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Some movies hit home

posted 9 years ago by homergreg
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I went into this hoping for a couple of hours of entertainment. What I got was a catharsis I really didn't expect.

I understand for some people, this would be a nonsensical tale about the death of a habitual liar. And that's fine, everyone has their own perspectives.

To others, it's an extra adventure with Don Quixote, it's taking every time you rolled your eyes at that big fish in your life and helping you realize how much that person really enriched your life with every eye roll you made.

[–] nick_adams-04865 9 years ago

Same feeling....it is one journey which continues even after movie rolls,that's the impact of this movie made on people. It's one thing to say but to present that vivid imagination on celluloid cinema is a daunting task which is executed by Tim burton and his team marvelously.

Few movies which have same surreal themes are

Tideland 2005

http://visualnama.com/video/629/tideland-2005/

The Spirit of the Beehive 1973

http://visualnama.com/video/628/the-spirit-of-the-beehive-1973/

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders 1970

http://visualnama.com/video/818/valerie-and-her-week-of-wonders-1970/

The Devil's Backbone 2001

http://visualnama.com/video/692/the-devil-039-s-backbone-2001/

[–] crankycanadian 9 years ago

I feel the same way. My husband I saw this movie when it was in theaters and it hit me so hard I had to hide down in my seat until everyone else had left the theater so they wouldn't see me having a breakdown. Then my husband drove me around for an hour while i collected myself enough to return to my parents' house where we happened to be staying. I had a tough relationship with my dad. He was charming to most people and everyone loved him. But I was never able to connect with him. He and I were too much alike - I can't explain it here, but things were a mess between us.

People ask what this movie is about, to me it was about letting go of disappointment of my dad and releasing him of the burden of who I needed him to be. To give him the gift of being who he wanted to be and to accept him for who he was. He died 8 years later of cancer, much like Ed Bloom ironically. I spent that year with him as he died, loving him and caring for him and giving him the gift of not making him work things out with me.

I just watched this film tonight again with my kids who loved my dad. Still hit me just as hard but made me realize that I had accomplished telling the end of his story in the gift of that final year. For the first time in 35 years, I can whisper to the sky... "I love you dad".

Ain't no circus like an Andy Serkis

[–] jjtxgrrl 8 years ago

Wow that was a really beautiful thing to share. Thanks for that. How nice for you to share it with your kids.

I just lost my dad last year and I had a confusing relationship with him, and this movie was cathartic for me too.

[–] brooksshows 8 years ago

I know what you mean... In many ways, Ed Bloom was MY dad. He had a gift for telling stories and you could never tell what was fact or fiction. I loved this movie because it just kept on reminding me of him.

[–] Ceephax 8 years ago

When I saw it back in 2004 I found it to be severely disappointing. 12 years later with a few deaths in the family and now I take care of my ill mother I nearly cried and rated it a 10/10.