Men have come to speak of revelation as long ago given and done, as if God were dead. It is the office of a true teacher to show us that God is, not was, that he speaketh, not spake...

The need was never greater of new revelation than now.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1838

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1/20/10

riddle-me-this wednesday.

RIDDLE-ME-THIS WEDNESDAY: what's your favorite movie?

The answer to this is very difficult for me because anyone who knows me knows I love the art of film. I have since I was a kid. Sometimes I love a movie for how it's made and looks but I hate the story and plot itself: (i.e. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, complete wastes of anyones time, but visually dazzling.) Or sometimes love the story and plot of a movie but hate how it looks or was made (i.e. The Illusionist and Twilight).

But to answer the question, ultimately it would have to be Big Fish. I
love this movie; ever since the first time I saw it six years ago. I love it love it love it. I love the visual amazement of it all and I love the story. I love the way the popcorn freezes mid-air when Edward Bloom see's the woman he's going to marry someday.


I love the joined-at-the-hip Siamese Vietnamese twins. I love the city of Spectre and that in order to live their you have to be barefoot.


I love the story of the son who doesn't really know who his father is, but ultimately realizes he's known the entire time through his father's stories. I love how it's a movie where parents are actually in love and faithful to each other and don't talk about marriage as if it's a disease. I love the cinematography. I love the music (a regular on my iTunes when I'm doing homework...). I love the book on which it's based. And yes, I even love the Miley Cyrus 6-year-old cameo pre-Hannah Montana.

So yes, Big Fish would be it.

2 comments:

Elissa Stewart said...

Didn't we see this together with Potter and some other islanders? What's funny is it's my favorite movie too. And I'm not just saying that because I think you're cool and I want to be you. I mean you are cool, but this is purely my own opinion.

kati's life said...

never seen it