Moonrise Kingdom movie review

Mabelle 2022-04-22 07:01:04

Director Wes Anderson pays attention to the use of meaning to control the image. Art, mirror movement, characters and plots all revolve around the idea of ​​creation—fairy tales. Referring to his other works, such as "Canis Island", "The Great Fox Dad", etc., the expression of the works spans animation and reality, and the core idea is always "Truth, kindness and beauty are the most precious qualities of human beings". The plot of this film is based on the story of orphaned scout Sam and the "problem" girl Susie eloping, retracing the path of ancestors' migration, and finally eliminating all difficulties to be together as the main story, supplemented by the approaching hurricane and the search crowd to speed up the rhythm of the plot. Elopement for love and a seemingly comfortable and pleasant camping life are the dreams of every child. The orphan is adopted by the sheriff, and the parents reunite for the sake of their children's relationship. The ending is full of fairy tales compared to reality. Reality is not a fairy tale, so the director adopted absurd designs to integrate fairy tales into reality. The old man who looks like a cartoon character is used to introduce the natural environment and the background of the plot. It is only black face when struck by lightning, the headquarters is smashed by a tree and fireworks are scattered, and the strength of one person pulls the weight of three people. Whether it's like the scene composition in a fairy tale book, or the horizontal camera movement that implements the plot axis of the whole book, this film without high special effects has built a fairy tale world in the audience's heart very well, which is worth watching. a video of

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  • Heath 2022-03-24 09:01:22

    Wes's boring energy is really charming

Moonrise Kingdom quotes

  • Suzy: It doesn't make me feel very good. I found this on top of our refrigerator.

    [Pulls out a book "Coping with the very troubled child"]

    Sam: Does that mean you?

    Suzy: I think so, yeah.

  • Sam: Why do you always use binoculars?

    Suzy: It helps me see things closer. Even if they're not very far away. I pretend it's my magic power.

    Sam: That sounds like poetry. Poems don't always have to rhyme, you know. They're just supposed to be creative.