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Post by Looney Linn on Dec 25, 2004 22:46:53 GMT -5
Ok, so I went and saw TLA this afternoon and I thought it was wonderful! It is by far, my favorite Wes movie so far. My brothers and I thought it was delightfully funny! However, I must say that I thought the ending was very sad. I couldn't really believe that they killed Ned. I nearly cried. I probably would have cried had my brothers not been with me. The only part that I didn't really understand was the very end. Why Zissou picked the boy up and was carrying him?
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Post by bunnypanda on Dec 25, 2004 23:26:59 GMT -5
I've been emotional all day thinking about Ned's dying scene.
Isn't the music too great there? It goes, "Should I try to hide the way I feel inside...my heart for you..."
And isn't Owen so "dead" in that scene (so floppy)? Too much.
About Steve picking up the boy at the end, I didn't get it either, but I felt that Steve had grown father-like over the course of the story, and I thought that's why he touched Jane's tummy in the submarine. So I think he may have been imagining what it would have been like to be with Ned when Ned was at that boy's age.
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Post by Looney Linn on Dec 25, 2004 23:32:01 GMT -5
I loved all of the animals though, especially the sugar crabs. And I thought the scene with the pirates on the ship was drop dead hilarious! Especially when the intern got stabbed! And when they were taking the pictures of Hennessy's wrecked boat, and when Steve flicked the lizard off of his arm, and I could go on forever. However, I think my favorite part would have to have been seeing Owen in the sauna room in nothing but a speedo! I was dying and I mean DYING to just see him stand up and turn around slowly!!
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Post by bunnypanda on Dec 25, 2004 23:53:00 GMT -5
Those animations of the animals are brilliant. They are as good as Disney or Dreamworks. Oh Wes.
I think Bill is very funny in all the animal-related scenes and the pirates scene. I never thought much of his performance in RM and TRT (sorry...I may be the only one) but this one, he was so, so, so good. Very funny, very sad, very true, and, above all, very much a father.
Oh Owen in the sauna. I knew Wes knows what we want to see. I mean, that scene didn't need to be in the sauna, did it? But you know, Wes knows best. Thanks Wes.
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Post by Looney Linn on Dec 25, 2004 23:58:23 GMT -5
Oh Owen in the sauna. I knew Wes knows what we want to see. I mean, that scene didn't need to be in the sauna, did it? But you know, Wes knows best. Thanks Wes. So very true!! We asked and Wes delivered. Now, when Ned and Steve were about to fly up into the chopper they had on those light blue jumpsuits. Is it just me, or did they not conjure up memories of Bottle Rocket? I had a nice smile about that one.
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Post by bunnypanda on Dec 26, 2004 0:12:31 GMT -5
Oh the jumpsuits!!!!! That's Wes again, he knows there are many yellow jumpsuit fans!!!!! And he knows we love to see Owen in blue.
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Post by venusinscorpio on Dec 27, 2004 7:01:53 GMT -5
I haven't seen TLA yet, but Ned dies . God, I'm crying already. That's sad.
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Post by WilsonFreak on Dec 27, 2004 10:15:37 GMT -5
NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just checked my theater for the first time and TLA isn't playing yet!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I'll just have to wait and see when it gets here - I don't get it - usually my theatre has everything on opening day - I'm getting scared! Think I'll call and see if they know anything.........................I was going to see it tomorrow with my friend who always watches LOTR with me!
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Post by Librarian on Dec 27, 2004 13:38:02 GMT -5
My husband and I went to see this last night. We were both amazed. My husband remarked that it was marvelous in every sense of the word. Sometimes we might over analyze a film, so bare with me…
I think it’s a story about a man who sees everything through the eyes of a boy and hasn’t dealt with reality for most of his life is now coming to terms with reality – his son Ned, the end of his career and marriage… I think that is the purpose of Cate Blanchett’s character is to make him see his life and adventures for what they are.
I liked how Wes set it up so we don’t know what’s real either. We don’t know if what we are seeing is Steve’s eleven and a half year old world view or reality. Do you remember him saying that’s his favorite age?
So I think lifting the boy in the end shows that Steve has come to see himself for what he is. It is both a burden and something to embrace – and that’s why he carries the boy on his shoulders.
I think this is Wes’ best work yet. I can not wait to see this film again.
My favorite aspect of this film was the music. Seu Jorge! Oh my God! Acoustic versions of David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust! My husband gave me the soundtrack for Christmas and I have been listening to it constantly. Now I am going to have to explore Jorge’s work. I loved how he was featured prominently in the film – all the vignettes of him and his guitar.
I also loved the muted colors of this film and the documentary footage – and then all the underwater images were brilliant.
Owen was amazing – total departure from all his previous work. I was blown away by his understated Ned Plimpton.
I could write an essay... How I loved this film! And the soundtrack!
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Post by WilsonFreak on Dec 27, 2004 13:45:05 GMT -5
Oh dear! I never ever thought This would happen.................my town doesn't have TLA to show.................. It may come yet, but I've never ever seen this before, where we didn't get a movie. Apparently because Fat Albert and Darkness came out (WTF? Why choose them over TLA? ) at the same time, the theater can't get too many films at one time. I'm going to check and see if it's playing across the river in Michigan and go there if it is. Waaaaaaaahhhh!!!!!! I am Charlie Brown, with head back and mouth open, groaning..............
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Post by DeeM1962 on Dec 27, 2004 13:49:52 GMT -5
I saw it last night....I loved it. It is brilliant and true Wes. I knew Ned died in it somehow, just not how until I saw it. I have to say I'm, at least, glad he wasn't eaten by a sea creature. LOL I loved all the David Bowie songs in Portegeus (sp?).
Now I have to go see Meet The Fockers....
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Post by bunnypanda on Dec 27, 2004 16:00:03 GMT -5
I think it’s a story about a man who sees everything through the eyes of a boy and hasn’t dealt with reality for most of his life is now coming to terms with reality – his son Ned, the end of his career and marriage… I see that Lib, I totally see that. I think Bill did a great job showing the emotions Steve was going through. I thought Steve said that's his favourite age only because Ned wrote to him when he was 12. But I think this age actually means a lot of things in this movie. That is a great insight, Lib. I totally agree with you. Owen was a great actor in this movie. I think he has always been more of an improviser than an actor, but I think with this movie he has become a real actor. Taking into account the interviews about TLA we have been reading recently, I think Owen decided to become a real actor before he did TLA...has anyone thought the same thing?
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Post by WilsonFreak on Dec 28, 2004 0:00:12 GMT -5
Ohhh, Bunny! I'm so sad! No Life Aquatic in my town, at least not for now, and nothing over the river in Michigan either! Oh, woe!!! Send me some Wilson words to cheer me up! Anyway, yes, I too thought that Owen must have felt more like a 'real' actor for this movie because I read where he thought he wasn't a 'real' actor because he couldn't do voices and accents etc, and in this one he did his southern accent. I think he must feel very different and very proud of himself. I so hope that the movie does very well and that Wes is proud and happy with it!! It must be nerve-wracking!
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Post by Looney Linn on Dec 28, 2004 11:33:16 GMT -5
I see that Lib, I totally see that. I think Bill did a great job showing the emotions Steve was going through. I thought Steve said that's his favourite age only because Ned wrote to him when he was 12. But I think this age actually means a lot of things in this movie. Bunny, if you remember, in the submarine, Cate Blanchette's character tells Steve that in twelve years her baby will be 11 1/2, and he says something to the effect that, "that was always my favorite age." Wow Lib, you're analysis is right on! You pointed out all the things in the film that I liked and couldn't really figure out why. LOL. There was a childlike kind of mentality that permiated the entire film, but I probably never would have recognized it. (I'm crazy I know!)
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Post by bunnypanda on Dec 28, 2004 12:38:02 GMT -5
Bunny, if you remember, in the submarine, Cate Blanchette's character tells Steve that in twelve years her baby will be 11 1/2, and he says something to the effect that, "that was always my favorite age." Oh sorry I wasn't clear, I meant that I thought Steve said it was his favourite age in that scene because Ned was 12 when he wrote to Steve. On edit: I thought the difference of half a year was something we should ignore - but Wes might have meant something by it.
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