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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight
Finally watched Life Aquatic. Gotta say, I'm baffled by the luke-warm reception it received. I thought it was a great movie. It had me engaged from beginning to end, the animation was inspired, the characters were tremendous.
I've seen all of Anderson's movies, and I really don't get the seemingly common sentiment of, "It was pretty good, but nothing compared to his others." Not that I'd try to dissuade anyone from saying such-and-such is my favorite Anderson film (I can't even really peg what my favorite is), but for this to be so universally ranked as his weakest...don't get it.
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For me Aquatic had some of his finest directing. The animation and music were astounding. I loved, loved, loved Willem Defoe. But I thought Bill Murray's character was a bit tired, I HATED Cate Blanchett (something I didn't think possible) and I thought
It does have one of the best action sequences ever filmed. Best and funniest! Angelica Huston seemed wasted. But then we were given Seu Jorge, who I think is wonderful, wonderful. His voice!
The Royal Tenenbaums really is my favorite. I think that and Rushmore really are perfect movies. Sadly, I'm in a small camp of Anderson fans who didn't get Bottle Rocket. Some parts of it I liked. "Cawcaw," being one. But something about the romance really, really, really irritated me, I think.