December 15, 2004
12/15 - "The Life Aquatic": currently scoring a lame-o 54% on Rotten Tomatoes
A number of friends have asked me if I've seen the upcoming movie, "The Life Aquatic," from Wes Anderson with Bill Murray. I'll let the critics do the talking. It currently has an overall rotten tomato splat on the website Rotten Tomatoes, with a score of 54%. The trailer looked terrible -- I saw it before three movies, everyone just said, "Hunh?" Here is the most accurate review thus far:
"Wes Anderson follows Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums with ... the same film for the third time."
The Life Aquatic: why nobody in Hollywood smiles when you say you're
trying to do ocean-based comedy.
Hey, I thought the trailer was pretty funny! ("What is the scientific purpose of killing this shark?" "Revenge.") But then I loved all of Wes Anderson's other movies, so I might be biased...
Posted by: Jason Lefkowitz at December 15, 2004 09:34 AMSorry. Even "Ebert and Douche Bag" panned it. Gotta be bad. Though if anyone out there knows otherwise, please enlighten us.
Posted by: Randy Olson at December 15, 2004 01:03 PM