I especially liked the tropical hotel partially underwater, and the cutaway of the ship, an homage to the Ladies Man, one of Jerry Lewis' best films. I laughed a lot during the first hour, but I was getting numb towards the end. One can only take so much quirky affected behavior. If Anderson's film career fails he could make a mint as a window dresser, and I don't mean that condescendingly. He has a brilliant eye for period (and every other kind of) detail. I also liked the saturated color stock and square format of the Cousteau-film parodies.
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- tom moody 1-15-2005 6:56 pm