Chapter 1532 The end returns to the starting point
The title of the movie "Big Fish" is actually quite confusing to movie fans at first glance, but fortunately, Li Yi's name is right there.
As word of mouth grows, there are more and more topics related to "Big Fish".
It can be said that the preferences of movie fans at home and abroad are still different to some extent.
At the same time, the perspective of looking at the problem will also be biased.
But there is also something that unites the world, and that is family love! It just has different emphasis.
In fact, just like Dora in the original "Cinema Paradiso", he has not been back for many years, which makes it difficult for many people in China to understand his behavior.
After all, according to our domestic tradition, it has been said since ancient times that parents never travel far away!
Zhou Qingquan of "Film Weekly" wrote a special review for "Big Fish".
The title is: “The Heart of ‘Big Fish’—Defining the Meaning of the Word ‘Father’!”
"Father, I wonder what everyone thinks of the name father?
Some may have become fathers;
Some may be about to become fathers;
Maybe some readers are learning how to be good fathers;
It may also be that as fathers, everyone will become the best hero in the hearts of their children.
Today, let’s talk about the work “Big Fish” with everyone!
Although the name of the movie "Big Fish" is too plain and unpretentious, which is not conducive to theater sales, I believe that anyone who has carefully watched this movie and was deeply moved by it will agree with me: only "Big Fish"
The title of these two words perfectly expresses the content of the movie, the dreamlike color.
"Big Fish" is not for everyone, it is for all those who want to understand their fathers, for those who are lost in the real world, are timid, and have lost their childhood dreams of joy.
If you take a quick look at it, the plot is not that complicated.
A father who loves to brag and a son who loves to be serious.
My father embellished his experiences and made them into stories that he told repeatedly.
However, the son has long been tired of these stories and even thinks that these stories are lies.
When his father was dying, his son finally told the story like his father.
The movie narrates the legendary life of his father in a child's voice, full of magic, metaphors and dreams.
At the beginning of the story, when his father Edward was young, he loved to tell his young son his legendary experiences. He claimed that he experienced many strange and strange things when he was a traveling salesman in Alabama.
His son Will didn't believe it when he grew up. He felt that his father was vain and exaggerated, and the relationship between father and son gradually became alienated.
He finally couldn't bear it anymore, and on his wedding night, they ended the wedding banquet with a quarrel. From then on, the father and son stopped communicating and never talked again.
The camera goes back to when Edward was a child. There was a witch near his home in a swamp. Edward asked his friends to explore the secret of the witch. It turned out that one of its eyes could see the death of people.
Edward found that his body was growing rapidly. At this time, Edward realized that he had grown up. He wanted to leave this town and go on adventures, so he met the giant and went on adventures together.
In fact, no matter whether these stories are true or false, I think that after seeing that scene, many people will think that it is very similar to us when we were young. One day, we found that we had grown up and wanted to go on adventures further afield.
Create your own world.
During the adventurous journey, he got separated from the giant, and Edward came to Ghost Town alone.
Ghost Town is a wonderful paradise on earth, like a paradise on earth. After a short stay, he found that his future was not here.
He resolutely left the wonderful fairy-tale ghost town to pursue the unknown of life. During this period, many people used various means to retain him.
Isn't it like when we find a good job, when we feel that the job is not suitable for us, how many of us will still decide on our original intention regardless of the persuasion of family, the persuasion of friends, and the persuasion of the boss to stay?
run?
He and the Giant came to a circus. Edward met his future wife Sandra, and the Giant stayed in the circus and lived happily. In order to find her, Edward worked for the circus for free for three years.
After going through a lot of hardships, I finally found her contact information, which was just a contact information.
Edward knew that Sandra liked daffodils and spread them all over the floor, turning the front door of the dormitory into a sea of flowers. However, she told Edward that she already had a boyfriend, who was a friend of Edward's when he was a child and had experienced being beaten.
The humiliated Edward finally embraced the beauty.
At that moment, Edward made the most important decision in his life, no matter what he did, he would love her.
At that moment, I was thinking that if we met Sandra, whom we thought we would be with for life, would we marry her without hesitation and endure all the torture and humiliation? It seems that most first loves end without any problems, and it seems to have become a necessity.
But after watching this movie, we will find that nothing is inevitable. The reason why first love always ends in vain is, I think, more because we don’t love the other person enough.
There are many, many stories that have not been told, such as meeting conjoined beauties on the battlefield, rebuilding the ghost town, etc.
Let's go back to the elderly Edward. At this time, he was terminally ill. At the end of his father's life, the son returned to his father and tried to use actions to explore his father's real life. As he gradually understood the truth, he found that everything his father said was beyond words.
It's true, at this moment he is like a child who has lost his toy, crying so hard.
At the last moment of his death, the son fulfilled his father's last wish with the deepest love and helped his father tell the final scene of his life story: with the blessing and witness of all the relatives and friends he met in his life, Edward was carried to the lake by his son.
, acting as the big fish mentioned many times in the story that will never be caught, swimming freely into the distance.
The story begins and ends with the story. The reconciliation between the father and son is so natural. In the story, they have the same mind and finally understand each other.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The most gratifying and appreciating thing is the ending of the movie. To be honest, at the beginning, I always thought that Director Li Yi would use his best sensationalism.
way, giving us a great tragedy at the end, but the result was far beyond expectations.
At the funeral, one after another the prototype characters in the father's story appeared in his son's field of vision. The "giant" was not as tall as in the story, and the "twin sisters" were not conjoined... Everyone gathered together, there was no sadness, everyone was
They relished telling the wonderful moments they had with their father.
At this time, the son smiled happily. He understood his father's great life and realized the great love behind the "exaggeration". His father's life was an immortal life.
This ending is really unexpected, but it is also shocking.
Edward brought joy to people all his life, so his passing must be the same! There is no need to be sad for him, because his life was a wonderful and immortal life. Even when he was dying, he turned into a big fish,
Swim far away.
At the end of the film, on the river shrouded in dreamlike blue mist, a big fish suddenly jumped out of the water, full of life and unlimited freedom. The endless river water continued to flow forward in silence, which seemed both illusion and reality.
Edward spent the first half of his life experiencing the meaning of life, and spent the second half of his life happily telling legendary life stories, bringing endless inspiration and happiness to the people around him.
When we were children, our father was an all-powerful god. He had strong arms that could lift us high, he had a prickly beard that stung when he hugged us, and he could answer all your questions.
He knows everything... Later, as we grow up, we discover that they are not omnipotent. When facing the world, they have as many troubles and confusions as we do. They retreat from our lives little by little.
Because they are no longer so important, because we can slowly carry the sky on our own shoulders.
In fact, this is not the case. They have always led us forward, but the way of guidance is different. Years later, we finally realized that they only did that out of love."
Of course, when a movie becomes popular, it will also be extended to many "excessive" interpretations.
For example, one film critic felt that there were metaphors everywhere in "Big Fish"!
"This movie is full of different metaphors for various stages of life. From the moment he was born, Edward regarded himself as a different person. He fell to the ground and passed through layers of dangers without being harmed. It was like the birth of a new life.
What about the process?
When he was young, he went on an adventure with his friends. He bravely made a request to the witch and explored what it was like to have death (life) nearby.
Later, he grew up and became enthusiastic, helpful, and energetic. He was no longer satisfied with the small world of life, so he went to the larger world with people who belonged to the big city. He chose what others did not dare to choose.
After a scary road, he unexpectedly came to a paradise. This comfortable and happy town is actually a symbol of Edward's stable and happy stage. In fact, it is also like everyone's comfort zone that we often talk about!
Remember those shoes hanging high up? This shot is so interesting, but it is a good metaphor, a metaphor that they "don't want to move forward" and are content with the present! But Edward "went too early",
Because he could enjoy stability and happiness when he was young, but his heart still longed for poetry and the distance, so he broke through the thorns and difficulties to pursue what he longed for again!
When Edward came to the big city, it really opened his eyes. It was like a colorful circus. His friends were enslaved by capital because of their skills. However, Edward never aimed at money at this time. He stayed because he wanted to pursue
His dream girl!
His heart is so sincere, and he is willing to lose money and freedom for love. However, the process of pursuing love is not so smooth, but he does not ask for extravagance and only takes action at critical times. His behavior actually represents the true meaning of love.
What love should contain: purity, dedication, perseverance and courage, and of course, a lifelong commitment!
After falling in love, he had to take on another responsibility of his own, to join the army and go to the battlefield. In fact, on the spiritual level, it also symbolizes the hardships, setbacks and partings that personal relationships need to go through in the development.
Finally it was confirmed that the two will be together forever!
After that, Edward's focus began to turn to his family. While he was running for his family, he also had time to spend with his family. Although his life was on the right track and his financial problems were finally solved, he returned to the small town where he once lived.
He can finally enjoy (face) a comfortable and happy life now, but not everything is waiting for him as it was before.
He needs to create comfort and happiness again with his own hands.
In the trajectory of Edward's life, many people with metaphors also appeared. The first one, of course, has to be mentioned, the witch in his childhood, the Jenny he met in the small town. She appeared in Edward's life.
On the two nodes of "understanding death" and "helping rebirth", Edward was given two timelines. When restored, it should be the innocent, beautiful and hopeful Jenny in childhood, but after growing up, she turned into a withered flower. This kind of
Changes made Edward realize the impermanence of life and death!
When faced with the "death" of others, his attitude was to help her overcome difficulties and help her regain hope. He himself also understood that sympathy for others does not equal love, and his love only exists for his wife.
On people.
The second giant!
Giants actually represent people with special talents. Such talents cannot be tolerated in a small town. He needs to go to a larger world to be recognized and display his skills. Edward obviously knows this!
The third one, the circus owner!
The boss's true form is a wolf. He will transform into a wolf in the middle of the night and struggle in pain. It can be seen that he has lost himself in the desire for money. He doesn't know whether he is a ferocious wolf or himself. From the funeral, he and the giant
Attending the meeting together, Director Li Yi still gave the werewolf boss a positive result. He became himself again and had a confidant by his side!
The fourth one, conjoined twins!
Perhaps the director made a joke to satirize. In human society, twins should be inseparable and regarded as the same individual existence. When the two finally appeared in the perspective at the same time, did you realize that they were two people?
The last one, of course, is the big fish!
Who is it?
In this work, he is naturally Edward himself. In the way of death narrated by his son, he finally turned back into a big fish, a big fish that no one can catch, dominates the water, and is free.
The big fish once had a great reputation. He had been tempted by all kinds of temptations, but he did not take the bait. He only swallowed the ring that symbolized love, marriage and family. The big fish returned the ring to Edward. I
I believe that at that moment, Edward believed that he finally realized the true meaning of marriage and family. He no longer yearned for the poetry and the distance, no longer traveled far away, but stayed and stayed with his family.
Of course, no metaphor has a fixed interpretation. This is just what I see. People with different experiences will have different feelings, I believe."
