Tuesday, October 16, 2007
The Darjeeling Limited
All aboard for a spiritual journey with the Whitman brothers, Francis (Owen Wilson), Peter (Adrien Brody), and Jack (Jason Schwartzman), on a strange and peculiar train ride through India. If you are a fan of director Wes Anderson (“Rushmore” and “The Royal Tannenbaums”), you may just love this movie, but Alien simply didn’t get his sense of humor. A control freak, a kleptomaniac, and a lover boy create silly sight gags in senseless scenes strung together seemingly going nowhere. Was there even a script to follow here? Alien wanted to scream out “let me off of this train wreck”. But perhaps I judge this artsy feeling film too harshly; its humor and symbolism may be too sophisticated and subtle for my simple mind. I am lost and need some direction. And what was the point of Bill Murray and the uncredited Natalie Portman in this movie. Odd, weird, bizarre, quirky, haven’t seen anything like it before.
Alien gives it 1 ½ “sweet lime drink” stars out of 4.
All aboard for a spiritual journey with the Whitman brothers, Francis (Owen Wilson), Peter (Adrien Brody), and Jack (Jason Schwartzman), on a strange and peculiar train ride through India. If you are a fan of director Wes Anderson (“Rushmore” and “The Royal Tannenbaums”), you may just love this movie, but Alien simply didn’t get his sense of humor. A control freak, a kleptomaniac, and a lover boy create silly sight gags in senseless scenes strung together seemingly going nowhere. Was there even a script to follow here? Alien wanted to scream out “let me off of this train wreck”. But perhaps I judge this artsy feeling film too harshly; its humor and symbolism may be too sophisticated and subtle for my simple mind. I am lost and need some direction. And what was the point of Bill Murray and the uncredited Natalie Portman in this movie. Odd, weird, bizarre, quirky, haven’t seen anything like it before.
Alien gives it 1 ½ “sweet lime drink” stars out of 4.
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