The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

[poliphilo]

The critics gave this one a hard time, but I thought I'd like it and I did.

It's not laugh-out-loud funny, but it keeps up a constant drizzle of tiny, small absurdities and sight gags. And of course it stars the great Bill Murray, who gets quieter and more mesmerisingly watchable with each succeeding film.

Wes Anderson (too many Andersons in Hollywood already!) is a great stylist. He creates zany, alternative universes, only a little off to the side of the one we all know and love. You could lose yourself in this one.

If Life Aquatic isn't eventually elevated to the status of cult classic I'll eat my patented Zissou diving helmet with special built in bunny aerial for the reception of music underwater.

Comments

[violaviolet.livejournal.com]

Wes has yet to disappoint me. His films are some of the few modern pieces of cinema I pay any attention to.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I hate contemporary Hollywood. Wes is one of the very few film makers who is able to buck the system while still working within it.

[violaviolet.livejournal.com]

I agree completely. There are those that see his work as pretentious and boring, but I find it hilarious and refreshing. I can only hope that Wes doesn't go the way of his writing partner, Owen Wilson.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Owen Wilson has spread himself kinda thin recently. But I liked him in Life Aquatic.