Eleven days, we got out to see Big Fish, the new movie directed by Tim Burton. Had enough fantasy to suit Burton (Beetlejuice, anyone?), but always in the service of the story. I really enjoyed this movie, and I had the refreshing experience of knowing very little about it before I went to see it. I’ve never read the book, and I had never even heard about this movie before seeing a preview sometime in the last month or so. I’m not much for plot regurgitation, so I’ll just encourage you to see the movie, although it’s not a film that needs the big-screen experience, so don’t feel put out if you wait for the DVD.
Ewan McGregor looks like he’s enjoying himself in movies, which is fun to watch. Big Fish definitely follows that trend. He also can be funny, as he was in Down With Love (see this one… DVD sleeper). In both Big Fish and Down With Love, he’s all the funnier the straighter he plays it.
Side note 1: Why do so many of the movie sites feel compelled to use Flash so heavily? Makes them often (1) slow down my machine and (2) hard to link to, beyond the home page. (And haven’t they heard about search-engine optimization? Oh well, never mind…)
Side note 2: As I walked out of the theater, the music playing over the credits sounded great, and the voice was familiar, but I didn’t realize it was Eddy Vedder of Pearl Jam. Where have they been? You can watch a short clip of a live performance of the song “Man of the Hour” song on the movie site… which I can’t link to because of note #1.