Big Fish (2003) (Blu Ray) - 9/10

You have to admire Tim Burton for creating a truly unique movie experience in Big Fish, a movie that uses the voice over narrative and circus-like storytelling to bring the viewer into a world where anything is possible. Watching this again with the commentary by Burton, I couldn't help but be caught up again with the balancing plots of the relationship with his dying father and the tall tales he tells where we see Ewan McGregor experience the weirdest people imaginable. What I like about this movie is the use of color and eccentric characters to cement his story beyond that of a normal fairy tale but one that exists in the real world and in the imagination of his family. The great performances by all the secondary characters give the world a believeable lived in quality and Burton explains everything from the blending of CGI elements to camera tricks to make actors seem tall, short, or young. By keeping the bulk of the story told in the past as a backstory for his adventurous life, Big Fish has such an emotional punch that when you go back to the present, it means even more. There's just something about this movie that screams originallity and I admire the passion Burton has for giving even the smallest details to the background characters as the foreground ones, showing that every character that comes on screen means something to the lead and can be enjoyed for their uniqueness to the story.