The Life Aquatic

I'm not Wes Anderson's biggest fan, I mean I don't mind The Royal Tenenbaums, but I could never really get into it. However, The Life Aquatic is brilliant. It' one of my favourite films. My adoration of this film is largely down to Bill Murray's performance as the ageing sea explorer Steve Zisou, but this film should be credited on many other levels. The script is subtly hilarious, the filming and directing is excellent, the little animations throughout are quirky, the repetitive backing track does not get boring, but rather adds to the film's strange pace, and just the overall plot and narrative is genius. Seu Jorge's acoustic Spanish(?) covers of Bowie songs is a particular highlight for me too.

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