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elizabeth  ·  3930 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Fisher King - Discussion Thread

It's weird movie. And a bit too long in my opinion. Not too sure what the lesson is at the end. Be nice to homeless people?





thenewgreen  ·  3925 days ago  ·  link  ·  

In my opinion, it's a film about forgiveness. Forgiving others and forgiving yourself. There's a lot of healing going on in this movie.

I think the acting is fantastic and the imagery is beautiful.

_refugee_, if you have a friend like Perry, I would count you pretty lucky!!

elizabeth  ·  3925 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, the imagery is one of the things I liked about it.

_refugee_  ·  3925 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What would you cut from the plot to make it shorter - what feels unimportant or non-essential?

elizabeth  ·  3925 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm not too sure exactly what I would cut because every storyline adds something to the story. Maybe there are too many story lines? The girl Parry likes, the main characters career/remorse/girl problems, the holy grail, the boys beating the homeless, the bonding between Parry and our main guy... Maybe it's just that I don't really like long movies. I feel like Titanic could have been cut in half and be a better movie. I had trouble feeling interested until the end.