If you can answer what it means for Steve to be the Zissou, perhaps you can understand The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. I haven't read a word about this movie, so I'm a blank slate when it comes to commentary or interpretation. I can say that it took a while to get used to. Flat delivery of dialogue, obvious special effects and oddly placed action scenes that were strangely violent, what does it all mean? It's a complex film, but I think I like it. You almost had to laugh at the obtuseness of the characters. I'm hoping it was intentional to disrupt any attempts to lose yourself in the movie.
The best part of the movie, the part that kept me watching it was the David Bowie song's sung in Portuguese by Seu Jorge. Fabulous! I think I will have to buy the soundtrack just so I can sing Rebel, Rebel in Portuguese.
Things that will make you laugh in this movie: Klaus, the hats, Eleanor's explanation of how the cat died, Steve running amok shooting pirates. Things that will annoy you: Ned's cheesy accent, the flat line delivery and the bad special effects. I know they meant to put them in there, but sometimes they were just silly. Things that will amaze you: the fact that you start to like the flat line delivery and laugh unintentionally, the moving camera shot that follows Ned and Steve through the boat, and Seu Jorge's voice. So, viewer, be wary. Watch this film if you are in the mood for something a little different.
at September 23, 2005 9:23 PMbuckle up for a dissenting blog! i couldn't watch the whole movie. now, i'm as much a movie watcher as hope, and have only turned off 2 movies in my life: Lost In Translation and The Life Aquatic. perhaps that should tell me something - that both movies are 'newer' Bill Murry films. but honestly...i just didn't care about the characters in this movie - so why waste my time? not to mention that the whole film was so cheezy and predictible that any yahoo could have written (and filmed)it.
ok, i'll conceed that the music was pretty good. but it wasn't enough to keep me interested in the movie. i'm VERY GLAD i rented it. if i had paid $9 to see it, i would have gotten my money back. i'm glad hope like the film, but it just wasn't my bag 'baby'.
Posted by: Cathie at September 27, 2005 6:12 PMthis movie was one of the few movies that i had to turn off during it and im a pretty good movie watcher,
This movie had very few commic reliefs in it when i was watching this movie i thought to my self when is here going to be a better part in the movie i was watching this movie and it would have in every 4 seens a good seen,i would have to say dont buy this movie its a waist of time.
Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is one of my favorite movies!!!!!!!
Don't tell me you hated Royal Tannenbaums (sp?) too?
Life Aquatic is brilliant! I want to live in on that boat. Bill Murray is wonderful. I want a father like that. I don't have a negative thing to say about the film. Right now I am supposed to be writing a paper, I needed a momentary distraction and this is it. There are so many layers to Life Aquatic that I am amazed to see someone write about it being predictable?
wow.
Much more later.
Posted by: Cheryl at September 30, 2005 7:23 AM