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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:02 PM Original message |
Is Big Fish (2003) worth renting? |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. It is a deeply weird movie...I think a lot depends on your frame of mind when watching. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes it is. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. "Sometimes life is a really Big Fish..." |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. I feel it's a really good movie |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. But.... |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Oh, come on. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Why not? |
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WannaBeGrumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #29 |
57. You can't base an entire movie off of a single line... |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. People were in awe of this movie....I just didn't see what the big deal was |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. I remember almost nothing about this masterpiece |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Tim Burton hasn't made a masterpiece since Beetlejuice. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. No way! His every bowel movement is a cinematic triumph! |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 08:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Well it did star Michael keaton, who was also in Beetlejuice... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Keaton is a fine, fine actor (no sarcasm) |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:59 AM Response to Reply #23 |
48. You didn't like Ed Wood? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #48 |
59. Indeed I did, but what I liked about Ed Wood can be summed up in five words. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's worth BUYING |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. yes |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. I hated that fucking flick |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. You and MrsCoffee should hang out and watch Serpent's Kiss |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I haven't seen that one yet! My favorite of his is |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. It wasn't that kind of flick. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Yeah, I wasn't impressed, either. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I can't remember why, but it really bothered me... |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Well, some of it was really dorky, especially that end statement |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Very good point. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Maybe because it was trying too hard, and simultaneously being a little TOO precious? |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Indeed |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. That was the point, but I can't explain why because it would be a major SPOILER! |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
16. yes it is |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. yes it is. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. aww that's so swee .... oh wait, it's me again |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. pffft. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
24. Yes. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
25. Yes. I loved it. |
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logosoco (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
26. yes |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
28. If you miss your dad or your stoned then yes... nt |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
31. I couldn't believe it was a Tim Burton movie. There is a lot of magical realism |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
32. Yes, really liked it |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
34. It's good. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
36. it's lovely, imaginative and moving, so I would say yes |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
37. A great movie |
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nytemare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
40. This is one of my favorite films. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
41. hell yeah |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
42. Charming and suffused with an inner life all its own |
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stranger_with_candy (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
43. I liked it |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
44. I love Albert Finney, but this movie irritated the sh*t out of me |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:40 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. What I have learned from this thread |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:03 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Why would someone post "I'm ambivalent about" any film? |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:38 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I was using ambivalent rather broadly |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
46. It's on my short list of favorites. Tim Burton's most "normal" film without being remotely normal. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
47. I liked it. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
51. I loved it. I think it has one of the best movie endings ever. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
52. Worth a watch... |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
53. This is on right now on USA. |
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WannaBeGrumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
54. I loved it... |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
55. Only if you are a man who has or is a dad. n/t |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
56. aww...why not! give it a go. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
58. It's on USA Network right NOW! |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Look up... |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
61. OMG yeah!!! It is great! I loved it! |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
62. Especially on Fathers Day... |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
63. Do you like the TV show "Pushing Daisies"? |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Haven't watched Pushing Daisies |
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Symarip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
65. If your dad is a complete space cadet full of hyperboles |
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