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Thought I would start a thread for this movie.  It's so densely saturated with interesting visuals, vibrant colors, great mise-en-scenes, dialogue, characters, music...and Bill Murray is the Zissou.

...Does anyone care to expound?

I liked the name of the boat...The Bellafonte.

Are we in agreement that Bill Murry is the biggest talent to ever emerge from SNL?

Funny, I thought that was Chevy Chase... :)

I loved this scene with Steve and Ned...it's one that deftly blurs the line dividing tragedy and comedy:

Ned: When'd you first hear about me?

Steve: About five years ago.  I...read it in an article about myself.

Ned: Did you believe it?

Steve: It was in the paper.  I assumed they checked their facts.

Ned: Why didn't you contact me?

Steve: Because I hate fathers and I never wanted to be one.

I loved it, just as I have loved all of Wes Anderson's movies so far. Owen Wilson said something in a recent interview about "going to India with my friend Wes to make a movie" recently. I haven't heard anything else, but I am pretty excited for whatever it might turn out to be.

It's called The Darjeeling Limited, and will also have Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman.

This is kind of funny:

http://www.steelydan.com/heywes.html

Right after Dan Ayrkroyd.  He's coming to Detroit soon to do his Blues Brothers schitck and I'm itching for tickets.

About the movie, I actually hated it.  I hated nearly everything about it.  The visuals were interesting and I actually really enjoyed the action scenes and their ridiculousness, but as a whole, rubbish.

My favorite movie of all time is Rushmore and was so eager to see this.  I just thought it was incredible unfunny and uninteresting.  It was a weak premise that didn't hold up for me and just snowballed into ridiculousness.  I mean, pirates?  Not doing it for me.

I thought as a whole, it was very interesting, and full of interesting moments.

• The film showing and Q & A at the film festival ("Was it a deliberate choice never to show the jaguar shark?"  "No. I dropped the camera.  Why are they laughing?")
• Steve meeting Ned, then momentarily escaping reality to the tune of "Life On Mars?"
• The "Let me tell you about my boat" sequence, where the kitchen "contains probably some of the most
  technologically advanced equipment on the ship."
• The first interview between Steve and Kate.  ("Did it seem fake...when my best friend was bitten in half right in front of me...then eaten alive, screaming?  I think you're a fake.  And I think you're a phony...and a bad reporter.  How does that feel?  Now tell me something.  Does this seem fake?")
• Bud Cort from "Harold and Maude" playing Bill, the Bond Company Stooge.  ("I'm also a human being.")
• Team Zissou breaking into the sea lab.
• During the pirate sequence, when Ned says "Wake up, Ned-o.  I'm sorry I yelled at you."  It's not supposed to be funny, by the way, rather scary and instilled with anxiety.
• The letters between Steve and an 11 1/2 year old Ned.
• Every scene with Hennessy.
• Every scene with Klaus Daimler.
• The scene with Steve and Ned in the helicopter (I won't elaborate for those who haven't seen the film.)

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That's strange, especially after all the time you've spent on the docks over the years... :-D

I thought the premise was sexy powerful. I like the premise of water.

Bump for Bowie!

I love Zissou. It takes repeated viewings to really get it all. But with each viewing I like it more and more. Brilliant.

This is an awesome article by a guy who appeared in the movie for a grand eight seconds.  Although somebody doesn't know how to spell "aquatic": http://www.yale56.org/life_acquatic.htm

I became deliciously drunk yesterday and watched this again, with director's commentary. It was a pleasure.

I've read complaints about the commentary, in that it was captured in the restaurant that Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach frequented during the writing of the film.  I haven't listened to it yet, just bits and pieces and it seems like an interesting idea to me, with the clattering "peas-and-carrots" ambience.

It was, and you can hear background noise. Big deal...didn't bother me at all.

Cool, will have to take the 2 hours to sit down and watch (and listen).