Hi Mike

This is actually the first film I have caught at the cinema in four
months, so rather than right a review (namely yours ha ha) I will
just follow on here.

Maybe I was just in a good mood but I really enjoyed this. I wasn't
expecting much having never been a big fan of 'Bill Murray', and an
anti-fan of 'Owen Wilson', yet the quirky nature of the whole thing
certainly did it for me.

I especially loved the idea of the two dimwit Albino Dolphins
(probably worth a film on their own), and 'Cate Blanchett' seemed to
be a lot softer and attractive than I had previously seen her.

If you are a regular reader of National Geographic you will realise
there are actually plenty of Steve Zissou characters out there,
although not all aquatic versions. For me the whole thing was a
gentle send up of such people.

All round good fun and a real pleasure when a film massively exceeds
expectations.

Mike
filmfan99uk

--- In filmtalkuk@..., "Mike OBrien" <mob61uk@y...>
wrote:
>
> I have loved Wes Anderson's previous films, but after seeing the
damn
> trailer a hundred times I had an awful sense of foreboding about
this
> one.
>
> The opening scenes were very promising, with that characteristic
> Anderson humour: underplayed and slow paced. However, it was not
> long before a combination of Bill Murray playing Bill Murray self-
> consciously playing Steve Zissou, and a script hell-bent on being
> quietly quirky (like an embarrassing stage whisper), became
tiresome.
> The trailer had strangled the humour out of most of the funny
lines,
> although there were some flashes of inspiration, albeit invariably
> visual in nature, rather than script based.
>
> I must say that I loved the Bowie covers, though.
>
> And the animation.