this was great. i loved this.
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Thursday, 28 June 2012 00:18 (eleven years ago) link
all that rain and beige and yellow.
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Thursday, 28 June 2012 00:19 (eleven years ago) link
One of my fb friends said it was shot in "instagram".
I like that look, though, fine by me!
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 28 June 2012 00:30 (eleven years ago) link
totallyalso reminder that some part of me is still twee as fuck <3
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Thursday, 28 June 2012 00:58 (eleven years ago) link
loved it! moonrise kingdom > life aquatic > all the other ones
― Mordy, Thursday, 28 June 2012 02:15 (eleven years ago) link
that opening scene alone was worth the price of admission
has anyone posted this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=U9wvsiE6RJA
― Mordy, Thursday, 28 June 2012 02:24 (eleven years ago) link
they should've used this in the promo poster: http://cdn.nahright.com/news/m.php/2012/06/rocky-lana.jpg
― phantompenguin, Thursday, 28 June 2012 03:31 (eleven years ago) link
(asap rocky and lana del rey, the irl sam and suzy)
― phantompenguin, Thursday, 28 June 2012 03:32 (eleven years ago) link
no
― Mordy, Thursday, 28 June 2012 03:37 (eleven years ago) link
Cray-cray subtitles in that vid Mordy
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― manditory fun. day (Ówen P.), Thursday, 28 June 2012 03:45 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, i described it as "the instagram movie" on the way out
― contenderizer, Thursday, 28 June 2012 03:54 (eleven years ago) link
I thought this was really something, though it may take a while for me to unpack it. Elements of French New Wave, obviously, but also "Badlands" and Powell/Pressburger (i was getting "Black Narcissus" vibes for some reason; Swindon is totally Deborah Kerr, regardless). I really appreciated the inclusion of real violence and real sexuality to offset the Wes Whimsy.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 June 2012 03:58 (eleven years ago) link
also it made me really want to learn more about Britten. The music of his they used was breathtaking.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 28 June 2012 04:54 (eleven years ago) link
i admit this is kind of awesome. nashville folks, do this!
http://www.belcourt.org/moonrise-kingdom-promotion
http://www.sitemason.com/files/lMKttC/Moonrise%20Kingdom%20PROMO_web.jpg/main.jpg
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 28 June 2012 05:46 (eleven years ago) link
btw the belcourt rules.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 28 June 2012 05:47 (eleven years ago) link
ha, my FB status is "I can't tell, did wes anderson shoot moonrise kingdom using instagram or hipstamatic", shoulda checked here first
yeah belcourt is A+, saw so many 90s indie flicks there
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 28 June 2012 06:21 (eleven years ago) link
i wonder what kind of knife comes in that picnic bag.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 28 June 2012 08:37 (eleven years ago) link
A couple of thoughts: how different would this have been had it been more outright emoted and not delivered in an almost exclusively affectless monotone? Also, I was wondering how the movie might have been a tiny bit better had it been exactly as it was, word for word and shot by shot, except the girl was black. Something to justify her outsider status beyond being pretty, listening to French pop and reading books, because as written (or underwritten) there's really no impetus for her acting out (beyond puberty, I guess), whereas the boy clearly has issues (parents dead, foster homes, sucky greaser foster brothers). Anyway, just a thought.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
maybe if she was a gelfling?
― contenderizer, Thursday, 28 June 2012 15:02 (eleven years ago) link
That would work, too, though she sort of was a gelfling.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 June 2012 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
Two gelflings, in love and on the run.
all that stuff is p cool as like collectables for the action figure crew i guess but anyone over 15 who carries/uses it should be mercilessly beat up imo
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 28 June 2012 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
how different would this have been had it been more outright emoted and not delivered in an almost exclusively affectless monotone?
yeah, i wondered that, too, though it was really only the two principals who took the affectedly disaffected monotone thing all the way. everyone else managed to transmit some personality (intellection, emotion) through the deadpan.
― contenderizer, Thursday, 28 June 2012 15:07 (eleven years ago) link
because as written (or underwritten) there's really no impetus for her acting out (beyond puberty, I guess),
never underestimate the sheer emotional fragility/ferocity of a girl going through puberty and her teen years
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Thursday, 28 June 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
also, there are all kinds of reasons for people to act out or be depressed or otherwise emotionally "not normal" - sure the boy has quantifiable reasons but someone else with exactly the same background might not act out at all. reason or clear causality doesn't always matter much wrt these things. even in a movie...
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Thursday, 28 June 2012 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
will watch tomorrow
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 June 2012 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
Well, yeah, I understand there are all sorts of reasons to act out, and it really doesn't matter - I pretty much loved the movie - but I did wonder if it could be better.It's just a little unbalanced. He's a quirky (if confident) clear outsider, with, yes, multiple and quantifiable psychological issues. But she's just acting out, which of course includes attacking people - maybe she's just crazy? Anyway, that's why I said the movie didn't need to be changed, necessarily. Just something, some beat, to give her behavior some direction.
The problem, I suppose, with Wes Anderson World, is that it's almost implied his characters have been like they'v been for years (think: Royal Tennenbaums); they don't really change. So it's weird, in the context of this film and how it is written, to think there is a Before Suzy and an After Suzy. In Wes Anderson World, she's been listening to French pop since diapers.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 June 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
i think the peanuts analogy is really illuminating. why is charlie brown so depressed? what tragedy happened in his life to make him this way? we don't know, and maybe there's nothing. after all, anderson seems to constantly be suggesting that all humans are damaged in some way or another, and maybe the explanation matters less than the damage it left. sometimes that information is included on the registration profile (or whatever it was that Ed Norton kept referencing) and sometimes it isn't and you just have a damaged person and it's unclear why.
― Mordy, Thursday, 28 June 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
what i mean to say is that leaving it ambiguous worked for me - i found it relatable
― Mordy, Thursday, 28 June 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
well, she's a fantasy love object, and anderson's films are often about the outsider's desire for the trappings of wealth. suzy's a rebellious rich girl: pretty, weird, smart & malleable (not just in the boob area). the fact that she's down with sam's rebellion is pretty much a given.
xp to josh in chicago
― contenderizer, Thursday, 28 June 2012 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
i thought the kids' behaviour was anti-social because they are the true lovers in a cruel unfeeling world (that includes electro-therapy)
― carly rae (flopson), Thursday, 28 June 2012 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
i disagree about 'fantasy love object' analysis 100% xp
― Mordy, Thursday, 28 June 2012 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
I think part of the reason the girl was acting out was because her parents are weirdos who don't seem to be in love and her mom's hooking up with the nice policeman?
― mh, Thursday, 28 June 2012 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
I just wish there were a tiny beat or two more indicated what drove her into the arms of the kid. She's much, much angrier than he is, so I wish there was ... something. I agree it's easy to overlook. BTW, all that stuff on the roof at the end was really striking.
Charlie Brown is depressed because he likes that girl, he can't kick the football, his dog is cooler than he is and he got a bag of rocks for Halloween.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 June 2012 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
Charlie Brown is depressed because that is his natural state, good grief
― mh, Thursday, 28 June 2012 16:46 (eleven years ago) link
plus everybody's always pickin on him
― contenderizer, Thursday, 28 June 2012 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
I suspect CB suffers from IBS.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 June 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
I keep wanting to call this movie "Moonage Dream." I wonder if that's where the idea for the title came from, now that I think about it.
― Cunga, Friday, 29 June 2012 20:50 (eleven years ago) link
it's hard to know what's the chicken and what's the egg w/ charlie brown, is he made fun of because he's a stick in the mud or is he a stick in the mud because he's always being made fun of?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 29 June 2012 23:25 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/harvey_head_big.jpg
I liked this but not much more than Rushmore or FMF. The script ran out of ideas in the last ten minutes (i.e. let's gather all the characters in a central location for a final time, for another climax).
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 June 2012 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
fmf is way better imo, feels so full of ideas & jokes and characters compared to this
― carly rae (flopson), Saturday, 30 June 2012 17:39 (eleven years ago) link
the dance scene on the beach reminded me of Pierrot le Fou
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 June 2012 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
"FMF" is so good.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 30 June 2012 18:20 (eleven years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WpvgDgqTvdQ/Tyd9QqvWytI/AAAAAAAAAZw/jErSooKJdnI/s1600/wolf:fox+.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 30 June 2012 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
There's Pierrot stuff all over this one (the scissors scene being another great example).
Caught this last night. This & FMF best 1-2 Anderson punch since his first two. Old people behind me thought Schwartzman was Sacha Baron Cohen. Young women next to me not ready for topless Bill Murray.
― Electro-Shock Rory (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 30 June 2012 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, June 30, 2012 12:37 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
there's some truth in this. the worst offender is life aquatic, where there are like eight climaxes all involving a grouping of nearly the entire cast.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 30 June 2012 21:44 (eleven years ago) link
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, June 30, 2012 12:50 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i'm 99% sure this was 100% intentional.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 30 June 2012 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
and if it wasn't Anderson has to refine his methods.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 June 2012 21:51 (eleven years ago) link