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Originally Posted by sAvAgE69
I agree very powerful movie this I think is the top
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I agree too.
The Passion of the Christ
Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan
Braveheart
Rocky
or maybe
Return of the King
And for personal reasons maybe, but
Big Fish really affected me. My dad never told really outrageous tales the way Albert Finney told his son(Billy Crudup)in that movie, but I identified with the son and by the end of the movie found myself admiring his dad a lot. When we're growing up, especially in our teen and early 20s, we usually roll our eyes at everything our dads tell us. And get annoyed at how they often embarrass us. But as we get older, we begin to realize the old man knew a bit more and was/is more worthy(hopefully)of respect then we earlier gave them credit for.
But my dad and I became very close in his last few months of life, especially his final few days. So the end of
Big Fish affected me as I watched it and I couldn't help getting choked up. Much the same way
Brian's Song affected people. But in that movie, James Caan was Carl Weather's(?) teammate, not father, so I identify more with Crudup and bonded with both of them during that movie. I still think about my dad often. I bought & watched the Blu-Ray last year, and enjoyed it again, with a bit of moisture in my eyes once again.
Another movie that involves a child's relationship with not only a father, but grandfather also is
Whale Rider. That hasn't been released on BD yet, but I bought the DVD when it became available after seeing it on the big screen. A nice, feel good movie like
Big Fish well worth watching.