BIG FISH (2003)

Director: Tim Burton

Actor: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup

The movie tells us about Will Bloom, a son who grew up with fantastic tales about his father’s life, and found it unbelievable after years. After arguing with his father for the last time in the party, he stops talking to him for three years. When his father gets sick, he must return. Not only to take care of him, but also to understand him, through his amazing stories, as a son and as a man who going to be a father.

PIECES OF APRIL (2003)

Honestly, I never thought the movie will end up in my blog. Lately it's been so rainy that I end up getting sick and overwhelmed with my daily life. So I was not ready to watch a heavy and lots-of-thinking kind of movie (there were some movie I bought, but I end up ignoring them). I am ready to watch Family genre movie. I was seeing an article in imdb.com about Best Fall movies. There's no fall here, but it feels gloomy with a lot of rain. One of the list is Pieces of April. I remembered my sister bought it when it first came out. I never saw it, I have to admit I kind of underestimated it.

Back in 2003, Katie Holmes was still linked a lot to Dawson's Creek, which she plays Joey, a struggling smart girl who ends up in love with her childhood friend. Back then I thought Katie Holmes can only play related kind of character of Joey. Maybe if I saw this movie in 2003, I would say 'Eh, she's still Joey.' Now, it doesn't matter. I just think the movie has a lot of values.

Learning from : Seabiscuit (2003)

It's a safe movie. Safe means I find it in a festival movie section in dvd store, and lots of awards listed in front of the cover. So it's safe to say I know the movie will blow me away.

When I was a child, I find horses are elegant and tough, and so beautiful. I have a little miniature of them made of wood. I like it so much, when it's feet is broken I attach it again with a tape and keep playing with it. So when I see the movie, I remember I use to adore the beautiful creature.
Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933—May 17, 1947) was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse in the United States. From an inauspicious start, Seabiscuit became an unlikely champion and a symbol of hope to many Americans during the Great Depression. Seabiscuit became the subject of a 1949 film, The Story of Seabiscuit; a 2001 book, Seabiscuit: An American Legend; and a 2003 film, Seabiscuit, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. (wikipedia)

LOST IN TRANSLATION (2003)

Bob Harris (Bill Murray) and Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) are two Americans in Tokyo. Bob is a movie star in town to shoot a whiskey commercial, while Charlotte is a young recent graduate woman tagging along her workaholic photographer husband.