I thought Life Aquatic was the best anderson film thus far. The first time I saw it, i was definately anticipating gimicky (I loved TRT and rushmore, but was basically expecting more of the same), and left the theatre rather ambivelant. However, I sometimes have to think about a movie for a while before making my final judgement. I saw it again, and it was beautiful (the scene where they are showing the boat construction, and its kind of like a giant dollhouse with a lot of siamese cats was awesome) AND contained a successful, cohesive plot. My only complaint is that ALL movies can do without three legged dogs, because they just make me feel sad.
And in my opinion, bottle rocket just isn't as good as everyone told me it would be.
I appologize if this post contained any spoilers. But I concider the three legged dog thing more of a warning than a spoiler.
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