If you have yet to see Wes Anderson's latest The Life Aquatic run, don't walk to your local theater. Normally I wouldn't recommend this type of film for everyone, but for the sake of clarity I will recommend this film for everyone. A true original, The The Life Aquatic takes more risks than The Royal Tenenbaums as the last few scenes of the film could have easily been animated and none in the audience would have batted an eye, anything at that point was expected.

I'm a huge fan of Anderson's brand of humor, but this is not a laugh-out-loud comedy, as some in our theater may have believed (this was in Canada). For the first 45 minutes a couple behind us roared with laughter every time Bill Murray opened his mouth, expecting every syllable to be just that funny. Despite the ultra-high price of going to the theater in Japan, we both longed for a place where people kept their stupid comments and habits of mimicking lines at home, and you can also buy beer at Japanese theaters which is always a plus in my book. The soundtrack isn't half bad either. David Bowie, Devo, The Stoogies, four acoustic Bowie covers in Portuguese, and a couple cool songs by Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh (do we detect a pattern here?).

And if you liked those retro Zissou branded Adidas featured in the movie you may be in luck, red cap and Speedo complete with the updated triple-Z Zissou logo optional, and rather questionable.

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