I like the way Wes Anderson writes. I think with this movie and also the Tennenbaums he should have reigned it in. Skip a bit, brother! Focus! I know part of what he does is mix the ordinary with the absurd and he can do it with great effect (Rushmore) but come on! Give me a little craft, a little purpose. Don't let any thought that goes into your clever head in to the movie. Shape it a bit, ok?

I see him like a Woody Allen. He has carved out his own way of putting a movie together, creating dialog, etc like Woody did his own way. They both have had very selfindulgent periods and this is Wes' if you ask me.

That said, yes, there are great moments. I think there should be more than a few great moments though.

I like the sound track (or, yeah, mixed tape if you wish) but I am a fan of most of those songs and artists to begin with (Bowie, Nick Drake, Zombies, Stooges, Devo, Scott Walker). Mark Mothersbough could have done his part of this movie in 10 minutes if you ask me. Lucky jerk.

I was again persuaded to "give this movie a shot" so I finally caved in and agreed, despite my reluctance based on trailers and word of mouth alone. I like Wes Anderson, but, as said above, he really, really needs to reign it in. This might be the most "cutesy" film I've ever seen, which I found to be extremely irritating and distracting. The charactars and plot were just unbelieveably hollow, both being composed entirely of cliches. Very disappointing Crap.

Love it, mostly for the top-shelf Murray dick moments and delivery. Yeah, the Bowie stuff kind of sucks.

I love this movie

I think the Bowie stuff because I didn't expect it. I saw it in the theater the day after it came out.

It was my favorite movie of that year, and I saw it the last week of December.

Salut Zissou!

-A

Not crap.

Better than expected but it's last place for me for Wes Anderson. Though I haven't seen Bottle Rocket in probably 5 years.

I liked this movie a lot. I liked the music, the visuals, the subtle touches, the characters, everything
This movie makes me very happy.
Not Crap

not crap high WF. I really liked Dafoe and Goldblum in this one. The CGI sucked and I thought it was too long.

Crap

Except for Bill Murray.

He's the best.

...You guys know the 'CGI' was claymation, right?