movie review - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Toronto, 2005.01.10
This movie is an odd one. Full of weird little self-referential loops and half-formed sub-stories, it lurches forward with an attenuated pace and almost surreal fluidity. Things seem to happen without rhyme or reason, as if they occur simply to give the characters something to do or talk about. Like it was a Star Trek: The Next Generation movie where everyone is mildly intoxicated.
That said, the cast manages to piece something together, and the whole is better than its wonky writing would suggest. This is the kind of movie that makes it seem that acting can be a very difficult job, indeed.
Recommended.