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Moonrise Kingdom |OT| Wes Anderson

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Wasn't that difficult to find a showing, seems most cinema chains haveit on.

Enjoyed it quite a bit. I think i like Wes Anderson's way of telling a story a lot more when the protagonists are kids, or revolves around a kid. His style can be a bit overbearing for me otherwise. my favorite of his would still be Rushmore; and Moonrise Kingdom made me want him to do more Roald Dahl stories and wish Alice and Charlie and the Chocolate factory were his instead of Burton's.
 
Saw it again. A lot more handheld than I remembered.

Instead of only getting choked up towards the end, I was gone pretty much the entire last quarter.

Unbelievable.
 
Animated shorts are coming:

http://www.slashfilm.com/moonrise-kingdom-animated-companion-short-coming/

Wes Anderson said:
[The character of Suzy has] a suitcase full of these young adult fantasy type novels. Sort of sci-fi/fantasy books. We had to invent them and give a little glimpse of each one. Different artists, most of whom very close to the filmmakers, were doing these. In fact, we have now animated them, each little passage, each in the style of the cover of the book. We’ve made a little short film that’s hosted by Bob Balaban, the narrator in our movie. That will come out next week on the internet. It’ll be a little companion piece to the movie.
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Let's hope a release to more than 6 states is coming, too.
 
Just saw this at Sydney Film Festival.


Enchanting and nostalgic in more ways than one. All the usual Anderson charms, but there is something about childhood melancholy that gets under my tough skin like nothing else. The frustration of childhood and the need for escape are so immediately conjured in this movie. I absolutely loved it.

It's too fresh to rank it properly. But it hasn't dethroned Darjeeling from the top of my list. It may give the rest a crack.
 
This is finally playing near me (and like every hour too!), so excited to finally see this. Prometheus and MK, I'll be spending a lot of time at the movies this weekend.
 
This just opened near me and I saw it last night.

Incredibly good. I like Wes Anderson's film but I've felt they've all been trending downhill in the last 5 years and maybe he's lost the greatness he once had when he was doing stuff like Rushmore/Royal Tenenbaums.

But then he comes out of nowhere with what is arguably his best film yet (highest RT % of any of his films!! and I think I can agree with that). Everything about it was darn near perfect. Great script, acting, cinematography, direction, music, art direction; it's all A+++

I think the film is a little weaker (still really good though!) in the final 20 mins than the rest of the film that precedes it, and that's about the only flaw in the whole film imo.

Movie of 2012 for me. Will be surprised if anything can beat it.


Also imo, this is the closest to a live action Ghibli film we will ever get. It really felt like Anderson's take on Ghibli. Take a charming coming of age Ghibli story like Whispers of the Heart and mix it with quirkiness and comedy of Rushmore and Moonrise Kingdom is what you get.
 
I saw this a couple weekends ago... the joys of living in Hollywood :)

It's a beautiful, wonderful, amazing film. It has all the meticulously craftsmanship of any Wes Anderson film but one with some serious emotion and heart. And it's one I want to watch over and over to see all the little details.

The acting is great, with the two young actors especially pulling off some pretty complex performances with a lot of nuance. And the adults are amazing as always.

And man, Bill Murray is just so damn good. There's a bedroom scene with Bill Murray and Frances McDormand that is heartbreaking. Very little is spoken, but the performances are absolutely perfect.

I hope this gets a wider release very soon. Felt weird to be watching it in one of something like only 2 theatres playing it.
 
Also want to add that the soundtrack is SO GOOD! Once I got home from seeing it I went straight to amazon and bought the soundtrack and have been listening to it today. I don't usually buy movie soundtracks, so yeah, it's good. The last movie soundtrack I bought was Drive, and interestingly enough Moonrise Kingdom is the best movie I've seen since Drive!
 
Movie of 2012 for me so far. Special note has to be given to the music. Was worth driving out to catch it. It's absolutely lovely. Can't wait to see the animated shorts online.
 
didn't even realize there was a GAF thread on this! Been very excited to see this movie since Wes Anderson is one of my favorite directors/writers other than Charlie Kaufman.

I'm going to go see this on Friday in Chicago before I see Aziz Ansari :D. should be a pretty awesome Friday afternoon/evening. wouldn't be surprised if this ends up being my favorite of 2012 so far.
 
Jangaroo said:
Movie of 2012 for me so far. Special note has to be given to the music. Was worth driving out to catch it. It's absolutely lovely. Can't wait to see the animated shorts online.
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Here's the animated short: http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/06/07/moonrise-kingdom-animation/

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I saw this here in Austin last weekend and enjoyed it quite a bit. It is very charming and had lots of subtle things going on. I have a feeling this is one of those movies that you can see several times and still pick up on new things and little nuances.
 
Jangaroo said:
Oh shoot, I didn't realize it was out online already. Thanks.

On a side note, I forgot to ask this when I first posted but the credits and opening had some of the letters cut off which is making me wonder whether it was an issue with the theater or intentional in the movie.
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Did you see the movie at UCI in California?

Because my showing had the same issue.
 
Bebpo said:
Did you see the movie at UCI in California?

Because my showing had the same issue.
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Nuh uh, at a theater near Malibu. So it wasn't just me then? I was considering whether or not to ask about it at the theater but I was in a bit of a rush so I didn't get the chance. Guess we got unlucky?
 
metsallica said:
Same issue at my theater in NYC. Print problem?
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Same here. I think it's shot a bit thinner than 16:9 but instead of shrinking it a bit and having a bit of black on the sides, they're just blowing it up big enough to fill the space.

You can thank Citizens Against Pillarboxing for this one, I bet. Personally I'd like to "pop" a "C.A.P." in their butts!
 
Just got back from a showing here in Toronto and yeah, I absolutely loved it. The acting, music, overall meticulous attention to detail, and well, just everything was superb. Definitely one of my favs of the year so far.

I genuinely hope more GAFers are able to see it when it comes around their way.
 
cute movie.. felt kind of slight though

the attention to detail is pretty insane

that girl looks like a young lana del ray without ducklips.. with a little bit of emma watson
 
For those of you who have seen it, how crowded was the theater? I'm thinking about watching it in the arclight in Pasadena tomorrow. Also, i was wondering if arclight is all advanced seating or if I could get tickets within an hour and get a decent seat?

Thanks in advance guys.
 
Goddamn. Just got back from this movie. You know I may actually like this movie more than Tennenbaums or Rushmore. It's super focused and very funny. There were some really great shots, sets, and costumes but in the end the simplicity of the thing was most charming to me.
 
I really enjoyed this, but had some problems with it. I feel like the very strong "children making their own way through the world/parents losing their way in the world" theme was overshadowed a lot by the details/quirk. I had really high hopes until about 2/3 through, when I realized it wasn't going to develop much more than it already had.

I also wasn't a fan of some of the scenes that just "happened". What was the point of the
lightning field? He leads all of the "bad guys" there, gets zapped, then his friends suddenly show up (where from?), but he's absolutely fine (?), and the "fun chase" continues.

It felt like the stakes were high, emotionally AND physically, but they were undercut prematurely.
 
Pretty good movie. Anderson actually varies his visual approach a lot more in this one, and I think it's his most interesting film since the Royal Tenenbaums. I can't for the life of me think how someone would cry (or really be emotionally involved) in any of his movies, with all the distanciation processes he constantly uses, but this one felt a lot closer to something "real" for me.

It's true that the ending is kind of a disappointment, though, especially considering Anderson usually finishes strong. It felt like it was striving to be a very spectacular ending, but the timing was off somehow.
 
Foreign Jackass said:
Pretty good movie. Anderson actually varies his visual approach a lot more in this one, and I think it's his most interesting film since the Royal Tenenbaums. I can't for the life of me think how someone would cry (or really be emotionally involved) in any of his movies, with all the distanciation processes he constantly uses, but this one felt a lot closer to something "real" for me.

It's true that the ending is kind of a disappointment, though, especially considering Anderson usually finishes strong. It felt like it was striving to be a very spectacular ending, but the timing was off somehow.
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Really? I loved the ending. Almost stood up and cheered. And the "epilogue" to that one gorgeous song was just...

Shit...

Something in my eye.
 
BenjaminBirdie said:
Really? I loved the ending. Almost stood up and cheered. And the "epilogue" to that one gorgeous song was just...

Shit...

Something in my eye.
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Seriously, I enjoy watching Anderson's movies. For some reason, though, even though they make me laugh a lot, I'm generally not able to identify with any of their characters (there are some exceptions, like Royal and Sam to a certain extent).

Moonrise Kingdom, for me, was the most emotional movie Anderson's ever made, and it still didn't manage to make me shed a single tear. And really, I'm usually pretty easy on crying in a theater but there's just something to Anderson's approach that takes me right out. His characters are peculiar and original, but they don't feel real or deep enough for me to relate. I think it's probably linked to his symphonic structures (that's what I got out of that music explanation at the start and end of the movie) which build to a climax by bringing more and more and more characters until we're basically spending less and less time with every one of them. Since we know them only for minutes (his movies are also generally short), basically, I can't get to know them well enough to really care for them.

That said, I highly enjoy his Jacques Tati humor, his knack for finding the right music for everything, his visual audacity, his ability to go further in some scenes than any director would dare to do, and even all of his distanciation techniques, which get more and more inventive with each movie, fascinate me.

I dunno. There's still something inside me that thinks Anderson won't tackle "real" feelings or "realistic" stories because it wouldn't fit with his hipsterific image. But I dunno, maybe that's just me being envious of his enormous talents.

He's a director who generates incredibly different emotional responses, too, which is rather rare. Count me on the side who's generally left cold, even if I'm impressed and entertained.
 
Just saw it last night.

As a huge fan of all of his work, I think it's completely insane that this is his most successful movie to date. Completely, mind-blowingly insane.
 
Maybe it's because it's marketed as a fun movie, instead of being marketed as a cynical one. I know there's more to Anderson than this (see above post), but I think a lot of people see his movies as cynical and mannered.
 
Saw it last week, had to drive a bit further than I usually do to see it but it was totally worth it.

The whole time, I was just thinking how much charm the movie had. Really enjoyed it, I would say it felt like Fantastic Mr. Fox a bit.

My fave Wes Anderson movie is Life Aquatic
 
Saw it today and i have to say it was great, i loved everything about it, nothing bothered me. I'm definitely gonna see it again, i'm hoping the soundtrack is good too.
 
Saw this tonight and just found it more annoying than anything.

Too weird and fantastical for my tastes, even more so than Anderson's other movies. Some funny and charming moments here and there, but otherwise it was just annoying.
 
Just got back. It was adorable but a little too absurd I felt. I know I know, fantasy and all that. But it would have moved more if it was a bit more grounded.
 
I'd put it well below Wes Anderson's first three movies, and above to well above the subsequent three.
I think the missing ingredient post-Tenenbaums is Owen Wilson no longer co-writing with Anderson...

Foreign Jackass said:
Pretty good movie. Anderson actually varies his visual approach a lot more in this one, and I think it's his most interesting film since the Royal Tenenbaums. I can't for the life of me think how someone would cry (or really be emotionally involved) in any of his movies, with all the distanciation processes he constantly uses, but this one felt a lot closer to something "real" for me.

It's true that the ending is kind of a disappointment, though, especially considering Anderson usually finishes strong. It felt like it was striving to be a very spectacular ending, but the timing was off somehow.
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I agree with all of this.
 
I liked it. Bill Murray can do no wrong. The amateur kids pulled it off well. The romance between the two kids was touching and honest. The movie climaxing with the storm at the end was a little too movie-y for my liking. Overall though it was great and exactly what I expect from Wes Anderson.
 
Dragged my wife to this yesterday with some friends, and she ended up enjoying it a lot (maybe even more than me).

Quaint and touching little movie. The kids were great as well--my brother-in-law is 12 as well, so it hit even more of a chord considering how well Anderson nailed the mannerisms and speaking style of the typical 12 year-old.

Highly-recommended to anyone on the fence.
 
I finally got this in my city....man, I left it feeling really mixed. Lots of cute parts, but a lot of that left me disappointed because I realized that I'm probably not Wes' audience anymore. I like how it's all a kind of deflection or misdirection for some real emotional depth, but the thing just seemed to fly by without going too deep (did love any scenes with Bruce Willis and the kid, though). It's a beautiful contraption obviously, but I was way more satisfied with Darjeeling and even Mr Fox. :( Think I have to see it again.
 
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