94% Moonrise Kingdom

I can't say I'm terribly familiar with director Wes Anderson. I've wanted to give a watch to some of his acclaimed classics such as RUSHMORE and THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, but it seems I have not gotten around to doing so quite yet. After seeing the mesmerizing gem Anderson carefully pieced together within just the past year, I'm absolutely dying to seek out more of his work. I've said my peace about the technical grandeurs as well as those from the story, collaboratively and flawlessly scripted by both Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, with not a single word misplaced, forgotten, or wasted. It leaves the well-assembled ensemble cast. I'm aware that Anderson has assembled this way in previous films, and just seeing from one film, it's clear how successful his hand is at the technique. Though the greatest standouts and leading roles are from the debut roles by Gilman and Hayward as the young, fleeing couple, there is a great amount of recognizable talent among the rest of the cast: Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, and Frances McDormand. If there is one performer who impresses more than any other, it's Murray. It's rare for his delivery to be so outstanding; he's the kind of actor who is great when he wants to be. Undeniably, this ranks as high up as his work in LOST IN TRANSLATION, GROUNDHOG DAY, and GHOST BUSTERS as some as his definitive best.MOONRISE KINGDOM is an undeniable chef d'oeuvre. It's one of the few films I've seen that fluently manages to blend quirk, wit, soul, and joy, to the very point of dazzling perfection. I can vividly envision the result in my mind, there just isn't a word the English language provides to speak it. Anyone who has sat in a theater with me and so much as glanced down at me during the credits knows what I look like when my mind is blown in such a public experience. I'm mentally awake once the credits start, but the unfathomable emotion brought by the point the film ends stuns me silent. This happens, but very, very rarely. Perhaps if I was living in the 1960s, the age that brought several classics, it would happen very often. But I'm pretty sure I lived through the 1960s, at all, for the terse yet downright enthralling and involving ninety-four minutes of MOONRISE KINGDOM.read every last 968th word at themoviefreakblog.com

February 11, 2012

Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/moonrise_kingdom/

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