WEBmikey: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou : 2 of 5

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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou : 2 of 5
7.20.2005 8:59 PM \| Link	The funky trailer for this movie really made it look interesting, but I never got around to seeing it in the theater, so I ended up renting it from Netflix. There are a lot of good things to say about this movie, but unfortunately the first thing that comes to mind is how rambling and boring it was! Bill Murray (who is still funny, and an excellent actor) plays a has-been oceanographer who's always struggling for more money to film his documentaries. Along the way he runs into a son he's never met, plus a journalist who comes along for the adventure. There are plenty of other bizarre characters in his crew, too, and they are all after the elusive "jaguar shark". This is definitely a quirky movie, edited in a weird style and filled with short musical montages (and the style of music is all over the place!). All of the underwater effects are done with cheesy animation - on purpose, to be sure. Some of these scenes are brilliant, like when Steve takes us on a tour of his ship, but there are too many tangents. There's a long scene where pirates kidnap a banker, and the crew goes on a big rescue - it's wasn't that great, and just pushed a so-so movie over the two hour mark for no reason. There are tons of stars here in small roles, so everything definitely has a Hollywood feel, but it just didn't hold together enough for me to really enjoy it. Labels: dvds


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