I very clearly remember the first time I watched this movie. I was in Lawrence, KS and was extremely excited becasue I liked The Royal Tenenbaums and Rushmore so much. Though, I still didn’t really know what to expect from it. What happened is I watched the movie and giggled, along with my viewing partner (who, incidentally, probably doesn’t even remember watching the movie), for the duration (except for the one really sad scene). Overall, the movie is not outrageously funny, but there are little things in nearly every scene that, well, make me giggle. Still.
Perhaps the best example of this is Cody. Cody is a three legged dog who belongs to the Philippine pirates, and whose real name likely is not Cody. Another example would be Pelé, who serves as half of the sound track by doing David Bowie songs in Portuguese. Zissou himself is funny, and he is surrounded by a cast of ridiculous characters, likely headed by Klaus whose effectiveness is heavily attributed to the fact that this intensely goofy character is acted by Willem Dafoe- Gill was more intense.
Some people don’t like Wes Anderson’s style, but We approve.
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