January 5, 2005
And Another Thing About Life Aquatic:
Bill Murray was all wrong for the part. There is a youthful, immature
persistence and idealism and insecurity in most Wes Anderson heroes and
that just doesn’t work for the weary, wise, wise-cracking persona that
is Bill Murray. To see him curled up in a ball on the street whining
that even though people who insult you are just jealous, it still
hurts, is offensive to that persona. A real Bill Murray character would
kick his own ass if he were the protagonist in The Life Aquatic.
Filed by cynthia rockwell at 10:31 am under Uncategorized
3 Comments
i was going to wait ’til this weekend to see this one, but i think tonight is the night… more after i see it
I had a similar reaction to Murray. He didn’t seem to fit the part. Then again, I thought Murray’s casting in “Tenenbaums” was strange, too.
Have you seen him in “Coffee and Cigarettes”? That’s a good look at his backbone. He’s a real jellyfish, but that ain’t bad.