I think it's fine to anticipate Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom

Also, yeah, Jason Schwartzman as a Boy Scout Milo Minderbinder was pretty sweet.

Saw this today, enjoyed it pretty much start-to-finish, laughed a few times, admired Willis and Norton, thought all the kids were good and the two leads especially. Otoh, I didn't really ever feel like anything much was at stake, for the characters or for Anderson -- it felt like safe territory all the way around, storm and lightning strikes notwithstanding. But that's OK. I like the careful design of his fantasy worlds, the devotion and meticulousness are rewarding in themselves. (In a way he reminds me of Mark Hogancamp, each movie its own Marwencol.) Past a point it's not worth getting frustrated with him for not breaking out of his own head, because that's where he lives.

― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, July 4, 2012 5:11 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark

marwencol's an interesting comparison! i was taking to my friend about this and we decided rigidity/stuffiness is what turns us off about WA - i dont think its revealingly stuffy a la ozu, its just like comfort-zone stuffy and he doesn't want to go outside of that. i think it would be less vexing if his first couple of films didnt feel a little more grounded or whatever

there's probably a site that screen captures all of andreson's tableaux's and interior decorator arrangements and exhaustively lists what each element in it is. right? some weirdo repugnant-to-whiney saddoe has already done it off a boot of moonrise kingdom, yeah?

― now all my posts got ship in it (dayo), Wednesday, July 4, 2012 1:14 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

would bookmark such a site.

and yeah norton was pitch-perfect in this.

ETSY SEARCH OF THE DAY ---> http://www.etsy.com/search/vintage?q=moonrise%20kingdom

wow

omg the cat coin purse

gets much worse (better?) when you switch from "vintage" to "handmade" http://www.etsy.com/search/handmade?q=moonrise%20kingdom

I enjoyed this but I feel like I'm still digesting it and there seemed to be a lack of urgency compared to the large cast and busy subplots.

There should be Wes Anderson Lego kits.

i really liked this. felt like it crystallized a lot of the stuff he's been playing with for his last several films, that sense of people who don't fit in to the structures to which they belong trying to create their own worlds often with a suffocating sense of order. and its a little easier to deal with the kiddie sense of love and life when its... actual kids. willis and ed norton really kill it, everyone else doesnt have much to work with it i guess, schwartzman steals his scenes

'actual kids' otm, this was like the missing piece of the puzzle for me with WA

There should be Wes Anderson Lego kits.

Or playmobil...

more like moonlighting kingdom

^ my official opinion

more like the the lost boy scout

hahaha

this was pretty good, although upon initial viewing I didn't like it as much as the last either Mr. Fox or Darjeeling. Willis didn't bother me at all, enjoyed pretty much all the cast really, but it seems odd to praise anyone's acting in this film when basically every actor delivers their lines in the same identically stilted monotone - they're more like dolls than actors.

that being said, Schwartzmann was predictably my favorite

My complaint about most Anderson movies, which is why the puppet foxes were awesome.

this was pretty good, although upon initial viewing I didn't like it as much as the last either Mr. Fox or Darjeeling. Willis didn't bother me at all, enjoyed pretty much all the cast really, but it seems odd to praise anyone's acting in this film when basically every actor delivers their lines in the same identically stilted monotone - they're more like dolls than actors.

― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, July 18, 2012 1:31 PM (54 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that being said, Schwartzmann was predictably my favorite

― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, July 18, 2012 1:32 PM (54 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

agree with both of these.

i should get around to expressing my thoughts about this movie, but despite liking some of the "stuff" fuck did it leave me cold

schwartzmann at least had a little of the ol' WA swagger

yeah I did not feel any real emotional investment here (which isn't the case with some of his other movies that I've found genuinely moving). Schwartzmann makes things a little more fun than the others.

other castmembers I mean

bill murray's sad dad shtick was so much more fun in rushmore when he had some spunk to him, it feels like he's just been on this long andersonian decline into complete impassivity

though i liked the moments in this of his that were in the trailer.

("that's a loaded question")

re: Murray - previews before this included his FDR movie. which might be fun...? I dunno, I'm glad it's not a straight biopic at least.

bill murray's sad dad shtick was so much more fun in rushmore when he had some spunk to him, it feels like he's just been on this long andersonian decline into complete impassivity

― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Wednesday, July 18, 2012 2:37 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark

the bit in rushmore when he wanders onto a basketball court and blocks a little kid's shot slays me

this schwartzmania is surprisng to me -- are you guys fans of his detective series with ted danson and zack galifianakis? because that's just non-stop schwartzman.

I haven't seen it but a friend was telling me last week that I should check it would. Bored to Death, yeah?

this schwartzmania is surprisng to me -- are you guys fans of his detective series with ted danson and zack galifianakis? because that's just non-stop schwartzman.

― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, July 18, 2012 2:53 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

its cuz he's the only character in the movie with any energy

I got through two seasons of Bored to Death, and never disliked watching it, but couldn't bring myself to bother when Season 3 was on.

Schwartzman also given the most classic Anderson schtick in the whole film - that assured importance in delivering protocol despite the circumstances not warranting such a serious approach.

loved this movie though. haven't seen much this year, admittedly, but my favourite so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rFlCjTVGkc

there was also a short-lived sitcom where I think he is a therapist?
i liked schwartzman in rushmore, but i'm really perplexed by the idea that he elevates or outshines bad material.

bored to death is pretty funny, but danson kind of steals the show for me.

i want to say bored to death is good/funny despite schwarzman but thats not quite right, maybe its that its good regardless of him, hes fine, sometimes funny, sometimes a drag, but hes not why i liked the show

i really wanted to watch bored to death but schwarzman and his stupid hair kept me away. get a haircut hippie, you're not in the damn Monkees

watched first season of Bored to Death but not really enough going on there to keep me engaged.

would watch Yo Teach tho

i'm 100% certain schwartzman is actually tom cruise in hipster drag

idly curious how they got away with showing two obviously way underage actors engaged in nominally sexual activity... aren't there laws against this kind of thing? like, they couldn't show Kristen Stewart and whatsername kissing in that Runaways movie but somehow this was different/acceptable...?

Dakota Fanning

Schwartzman saying "O, R they?" in Rushmore is one of the funniest things in the world to me.

OK maybe not in the world but you know.

no you right. "O.R. they" is soda-through-nose good

ya thats a classic

it's definitely the funniest line in the movie

altho the thing I laugh hardest at in any WA film is "Whackbat"

Willis steals this.

not much to sell though

Dunno. The beer scene was super.

Also: Norton.