Day 267: Moonrise Kingdom

Directed By- Wes Anderson

Writer(s)- Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola

Starring- Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, Bob Balaban, Harvey Keitel

Critics Review- "Last time out, in Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wes Anderson adapted a children's book by Roald Dahl. Now in Moonrise Kingdom, he's made one of his own."-Rick Groen "Globe and Mail" 

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 94% [CERTIFIED FRESH] Audience- 90%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 5 stars

My Review-

This possibly one of my favorite films from Wes Anderson, next to The Royal Tenenbaums, and Fantastic Mr. Fox. This movie, like most of the films from Wes Anderson, well from the ones I have seen had the same type film making that he became known for. Right from the beginning I knew I would like this movie, actually from the trailer itself I just did not know I was going to like it as much as I did. The acting was really good from everyone, I especially like Edward Norton in this film as the scout master of Troop 55, I was really surprised at the acting of the two main characters played by Jared Gilman, and Kara Hayward since this was both their first time acting in a movie for the big screen they did an amazing job and I am looking forward to see more of their acting in the future. This was a movie that I hope almost everybody will want to watch, and it is worth seeing for various reasons; amazing actors, scenes that you would not think were going to be funny but they were, its not a fast paced movie or a very slow one it done just right. The movie is a movie for everyone of all ages, I think its the love story element that makes it like that, and how everyone contributes to the movie equally even the children in Troop 55 have really good scenes when they are on screen. I could tell that I really liked this movie because with almost every scene and each time a character did something to make the movie stand out a little more I had a smile on my face, and once I saw that Harvey Keitel was actually in the movie I almost clapped and cheered since his character was established earlier in the film, and it was awesome to see him in the movie. this one movie that should not be missed, well if you're a Wes Anderson fan. I believe that if you have never seen a Wes Anderson film this is a good one to start with. I agree with the rating that this movie got even though I do actually think that the rating should be a little higher than a 94, maybe like a 96 but that's just my opinion. Lastly even though he is just the narrator of the film I was hoping to see more of Bob Balaban in the film the few times that we did see him I enjoyed his presence in those scenes, because most of the films I have seen him he was either playing the villain or someone that was not likable so it was cool to see him doing something like this. Lastly I really like how most of the movie seemed like it could come out of a book or should be in a book. I feel like I should watch the rest of Wes Anderson's films, since I have hopped around and have only seeing 3 since I have really liked the 3 I have seen, I may really like the rest of them.