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One of Wes Anderson’s greatest achievements as a director to date has been launching the autumnal melancholy phase of Bill Murray’s career, starting with Rushmore in 1998, and Murray delivers a similarly comedic yet low-key performance here. Unfortunately, Zissou is one of the few characters in this ensemble to achieve multi-dimensionality. Even co-star Wilson doesn’t get to develop Ned much beyond Noble Southerner, and he ends up seeming more like a prop for illustrating Zissou’s emotional development rather than his own man. The Life Aquatic probably won’t be remembered as a great film, but it is still one that no Anderson (or Murray) fan can afford to miss.--Leah Weathersby
| ACTORS: | Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Wes Anderson |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 25 December, 2004 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Miramax Home Entertainment |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-comedy |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 2 |
| UPC: | 786936242942 |
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(3.5 STARS) Terrific Designs and Bill Murray, But Too Many Homages Stop following the thin story of 'The Life Aquatic,' and you may enjoy the delightfully eccentric characters and its numerous homages to sea-adventure programs. Wes Anderson gathered a unique collection of characters played by skillful actors including his regular Bill Murray, but mostly the film represents Anderson's love for old-fashioned shows like Jacques Cousteau. I am a film fan who prefers good story to good characters, and that's the only reason for my lower rating. <
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>But there is a story, mainly surrounding Bill Murray's Steve Zissou, whose latest adventure film has just bombed -- even though his best friend was eaten by a big shark. And that shark happens to be an endangered species, against which Steve publicly declares war, or revenge. This silly story is quite funny when it is supported by Bill Murray's tired 'what-I-am-doing-now' face. <
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>Financial troubles are settled when a young American 'Ned' (Owen Wilson) shows up before him, claiming that he is Steve's son. Investing the money he inheritated, 'Ned' joins in the expedition team of Steve Zissou, and we are going to meet strange but amusing persons on board the ship 'Bellafonte' (meaning Harry?). <
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>The most impressive is the names of the actors -- in addition to excellent Bill Murray, you can see Owen Wilson, CAte Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Defoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Bud Cort, Noah Taylor, and famous singer Sue Jorge (whose unique version of one British singer should not be missed). And Steve Zissou's poor friend (eaten by a shark) is Seymour Cassel. <
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>As I said, the superb production designs (of the ship, mainly) and off-beat characters are the merit of the film. It is also greatly helped by the candy-color creatures in the sea, animated by Henry Selick (director of 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'). At the same time, however, the film often loses its course, among the unnecessary (so I thought) episodes about the pirates (yes, they attack!), and many homages to other works, mainly documentaries, are too much to me. <
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>As to Wes Anderson, I still believe 'Rushmore' is his best, and I remember the great acting from Bill Murray in that funny little film. Compared with that, 'The Life Aquatic' has more budget and more actors, but to me at least, a less interesting story. But Bill Murray is still terrific, and the ending is very touching.
Worst Ever
Bill Murray has been on a downhill slide ever since Meatballs, he has finally hit bottom! Fortunately I just rented this stinker. Oh my, did it suck. If you liked this then you'll like "Glitter"...
A few laughs shy of a good comedy
Okay i love all of the actors in this movie, but together they just seem like a group of fish out of water. Ha, i made a funny...anyways, i dont know exactally what was going on in the world to make the writers think this movie would be funny, but they really need a reality check. nothing in this movie even makes you chuckle(except for the randome shots of the topless chick in the background)and none of it makes you want to force yourself to sit through this heaping pile of poo more than once. if you REALLY need to watch this rent it. its not a bad movie....its an EXTREMELY bad movie. i almost came home and put in castaway to cleanse my mind of the horrors it had witnessed in this movie. almost....