We (my folks and I) watched it last night, and man, that was a stellar flick! We were crying our eyes out when they [SPOILER=ending]took him down to the river, and as soon as he gave his wife the wedding ring, I knew he was going to turn into the tremendous fish! The fish metaphor was a superb idea, and leave it to his son to link everything up, including his dad always swimming and drinking water, and that big flash of something huge in the algae-encrusted pool.[/SPOILER] It was a heart-wrenching scene, but really, he could only have finished off like that, y'know? [SPOILER=again]The symbolism of actually becoming a part of the world he loved, not to mention becoming the very thing he was proudest of catching -- that was the best way for him to go. "Exactly."[/SPOILER]
Danny DeVito played a role that seemed strangely appropriate.
And for anyone that knows me, that little town in the woods has a name I greatly appreciate *grin*
"you're a doctor.... and 27 years.... so...doctor + 27 years = HATORI SOHMA" - RoyalWing, when I was 27
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