Posted by fucci on December 18, 2005
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Bill Murray blew my mind. The entire film blew my
mind! The cast and script is beyond genius! The
Tenenbaums took time to grow on me, and so
unfortunately I appreciated it a lot less than
others, but wow, The Life Aquatic: one of the most
humorous, best shot and put together stories I
have ever seen. I am now decidedly a Wes Anderson
fan forever. TLA is one of my favorites--of all my
favorite films. I could watch it... over and
over... and laugh and laugh. (The battle with the
pirates on the Belafonte is just one example of
its priceless comedy.) Steve Zissou, with his
joints and careless attitude, is the coolest
character, ever!
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Posted by fucci on October 16, 2005
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Ok, so there was no resolution. I'm still angry
about that. And yes, it was pretentious, though
that's not surprising. But! I want meaning. I
drove half an hour to find a theater playing it,
sat there in said empty theater, and left with a
puzzled look. Not fair. So after too much thought,
this is what I think:
The resolution,
if you follow the realization Bill hits during the
ending scene as the camera spins around him, is
realizing he probably has more than one son out
there, and he's probably even ran into atleast one
of them in the course of the film: possibly the
suave kid in dark glasses on the bus, the homeless
kid searching, or the fat kid in the very jump
suit Bill had on. Plus probably a few others I
didn't catch. I've only seen it once. Moreover,
every ex he visited had something suspicious to
add to the idea they had his son. The pink. The
typewriter. Their actions/responses. You can argue
it, but they all had something.
That,
or it's just plain pretentious.
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