The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Subtle humor, characters made of more than tunafish, dramatic and wet, I laughed hard. A triumph of post-american cinema. Murray is leading the west from history to relic genius.... Full review

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou reveals one unmistakable fact, Bill Murray is no longer funny. With his attempts at serious roles such as in Lost in Translation Murray has basically lost his sense of humor much in the same way... Full review

This movie was a comedy masterpiece. I think those who disliked this movie weren't really giving it a chance. It's creative comedy, you have to understand the dry humor and if you're more into all those commercial comedies then this isn't... Full review

Such a good movie. "Do you think you should be hitting the sauce with the bun in the oven". Brilliant great story and yes odd but original and great acting. Bill Murray is the ***** they should make a second one... Full review

Again, an Anderson masterpiece of subtle humor, sadness, action, love, and undersea adventure. Bill Murray should have at least have been nominated for an Oscar for his role.... Full review

Murray is getting better with age. That's all I can say about the man. Though the story tends to drag in spots, it is Murray who holds our attention. He is essentially playing Gene Hackman's character from (another Wes Anderson movie)The... Full review

Whatever your preferences are for being entertained by a film, you have to go in to view this movie knowing that this is not your typical Hollywood popcorn eating pepsi drinking burp out loud kind of film. It is beautifully directed,... Full review

I love this movie. You never know where it's going. Steve Zissou is great. No matter what happens his first reaction is "How will this effect me?" Wes Anderson at his finest.... Full review

This director always amuses me. His creative world is some place that you definitely want to visit. His use of shapes and colors definitely stand him out as a unique and artistic filmmaker. His quirky story was somewhat flat, but something... Full review

This is the first and only movie I have ever walked out of. If you're going to rent it, make sure you rent an alternate movie also. You'll need it.... Full review

The constant dips into character darkness, the black humour of the conflicted Steve Zissou stumbling in and across relationships from his wife, his crew and his (maybe) son, all play with the same edgy desperation as our own lives. He has just met Ned Plimpton (Owen Wilson), who could well be his son - a fact that creates all kinds of complications for Zissou, who has no paternal instincts whatsoever. ... Full Review

The constant dips into character darkness, the black humour of the conflicted Steve Zissou stumbling in and across relationships from his wife, his crew and his (maybe) son, all play with the same edgy desperation as our own lives. The film also confronts with its jagged mood switching, but Anderson never loses his balance and his grip on our feelings. ... Full Review

We're just working on our story, and trying to make it as original and as good in our mind as we can. Anderson acknowledges that this quest for the personal has probably led to him being misunderstood by a great number of his detractors, like a journalist for Slate who attacked his propensity for telling stories about privileged white existences in an on-line editorial. ... Full Review

There's a telling scene early in Wes Anderson's at-times brilliant THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU where Zissou (Bill Murray), an aging, fading oceanographic documentary filmmaker divulges that he never knows what's going to happen on his seafaring adventures, he just films it - a sentiment clearly meant for AQUATIC... ... Full Review

If I could avoid the social stigma that would result from such an action, I'd marry the Criterion Collection-DVDs that boast gorgeous film transfers, perfect audio mixes, and creator-oriented commentaries and special features that'll make any cinephile cream their jeans. ... Full Review

The latter's CV should read like a warning note: the auteur makes arch, self-regarding pictures that contain none of the warmth or fun exuberance required of a children's film. ... Full Article

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While scouring the Comic-Con show floor, I found some things that fit pretty easily into the Officially Cool Category. One of which were this pair of Team Zissou Sneakers. ... Full Article

So I'm a self professed movie snob and never really liked comedies. But after meeting my girlfriend and realizing that laughter is a key element in relationships I slowly became a fan of movies you like to call "comedies". ... Full Article

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