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[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

The Life Aquatic

Wes Anderson movies are an acquired taste. But this one in particular is very accessible, and very funny. And it has a very emotional ending.

The only thing an uninitiated viewer needs to know is that the effects are intentionally low-budget. Just take them as seriously as the characters do, you’ll warm to them.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

"What is scientific purpose of this mission?"

"Revenge."

[-] Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 4 months ago

My first time watching this movie I stopped paying attention about 30 minutes in. Some time later the final act started and I was drawn back in. I have since watched it from start to finish about 5 times. Which doesn't sound like a lot, but I'm the kind of person who doesn't generally watch a movie more than once.

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

That's my favourite Wes Anderson film! The story and design are beautiful and the writing is brilliantly clever.

the effects are intentionally low-budget

Some of them are for aesthetic reasons, but this film was actually pretty expensive to make. Famously it did a lot of damage to WA's reputation among Hollywood execs because the studio greenlit a high budget for him and gave him a lot of creative control and the movie ended up doing really poorly at the box office. It cost 50M to make and only earned 25M in box office sales.

[-] d00phy@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Right up there with Tenenbaums for me. Wasn’t as impressed with it when I saw it in theaters, but it really grew on me. Still get the feels when Queen Bitch plays at the end.

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