10/10 MOVIE BROS
Watching Big Fish always brings me to tears and makes me laugh at the same time. Its a confusing and wonderfully amazing experience that i've watched 3 times (so far). What I learned from watching this movie, is that life is a very complicated thing, and every individual person experiences and witnesses it differently, based on probably an infinity of reasons. And that, though try as we may, I doubt that people will every fully be able to comprehend another person.
The scenes that stood out to me the most were, the two times that Edward ended up in ashton. The first time he was young and naive, so when he came to ashton, everything was perfect. Bright, happy, and with no worries or cares in sight. Knowing he had to leave though, he did so with the promise to return. But when he did, Ashton had been brought to "reality" and the once perfect town had become ruined. Now, what a lot of people would've given up and just left again. But Edward didn't, he bought the town and fixed it. and I feel like that was sort of a metaphor for, no matter what life brings your way, and now matter how much you get beaten down, there will always be people there to help fix you up when you need it.
The moral lesson that I think the audience takes away after watching Big Fish is that you can make life anyway you want it to be, every part of you has stories to tell, and no matter which way you tell them, it's all true. But people will and can interpret everything their own unique way.
I think that Big Fish Explains this metaphor by how Will sees all of Edwards stories as fairy tales that never really happened and that his father was a liar, but after exploring his fathers study, visiting Jenny, and ultimately Edwards death. Edward realized that though maybe his fathers stories had a whimsical element to them, the people he met and the things he did were all (more or less) what had really happened to him. All Edward really did, was add a touch of magic to the world.
Understanding the storyline... I'm not sure if that really helps me, one out of the 3 characters that I am (the shotgun toter) is actually in the movie. So I guess it may not really help, but i still understand that i've got to be whimsical, in a sense.
Thursday, 10 September 2015
Singing Time!
THIS SOUNDTRACK IS RAD DUDES
But seriously, I love this soundtrack, listening to it all the way through was one big fun and emotional ride and I cannot wait to be able to learn my parts of it and place it all together with everyone!
My favourite song is most likely "I Know What You Want". "I Know What You Want" is sung by the witch, obviously. The song is about how the witch from the swamp can foretell peoples death, and she's going to show Edwards death to him. When I hear the song, I feel like I could do anything and that I am the most empowered person on the planet. Both the music and the voice together just fills everything with power. I find it loud, proud, and just a really fun song. On stage I imagine the Witch and Edward on the porch of the Witches house in the swamp situated on one of the sides of stage. As the witch is singing she's walking forward, sort of pushing Edward backwards until a certain point on the stage (most likely once they two are sharing centre stage. The other witches appear when they're cued and they're dancing and singing around them.
If I had to pick my least favourite song I would choose "Little Lamb from Alabama". "Little Lamb from Alabama" is sung by Sandra Templeton and 2 of her friends. The song is one that the girls wrote together and auditioned for the circus with. And as they're preforming it, Edward comes in and sees her, which leads into the song "Time Stops".What I assume is that the song is supposed to be cutesy and fun. But i really only find it a bit tacky and mildly annoying. I don't mean to be rude, honestly! I really just have no appeal to this song personally and i really just don't connect with it. But I have complete confidence that the girls who preform it will do an excellent job and who knows, they could even change my mind. With that being said, I have no ideas for how to change the song to make it "better" because its a well made song, it's just a personal preference that I dislike the song.
But seriously, I love this soundtrack, listening to it all the way through was one big fun and emotional ride and I cannot wait to be able to learn my parts of it and place it all together with everyone!
My favourite song is most likely "I Know What You Want". "I Know What You Want" is sung by the witch, obviously. The song is about how the witch from the swamp can foretell peoples death, and she's going to show Edwards death to him. When I hear the song, I feel like I could do anything and that I am the most empowered person on the planet. Both the music and the voice together just fills everything with power. I find it loud, proud, and just a really fun song. On stage I imagine the Witch and Edward on the porch of the Witches house in the swamp situated on one of the sides of stage. As the witch is singing she's walking forward, sort of pushing Edward backwards until a certain point on the stage (most likely once they two are sharing centre stage. The other witches appear when they're cued and they're dancing and singing around them.
If I had to pick my least favourite song I would choose "Little Lamb from Alabama". "Little Lamb from Alabama" is sung by Sandra Templeton and 2 of her friends. The song is one that the girls wrote together and auditioned for the circus with. And as they're preforming it, Edward comes in and sees her, which leads into the song "Time Stops".What I assume is that the song is supposed to be cutesy and fun. But i really only find it a bit tacky and mildly annoying. I don't mean to be rude, honestly! I really just have no appeal to this song personally and i really just don't connect with it. But I have complete confidence that the girls who preform it will do an excellent job and who knows, they could even change my mind. With that being said, I have no ideas for how to change the song to make it "better" because its a well made song, it's just a personal preference that I dislike the song.
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