Showing posts with label owen wilson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label owen wilson. Show all posts

Friday, 12 July 2013

The Internship (2013) - Shawn Levy

Not a bad film, a couple of decent laughs, and good on screen chemistry between Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. A nice film to watch when you're down.
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
PS It just made me want to work at Google. It's seems mad!

Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Bottle Rocket (1996) - Wes Anderson

As Wes Anderson's first ever feature film, it is lacking some of the stuff that makes the others so brilliant, but it is good in its own way. It has the tell tale quirks, not as much of the auteurship of the others, but hints at what is to come. A particular shot that shows his style is one where Luke Wilson climbs out of a manhole thing on to the roof, and it's just perfect symmetry. Another is where the two main characters go through Owen Wilson's plan for their life, and it reminds me so much of all his other films where they go through photo books or letters in the same unique style. So yeah, it's still a really awesome movie.
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Friday, 18 January 2013

Moonrise Kingdom (2012) - Wes Anderson

I'm a big fan of Wes Anderson. I have seen most of his films, and own them on DVD. I was genuinely gutted when this one wasn't released to mainstream cinema. I had no way of getting to the ones that were showing it, so I was really happy when I got it for my birthday yesterday from my girlfriend. (NB It was my birthday yesterday, by the way.)
It was amazing. It is perhaps my second favourite Wes Anderson film, after Darjeeling Limited (2007). The only problem I had, was the lack of Owen Wilson. It doesn't feel like a Wes Anderson film without him in it. Even the Jason Schwartzman part seemed more like a cameo, than a full part. Oh well, it was still a brilliant film, and the kids will hopefully go on to become big stars, or at least Anderson collaborators. I read rumours on the internet that Anderson was already considering a sequel with the Sam character going to war in Vietnam, as he was the appropriate age, but whether that comes off or not is a different story. I think that'd be the first Wes Anderson sequel and war film.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★