I love how everyone from Edward’s stories showed up to the funeral and how that in a way confirms his stories weren’t nonsense. Not everyone was as described but that’s ok because the stories will be how he’s remembered. Plus it’s really nice that nobody is appears sad, just happy that they got to know Edward.
saw this movie as a kid, similar to forest gump you dont think about how sad it gets, as an adult it hits differently, i think big fish is the greatest film tim burton ever gave us or will give us, it reminds you what it is to be alive, the only other movie that gets so many emotions out of me is what dreams may come staring robin williams
When this movie aired on tv for the first time, me and my mom stayed up until like 10 or 10:30 to watch it. I remember being so tired. It was nothing like I thought it’d be. I forgot about this movie.
I had watched this on a while, just to have something to listen to while i was baking. My dad came in and started watching about halfway through the film, and i guess he hadn't seen it before. I remember looking over at him during this scene and realized he was crying. His mom had passed away about six months before, we all still missed her. Such a good film.
I have never seen this movie but the ending makes me think of the ending in 'Secondhand Lions'. Having said that, it's my understanding that there were actually two different endings for Secondhand Lions. I saw both. The one that stuck with me was where, like this film, the people that featured in each 'supposed tale' told by the uncles actually showed up for their funeral. The nephew they raised was astonished to find their tales were based on truth. This was the ending that took the time to tie it up neatly. The alternate ending, which may have been the most widely seen, was good film making but I preferred that which likened that of this movie. I think it perhaps gave more future to nephew. I will put this movie on my list of 'must watch' for that reason. (Edited for autocorrect)
I didn’t get to see this movie in 2003. I was in Afghanistan then. I would see it 2012 on HBO, when I retired from the Army. Loved this movie. I was closer to my mom than I was my dad. I was with her when she passed. I miss her very much. I told stories like the dad in this movie. I’ve been all over the world. 🐟
I love the little hint of a smile he gives as he says exactly. Its like my kid finally gets it. Hes passing in peace knowing him and his kid are ok with each other now. Beautiful
the moment you realized while this story were very extravagant they were more true then ever before, but told in the way a father would tell his own kids a fantasy story. When he was telling the story of his life and the amazing adventure he went on with those who would hold him in such high regards an became such close friends to see him as his funeral.
Now that’s movie and cultural arts. I loved this movie when it came out in 2003, I was only 21 years old. I love big adventure movies like this. They don’t get made often now, it’s a crying shame.
Saw this in the theater with my son when he was a teen. I wept. My father had always exaggerated and lied about things. I was forty when he died. When my mother, brother, and I met with the funeral director, my mom gave Dad's birthday as February 28th. I said, no, he was born on February 29th...I was mortified. He had lied to me about his birthday my entire life (and about his middle name). I felt so betrayed. My son looked at my face, and instantly understood what I was connecting to, and apologized for not realizing what the movie might do to me. Not his fault, though!
Dan fogelberg in one of his greatest songs, said, "between the worlds of men and make-believe, I can be found." That's what I think this movie is about, I think it's about all of us who write or create art that straddles the line between real and fantasy. I think it's about tall tales and a man on a quest.
This and second hand lions were such great films. Best part were the endings though I'm not sure which method of showing that there was truth to the stories the kid was told was better. Showing all those different people from it or showing someone who wanted to confirm that the menk from the stories he had been told by the 'villain' in their stories had actually lived.
I started watching this movie not knowing what I was getting into. One of the most powerful movies and I've never forgotten it. Pulls the heart apart when he comes to understand his father.
The RU-vid shorts algorithm sent me back to this scene and I thought I could make it through without crying a little, yeah I was wrong, still cried, it’s such an amazing movie, reminded me of my childhood with my grandfather and all the stories he told throughout his life as an Italian immigrant who fell on a lot of bad and good luck. Everyone should watch this movie. It is truly a classic.
Sound dumb. When i was a kid i saw dads scars and would ask, because he was in the Navy "where you a pirate?!" he'd humor me by saying in a pirate voice "oh these scars oi got when i became a poirate alright! they cut me with their sabers and cutlasses!" When i got older, he finally told me it was from being shot multiple times. And the other stories he'd tell me as a kid with his other brothers didn't register until i got older, when i and him were able to talk about them. He was an absolute asshole at times, still miss him though. And the stories he had were awsome but terrifying.
@@texasoutlaw4222 hope yaller doing alright man. If you have any guilt about not reconnecting sooner, it'll get easier to deal with. That's how my dad and I were, but we didn't speak for 5 years, it was only a month or so after we started trying to reconcile he passed. Wish y'all well mang
@@texasoutlaw4222 well, we each have own experience, none the less though, wish you and your family well brother. BTW thank you for sharing your story <3
I love how there really was a degree of truth to his stories, exaggerated yeah but they were honestly based on something that really happened. I think that just adds a sense of realism to it
