Attracted by this beautiful picture, I was even more amazed at the beauty and magic of its content. Everything is as pure as a fairy tale and wonderland in the memories of his father who saw death coming soon.
The film begins with a son's visit to a dying father. He never believed his father because he felt that he had been bragging about his peculiar and incredible experiences all his life. In the eyes of his son, those bizarre stories are undoubtedly complete pipe dreams, and anyone with common sense will not believe those stories. He longed for his father to be able to tell him the truth, about his birth, his childhood, rather than lies. It is these so-called lies that have kept his relationship with his father in a state of indifference and dissociation for many years. For three years, they had no real communication.
In order to find out the truth, he began to investigate his father's past deeply, and finally found that what his father said was not all lies, but exaggerated facts. Father just looked at the facts in a different way, as if painting the reality with beautiful paint, making them look more magical and charming. (The giant who appeared at the funeral at last was just a big man, maybe not yet Yao Minggao; the sister flowers encountered on the Korean battlefield are just twins, not conjoined; of course, the circus boss will not be a werewolf... …)
His father, an ordinary little person, his life experience is no different from other ordinary people. In this world, greed, selfishness, violence, despicableness, hatred, shameless desires, deception, and killing are flooding every moment of human existence. As a small person, there should be a lot of dissatisfaction and helplessness. However, in the eyes of the father of "Big Fish", the world is extremely beautiful, overflowing with mysterious and beautiful light under the sun. He is kind, brave, confident, likes to explore the mystery, and eager to take risks.
Many of the sceneries of the movie are so gorgeous and fascinating, breathtakingly beautiful, not like the world. His journey is undoubtedly full of fairy tales: for example, the encounter with a giant in a cave, the snow-white mist covered with forest paths, and the spotless paradise where he chose to walk a different path from others for the first time. There is nowhere to be seen. The soil, I saw green, soft grass, extending to rivers where mermaids were infested... He was kind and worked hard to get the information of his lover, and he did not hesitate to work day and night for the circus for three years, and worked hard for only one month. Can get a message from her. However, for the greedy employer, he is still full of tolerance and smile, because of love, filled with him, and finally, with the endless yellow daffodils won love.
Without these exaggerated fantasies, his father's life would undoubtedly be no different from others, he was born, grew up, married, grew old, and died quietly. His tomb will grow little flowers and weeds like others. No one knows what a different soul lies here. But now, I can even feel that those who pass by his grave will be infected with a happy, natural fairy-tale enthusiasm, and return to the moment of childlike innocence in an instant.
Beautiful life, love this colorful but not always wonderful world, his life is undoubtedly rich and happy. Heavenly dreams accompany him throughout his life, and dreamlike concepts accompany him in every moment of his life. Until the end, the free fantasy of becoming a big fish took away his breath and his son’s grudge. And doubt.
Maybe this world is not as beautiful as you hope, maybe now your life is rugged and bumpy, but you have to live, in any case, nothing can hinder the charm of life itself, maybe our joy is close at hand, maybe it's still there Waiting for you in the distance, I believe that as long as we are willing to use our palms to hold those beautiful fantasies, we can still be happy, fulfilling and simple.
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