Moonrise Kingdom
2012 Directed by Wes Anderson
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A tormenting and surprising story of children and adults during the stormy days of the summer of 1965.
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, MOONRISE KINGDOM tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore -- and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.
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This is a great day. A fabulous day.
Feb 16 2013: The first day that I liked a Wes Anderson film. Finally!My first date with Anderson was over 10 years ago. It should have gone swimmingly. Deadpan comedy. Quirky. Bill Murray. But alas, it was a disaster. After 1 hour of trying really hard, I realized that doing laundry was preferable to spending another minute with him and Rushmore.
The second date was no better. Even Gene Gene the Acting Machine couldn't hold my interest. It is not possible to have cared any less for the Tenenbaum family than I did. But I stuck around for the duration, determined to see if perhaps Mr. Anderson's Midas…
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Quirky quirk quirks quirkiness. Quirk quirk quirk, quirky quirks quirk quirk quirk quirks quirky quirkiness. Quirky quirk quirk? Quirk, quirky quirk Bill fucking Murray quirk, quirk quirkiness quirky quirks quirks. Quirk quirk, quirk quirky quirky quirkiness.
Quirk Willis quirk Norton quirk quirky! Quirk quirky quirks quirk. Quirkiness quirk quirky quirkiness quirk quirk; quirk quirky quirk.
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Best Wes Anderson film my arse!
I consider myself a big fan of the director but this film borders on a Wes parody. This time around his arch style suffocates the slim (read: non-existent) story to the point you wonder if this is an elaborate joke on all his detractors who call him a one trick pony. The symmetrical framing, stilted line delivery and quirky playfulness has little of the charm of his earlier films, instead it is merely laboured and irritating.
The film is devoid of Anderson’s normally great and memorable characters. In fact the only one who left any real positive impression was regular collaborator, Jason Schwartzman, in a small cameo role. Sadly newer additions, particularly Bruce Willis…
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"That sounds like poetry. Poems don't always have to rhyme, you know. They're just supposed to be creative." - Sam
I've never described a film as miniature before, but here it seems quite appropriate. In Moonrise Kingdom, I got the very odd feeling that this was a self-consciously small film. The performances weren't over the top, they were all restrained. The island that the film takes place on didn't even feel very big. The epic scale that is sometimes attempted to grasp is even given a smaller feel, largely due to the size of the people participating in the hunt for Sam Shackusky. The entire film feels like dolls, action figures and Silvanian Families running around the place, marking this…
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I've seen much debate on Wes Anderson films on this site. It seems he's a love him or hate him director. Going into this film I'd seen two films of his I liked, (The Royal Tenenbaums and Rushmore) and two I didn't like, (The Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou) so for now this film is the tie breaker.
I gotta say I liked it. Sure it's got Anderson's usual quirkiness and it's definitely in his comfort zone (quirky white people) but I enjoyed it. In the 5 films I've now seen of his it seems I either like the characters right from the start or I hate them. Here I liked them and although the…
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Wes Anderson is one of the few director I know (among Tarantino and David Lynch) whose films you can instantly recognize.
About Quentin and David, my feelings are not yet defined. Regarding Anderson, I definitely like his direction.
He can create an atmosphere like no other, that seems to be, at the same time, telling the story of an all-time epic and mocking the movie, himself and the universe in general.
The problem is that, in some of his movies (Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, for instance), you'll leave the cinema feeling like "OK, so what?", and will have to contempt only with his aesthetics and ignore any desire for a prper plot.
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This is a Wes Anderson film. As such, it is bittersweet, geeky, awkward and out of sorts. I loved almost every minute.
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3rd viewing. Still near-perfect harmony of Anderson's dual themes of age and youth. So delicate you expect it to break, and so light you wonder when it'll grow heavy and land with a thud, yet it never does.
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I loved this movie so much! so much cuteness and funny one-liners. Definitely a favorite.
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Better every time.
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My first Wes Anderson film! Now I know to generally avoid those people who always list his movies as being their favorite. Terrible and flat characters, annoying color scheme, annoying camera work, etc. I could go on and on, but those 3 annoyed me the most. This movie is a hipster fairy tale; fuck it.
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One of those I-can-watch-this-at-most-any-time-and-enjoy-it type of films. A story of juvenile love at its most hopeful and poetic.
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I remember sitting in the theater waiting for a Sunday morning matinee to begin and wondering if Wes Anderson
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Another piece of fine work from Wes Anderson and his most visually appealing. I'm also a sucker for fictional islands and maps, so this was right up my alley.