So, this is my first- and last- Wes Anderson movie. Previously, I watched a five-minute segment from 'The Life Aquatic' and should have known better as that was dreadful (my wife's a fan). But I'm on summer vacation and this is the only movie playing here. Visually, this is nothing special: colors are muted and the costumes seem to have come from a Goodwill store. The camera work/editing is amateurish. My biggest problem with this movie is the story and the acting/direction. This is primarily a comedy, but it's not funny at all. For example, when the young couple run away and they're near the river, the boy says to the girl, "I want to catch a turtle, but you have to be careful because they can bite your fingers." She doesn't say anything in response. Then, cut to the boy catching a turtle in his net; he turns it over and says, "Look, someone wrote their name on this turtle." 'Albert' was written on it. And that's it for this brief scene. What was the purpose of this scene? It's stupid. Moonrise Kingdom is full of meaningless scenes like this one. A movie made by nerds (very likely on mind altering substances) for nerds. Woody Allan's 'To Rome, With Love' is a lot funnier, and the humor found in Alexander Payne's films, like 'About Schmidt' is even more sublime.
Review of Moonrise Kingdom
