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Internationally famous oceanographer Steve Zissou and his crew--Team Zissou--set sail on an expedition to hunt down the mysterious, elusive, possibly non-existent Jaguar Shark that killed Zissou's par...( read more 
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MCT:July 3, 2008Their was a time Murry was typecast to comedy films, though still making them his horizons have been broadened to more thoughtful or with more substance. The Life Aquatic is a prime example of this.
Bizarre and quirky are just a couple of words that describe this film well. With exotic fantastical sea creatures and an eclectic plot that follows the life of Zissou (Murray). With colourful characters played superbly by the perfectly chosen past, it is not hard to fall in love and be swept away by the story.
The digital creatures lack believability, but such things are not noticed as it fits fairly well with the eccentric setting and story. With many side stories to keep one glued to the screen you should be well entertained from start to end.
Zissou a has been oceanographer and documentary maker hunt the seas of a perhaps fictional Jaguar Shark. Their are numerous other sub-plots with I will not reveal or delve into, but needless to say the story is very good.
I definitely recommend this film to others and if you do not get it first time round, watch it again, because with each viewing it gets better. -
MCT:July 3, 2008Lovely! Unique and slightly bizarre style, charming characters (Bill Murray is great as always, I especially loved Willem Dafoe in this quite unusual role) and funny in it's own way. Thanks to Seu Jorge's David Bowie covers the soundtrack is just great
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MCT:June 27, 2008
This is Wes Anderson's greatest departure from realism and into the realm of the fantastic. From the "crayon ponyfish", the Jaque Costeau outfits, the Mark Mothersbaugh(of Devo) pop song selection, the David Bowie songs in Portuguese, to the literally yellow submarine, we are granted a trip with a bygone hero on his last mission of revenge, love, family, and tragedy. The tone here is much more dayglo and childlike, but the characters maintain their trademark Anderson deadpan sensibilities and sharp/awkward wit.
What dissapoints so many about this film, is that there is'nt an easy resolution. Paradoxically more than any other Anderson film this is his most fantastical and fatalistic. Steve Zissou learns all of his most important lessons far too late to do anything about them, theres a kind of division between the character and his life(the title after all is "The Life Aquatic...with Steve Zissou), where like so many Henry James characters Steve just can't get himself together, can't catch the fish, can't get the girl, can't make the movie, and even as his long lost son is returned to him, his wife abondons him, and his financers all but cut him off, he still can't get out of "why me?". For all it's raindow claymation fish, and clever musical samplings the end is straight outta "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzia(an 80's film about superhero who was kind of the ultimate man), it's kind of a depressing film. Or at least the ironic tensions between the comedy and tragedy kind of flatten each other out. Still if given the option of spending two hours watching the Bellafontaine and it's crew, or in the lives of some of Wes Andersons other characters I'd take the red cap and the jumpsuit, anyday. -
MCT:June 27, 2008
some memorable lines from Bill Murray but Wes Anderson's films are growing more and more unwatchable
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MCT:June 23, 2008wes has some cool cinematographic moves and also a really nice lens at times...
really funny...and simple. period.
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sparky12789posted 452 days ago -
I LOVE THIS MOVIE SOOO MUCH, IT IS AMAZING, BLAH TO ALL YOU PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE IT!!!
posted 532 days ago -
Comment peut-on ne pas apprécier l'intelligence et la beauté de ce classique nouveau genre. Un chef d'oeuvre contemporain!
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