the uncrowned king Aragom (Mortenson), the wizr ilasui
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