Movie-The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

I don't like Bill Murray much--let me just admit that here, right up front. I think that he plays over-the-hill, egotistical a-holes so well because he does not need to act to get it down pat. But, I had heard good things about The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) when it came out, so I put it in my queue and just left it there...moving movies above it, but never moving it down, just slowly letting it move up.

It finally arrived, and I was right never to move it up. Look, it was not completely terrible. The satire about these wildlife "experts" who put out documentaries about their exploits was pretty amusing. The plethora of these people is astounding, and this satirical part of the movie hit pretty spot on...however, it was a small part of the film.

The rest was Bill Murray just being Bill. And it was not funny, and not bittersweet and not nostalgic...it was boring and annoying more than anything. Even the inclusion of Cate Blanchett (who can make almost any movie decent) into the cast could not save this film.

I did try. As Sharlynn gave up on it, I stayed with it. Saw it through to the end, hoping for redemption. Didn't happen. The final scenes, that somehow were supposed to be meaningful were so hokey and badly special effected that it was pitiful and took away any possibility of meaning to the end.

Ah well...at least THAT is out of the queue now...