The film’s fantastic ideas are endless. There are not only a group of weird people in the film, but also pirate attacks, tights, hostage rescue, gun battles, endangered rare cannibal turtles and so on. The film seems to be a medieval nautical chart full of weird creatures, seemingly chaotic, but in fact every stroke is carefully planned and drawn
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All the depictions of marine life in the film are colorful and don't feel like the real world. The intentional exaggeration and unreality of the film seem to exist for the male protagonist's rejection of feelings. The film’s film language is different from any mainstream film. It extends the director Wes Anderson’s style in "A Genius Family": bright and heavy colors, distinctive characters, and comedic techniques that walk between wit and sadness
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The plot of "Life in the Water" is very rambling. Although it is a comedy, but the jokes are neither focused nor popular enough, they are all bitter jokes. Director Wes Anderson’s signature features are reflected in the film, such as his preference for bright colors, such as always stiffly letting the camera face the character. The film uses a fake-looking model to shoot underwater special effects. This deliberate shooting technique is to create a child’s fantasy-like innocence, but this extremely stylized technique has not been recognized by mainstream audiences
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