June 30, 2005

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

Quirky movie about the misadventures of Steve Zissou, an oceanographer played by Bill Murray, and his crew of misfits. I like Bill Murray and blindly go where he goes. As a behind-the-scenes documentary parody of Jacques Cousteau, it's fairly silly as Team Zissou embarks on an expedition to find the mythical Jaguar Shark which swallowed Zissou's long-time friend on a previous dive.

I liked it if only for the music, which was fantastic and must surely be the big secret behind this film. Directed by Wes Anderson, nearly the entire soundtrack featured David Bowie cover songs performed in Portuguese on acoustic guitar by Seu Jorge. Otherwise, there's not much noteworthy about this flick.

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