Moonrise Kingdom, as I preluded to, was highly enjoyable. Without giving too much away, it was Wes Anderson at his Wes Andersoniest. While Joe enjoyed it too, he struggled with the fact that it sticks to that formula, whereas I don't really care--I prefer to ignore the rest of his body of work for the moment, and get swept up in a well-done and compelling film. But who am I? You didn't come here for a movie review (why are you here, again?).
Maybe it's just because I could relate to it. I was a bit of a loner. I had a young romance in which it was us against the world (they are 12, I was 14). In my case, when it was finally just us, it became us against us. Sometimes you have to face that all your problems can't be blamed on external factors. Of course, the credits role long before Sam and Suzy's relationship gets real.
That's what I thought this captured nicely--the urgency and all consuming power of first love at a tender age, particularly when it's forbidden (all the while managing to keep it charming, not sappy). Which, for me, was a nicely bittersweet taste that evening.
Brie, I've tried to see this film several times. Opening weekend, I was in Dayton, OH. Now I'm in a tiny town about an hour outside Seattle. No luck finding a theater playing MK. Something about small towns with a conservative majority. I guess I'll have to see it when I return to Chicago. -mikey
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