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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

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05:55 / 18.08.04

Finally! A trailer for Wes "Royal Tenenbaums" Anderson's latest film, "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou."

Click here for inevitable brilliance

I can't think of a single film I'm looking forward to more than this.

Yotsuba & Benjamin!

10:45 / 18.08.04

Thank you, Cameron.

Wes Anderson? Bill Murray? Noah Baumbach? Cate Blanchett?

Someone's been reading my diary.

14:27 / 18.08.04

sweet jumping Christ! how did i not hear about this before? i must see this, immediately!

14:31 / 18.08.04

Wes Anderson? Bill Murray? Noah Baumbach? Cate Blanchett?

don't forget Owen Wilson. he was one of the major reasons The Royal Tenenbaums was so brilliant, the other reasons being everything else.

that Owen, he's so hot right now!

nedrichards is confused

14:41 / 18.08.04

Oh my oh my. There is no film maker working today with better typography than Wes Anderson.

The Natural Way

14:56 / 18.08.04

Very happy about this.

Been looking forward to it for ages.

01:08 / 19.08.04

Wow... that preview was amazing!

Definetly on the lookout for this one. It looks like it might just be the best one from Anderson yet. (with the exception of the CG fish... wtf was up with that?)

19:35 / 19.08.04

What's that song at the end of the trailer, with the "La la la la la" part? It's been bugging me ever since I saw it.

Yotsuba & Benjamin!

01:25 / 20.08.04

I read that the guy singing it (you may remember him as Knockout Ned in City Of God) spends much of his time singing David Bowie songs in Portuguese. So could be that.

Foust is SO authentic

01:46 / 20.08.04

Hm. That's the most interesting trailer I've seen this year. Can't wait.

05:34 / 20.08.04

>>>(with the exception of the CG fish... wtf was up with that?) <<<

Not CG, stop-motion puppet animation by Henry Selick, director of Nightmare Before Xmas and James and the Giant Peach.

14:38 / 20.08.04

I'm hearing a number of mumbled buzz about this that it might not be that great. Some friends of mine used to work for Wes Anderson and they said there were really disappointed by the script for this (they read it a while ago). But who knows, we'll see when it comes out - these are only rumors and 'buzz' I'm hearing, and that doesn't always mean anything substantial.

I've heard a number of sources (not just the friends I mention above) saying this will be disappointing, a few things on Aint It Cool News and such.... people who expect this to be amazing and read the script or see a rough cut and say "Huh? This kind of sucks."

15:37 / 20.08.04

Well, when the alternative is Aliens vs Predator vs Jason vs Freddy vs Ash, or Fat fucking Albert, or yet another piece of shit Star Wars movie, or any number of turgid, uninspired remakes and sequels that are coming down the pipe, I'm sure a mediocre or disappointing Wes Anderson movie will still contain enough originality and charm to keep me satisfied...

Yotsuba & Benjamin!

18:05 / 20.08.04

Seriously. And honestly, even if every remaining second of the film was atrocious, those 2:30 in the trailer would be enough to leave me at least somewhat satisfied. But the odds of that happening seem relatively slim.

Will it make $0.00 in the box office? Most likely. Maybe the people who are disappointed are waiting for Wes' breakthough movie that will appeal to, I don't know, everyone? I doubt any of us will live to see that day, when the 4th Dimensional UberMinds repopulate the Earth and find my cryogenically frozen Criterion Collection.

Seriously, though. I'm beyond psyched.

And Steve's helmet song is the new "Techno Pop" from Lebowski. It's been looped in my head non-stop.

"Nobody else got hit, what's the deal?"

Yotsuba & Benjamin!

18:17 / 20.08.04

Also, weren't all the AICN reviews Pants-Jizzingly positive anyway? I've heard some misgivings about the ending but, whatever. That's the sort of thing I'll just wait to see for myself. But the little details here and there, from people who actually saw the movie, sound friggin' amazing.

It's like with Tenenbaums. I can get that people didn't really feel the structure, or the story, or the melodrama, or whatever, but how can you not just stand in awe at the sheer level of comedic detail in like 10 second bursts of film (I'm thinking specifically of one of Ethel's suitor's, the film director; there were like eight zillion hilarious things about that single shot)? I guess it's possible.

Also, it's not really the kind of comedy that connects with everyone. There's something about the slight movements in his films; the tennis court shoe removal in Tenenbaums, the car spit in Rushmore, "An asshole like that doesn't deserve a kitchen this great" in Bottle Rocket; that are just limitlessly hilarious to me. I had that kind of reaction to Steve flicking the lizard off the back of his hand.

If you (or whoever was disappointed in the film) didn't chuckle at that shot, then, yeah, his entire catalogue has a good chance of not connecting with you (or whoever was disappointed in the film).

I'm not too worried, myself.

21:28 / 20.08.04

"Not CG, stop-motion puppet animation by Henry Selick, director of Nightmare Before Xmas and James and the Giant Peach."

Oh, well that seems cool... I still think it looks out of place, though.

12:27 / 21.08.04

Thanks for the link. That looked great!

11:30 / 23.11.04

Lots more trailers...
Here

Its looking like its going to be good- any ideas for a UK release- i'd imagine Easter if its out in the States at Christmas?

Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!

11:45 / 23.11.04

February, I believe.

13:37 / 23.11.04

Why did they add on the "With Steve Zissou"? "The Life Aquatic" sounds much cooler than "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou"? (The latter sounds like a documentary on Nova or The Learning Channel) Plus, the logo design for the movie makes the "with Steve Zissou" so small that you barely even notice it, so what's the point...?

13:44 / 23.11.04

It was originally called just "The Life Aquatic," right? I'm not imagining/dreaming this...?

14:21 / 23.11.04

The latter sounds like a documentary on Nova or The Learning Channel

Dude- its a spoof on exactly those documentaries. French aquatic explorer Jacques Cousteau used to have a series that ran through the 60's entitled The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau- They used to run reruns through the 70's and early 80's the font, title etc is taking the piss out exactly this.

jesus next you'll be complaining that there's no subtitle telling you to "laugh"!

FinderWolf- if you don't get that gag- this may not be a movie for you....

15:11 / 24.11.04

I get the gag... I'm not stoopid

But the way the 'with Steve Zissou' is so small in the logo bugs me, esp. for months I thought of the movie as just plain ol' "The Life Aquatic." But don't worry, I'll get over it.

15:14 / 24.11.04

>> They used to run reruns through the 70's and early 80's the font, title etc is taking the piss out exactly this.

I remember the Jacques Costeau movies, I saw them back when I was a kid -- I just don't remember the logo. I guess I feel like it's not a smart marketing move to rely on the public at large remembering the format of this not-very-famous logo. But whatever, I like Wes' movies and I'll definitely check this out.

18:43 / 28.11.04

Just saw the trailer for TLA before I Heart Huckabees, and while I switched off the video about halfway through The Royal Tenenbaums ( I can't stand John Irving, that quirky family schtick, which The RT recalled at least twice too often in the first ten minutes, ) this looks pretty much unmissable. Weird CGI sea creatures ! Bill Murray on a Jaws/Captain Ahab tip after 'a ten day drunk' ! Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, and the amount of cash that's apparently been lavished on this, hopefully all of it up there on screen - there's an outside possibility it could still be awful, but I'd very surprised.

20:31 / 28.11.04

The scuttlebutt on Wes's next project, BTW, is that it continues his collaboration with stop-motion animator Henry Selick--it's a kid's film, an adaptation of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr. Fox.

No, really.

20:48 / 28.11.04

Mm.

Regrettable Juvenilia

11:17 / 29.11.04

I also saw the trailer, and I also cannot think of a film I am forward to more than this one.

Doubters needs mental crutches.

Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!

11:20 / 29.11.04

People who don't like Tenenbaums need slaps. I know that's unreasonable, but that's the way it's gonna be.

Yotsuba & Benjamin!

12:41 / 29.11.04

I got your back, fellas. Commence the backhands.

Regrettable Juvenilia

10:59 / 30.11.04

"I'm going to fight you, Steve."

*punch*

"You never say 'I'm going to fight you'! You just do it!"

*punch*

Yotsuba & Benjamin!

16:53 / 17.12.04

Just a general warning, this movie will sneak up on you and pull the rug right out from under you. You will not expect your severe and crippling emotional reaction, nee devestation.

Basically it's two hours of endless fun and hilarity capped off with about fifteen minutes of Baumbachian pathos and sincerity. And it all works exceedingly well. If you liked the helmet song in the trailer, wait until you here the Orchestral Version.

And, as it's only on literally two screens on the entire planet (Good show, Touchstone, you fucking retards), that's all your getting out of me until December 25.

17:35 / 17.12.04

Yay. I'm so glad to hear that someone like this, because I so want to see it. I read one sorta-bad review, but I just refuse to believe it won't be good.

Haus of Mystery

20:17 / 20.12.04

Not that it's gonna stop me watching this, but a number of US reviews have been less than positive. Most are of the 'dissappointed' rather than full spleen-venting hatred variety, but I was kind of surprised. I guess a wunderkind like Anderson is due a critical booting, and I certainly don't pay heed to reviewers when I REALLY want to see a film, but I wondered what Barbeloid responses were - has it been released Stateside?

21:00 / 20.12.04

First I heard of this movie was when Martin Scorcese mentioned it on "Friday Night with Jonathnan Ross".
Looks great.

And, hey, new fetish: Bill Murray in a wetsuit. MMmmmm...

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