[J m HofMarN]

I don't know how many of you have seen this, it was kind of a sleeper film even though it had big names like Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum and Owen Wilson as stars. I want to officially and unequivocally endorse this movie. The characters are all lovable nut jobs, and even when they're being dicks it's so farsical you still have to laugh.

The film is about the odd relationships between some washed up oceanographers, but more than that's its just good dramatic humorous fun. Even with two deaths in the movie it still isn't a downer somehow, and moreover it comes off as being sincere.

There's also an unexplainable action element in it. For no apparent reason every member of the quirky crew get pistols, except the interns who have to share one. The animation is also a very interesting touch, as is the sound track which consists of American rock songs translated unexplainably into portuguese.

If you only rent one movie this week, make it The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

[Otal Nimrodi]

But, I only rent one movie per month! And I'm saving my money for BSG2005, season 1.

[Chefelf]

I bought this movie when it first came out on DVD and only just watched it a month ago. It was pretty good. I'm a huge Wes Anderson film. I'd rate this movie 4th out of his 4 movies but that's not taking anything away from it. I liked it a lot.

I've been listening to the soundtrack nonstop.

[WalkingCarpet]

I bought this movie when it first came out on DVD and only just watched it a month ago.  It was pretty good.  I'm a huge Wes Anderson film.  I'd rate this movie 4th out of his 4 movies but that's not taking anything away from it.  I liked it a lot.

I've been listening to the soundtrack nonstop.

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Wow, I wanna see this new Wes Anderson film - Chefelf The Movie, sounds great!

(The nitpicker becomes the.....er.....nitpickee!)

[J m HofMarN]

Who exactly is the original artist from the thing I think it's David Bowie, do you know? In any event it was genious.

[Chefelf]

Oops. Yes, huge FAN, not film. A movie about me by Wes Anderson would easily be my fifth favorite of his films.

Yes, they were all David Bowie songs sung by Seu Jorge in the movie.

[scubasteve4lyfe]

Yeah, I think I liked Bottle Rocket the most out of Wes Anderson's films--Rushmore is a close second. On a side note, I'm waaaaaay excited about The Fantastic Mr. Fox. It was my favorite story as a wee child.

[Chefelf]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432283/

Odd to see him doing a movie he didn't write.

It's tough for me to decide between Bottle Rocker and Tennenbaums as to which is my favorite. Both so good.

[Jordan]

I bought this movie when it first came out on DVD and only just watched it a month ago. It was pretty good. I'm a huge Wes Anderson film. I'd rate this movie 4th out of his 4 movies but that's not taking anything away from it. I liked it a lot.

I'm also a huge fan of his work. I think die hard Anderson fans all feel that LIfe Aquatic was his 4th best movie.

Things that bugged me

1)Owen Wilson's character was a bit shallow and exteremly not funny. The fake southern accent did not help either.

2)Anderson did not play up the intern's working for free bit. I think there should have been more scenes with Murray giving them piles of work.

3)More obviously stagged (past) Zissou shows, shown on a projector.

4)More goldblum and murray interaction. Much more compitition between them.

5)less Owen wilson and his love interest


Overall it had some great scenes but something about it felt too serious. Too much brooding going on.


Wes' strongest work to date is still RUSHMORE, imo. That movie resparked Murray's carreer. It showe his dead pan humour side (which was always in his flicks but never placed on center stage, just in the background). Thanks to RUSHMORE, Murray was picked for Lost in Translation. The kid who played MAX FISCHER was Sofia Ford Coppola's cousin, so you know she saw the movie, and liked it. Because that dead pan brooding character Bill fronted in RUSHMORE was also in LOST IN TRANSLATION.

Tannenbaums and Bottlerocket are also brilliant.

This post has been edited by Jordan: 27 August 2005 - 05:38 AM

[Jordan]

"Saaaaaaaaaaaailor's fighting in the dance hall!"

That song was perfect for the moment. Another one of Anderson's brilliant skills is well placed songs in scenes.

The Kinks song playing in the back while Murray was tossing golf balls in to his pool was brillant (rushmore)

This post has been edited by Jordan: 27 August 2005 - 09:05 AM

[J m HofMarN]

I have to agree about Murray and Goldblum, though I think that their rivalry had to be kept down since they eventually became friends. Same with Owen Wilson, his character couldn't be too likable or it would have turned the movie into a downer when he died which really caught be by surprise, since usually the thing that follows "boy finds long lost father" is not "boy DIES" I really enjoyed the character of Murray's wife, not sure why, same with the reporter love interest. I'm with you on Anderson's scoring abilities, every song in this movie was perfect for the moment, even though I couldn't understand most of them.