The Truest Story of his life within the Stories he told...

Rating: 8/10 (31 August 2005)

Aside from the aesthetics of set design, effects and unbelievably stylistic hallmarks of a Tim Burton masterpiece, what I took most from this film was the story within the stories within the movie story by Daniel Wallace. It was the story that bore the touching element of one man's life story that read like a mantra on 'Living life to the fullest', and against the odds. Carpe Diem. It raises values, ethics of work (hard work), true commitment and love, father son relationships, wide horizons, and a whole new perspective for looking at things, and each day. The main character harnesses so much, never looking at problems like problems, with a four dimensional way of looking positively at things, all the time. Unjudgmental and fearless in the pursuit of his ambition even if it was partly meant to be mythical.
From his, "What I learnt from Sunday School was that the hardest things in life often yielded the greatest rewards" and bashing through the arachnoid jungle to find Sceptre, to his turning around and challenging fate and eschewing self-defeat by declaring: "Sandra Templeton, I love you and I will marry you!!!" It was the one truest story of his life within the stories he told within the story of the movie.
But then again, I never quite was the logical type...