McDermott Showing Intention is Vital

 I pride myself on being a very logical, pros and cons type of person. And while I am a crybaby, I really don’t like people who make emotional decisions – I’ll even think about what type of bread to buy for at least 2 days before actually going out and buying it to make sure its what I really want. I struggle in particular with consuming media with tons of plot holes and reading books that defy all laws of the universe.

That being said, I don’t hate fun in it’s entirety. I can enjoy a weird, confusing movie or nonsense book if done well. One of my favorite books is the definition of a nonsense book, actually (Neil Gaiman’s Fortunately, the Milk, which is a whole trip in and of itself). The only condition it has to meet is that it seems like it’s intended to be weird – which both that book and Big Fish do well.


Of course, no normal person would every believe 100% of the father’s stories in that movie, and I really enjoyed having the son’s perspective there because it made sure to let people in the audience like me know that no, I’m not insane, these stories are actually just really out there ones. However, it also doesn’t approve 100% of the son’s point of view. The entire movie teaches you a lesson that it’s important to have imagination and use it to romanticize reality without going overboard, and this is a balance I can totally get behind. So even while I hated the first half-hour of the movie, by the end, I really, really liked it.

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