Marina's Movie Blog

Big Fish was released in the United States on December 10, 2003 and in Japan on May 15, 2004. This movie was directed by Tim Burton, and it is based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Daniel Wallace. Tim Burton directed many popular works such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory starring Johnny Depp and the Disney film The Nightmare Before Christmas , and so on. The main theme of this movie is reconciliation between father and son. Edward, the father of his son Will, is good at telling stories about his life and attracting listeners. Will himself liked his father's eccentric stories when he was young, but as he grew older, he realized that they were fiction and couldn't listen to him honestly. At Will's wedding, when Edward entertains guests with stories of catching a big fish, Will can't stand it and becomes unilaterally estranged from his father.  The movie's title, Big Fish , is one of Edward's eccentric stories. The truth of why Edward keeps telling ...

Gifted was released in the United States on April 7, 2017 and in Japan on November 23, 2017. This movie was directed by Marc Webb and written by Tom Flynn. Marc Webb directed works such as The Amazing Spider-Man starring Andrew Garfield and (500) Days of Summer starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Gifted is a drama and comedy movie, and i t stars Chris Evans as Frank, Mckenna Grace as Mary Adler, and others. In the movie, Mary, a seven-year-old girl, lives a peaceful life with her single uncle Frank and a one-eyed cat. One day, however, she demonstrates her outstanding mathematical talent, which reveals that she is a genius called "Gifted." And the girl's peaceful life begins to falter as people around her react in various ways over her outstanding talent.  Do you want to know why a seven-year-old girl and her uncle live together? It is revealed in the story, and the relationship between the uncle and the girl is the best. Also, the movie makes me think deeply about fam...