children harbor the capacity for emancipation

Rating: 9/10 (24 September 2012)

i had a good feeling about this movie beforehand. i expected a good movie, but nevertheless i was taken by the feeling of cinematic satisfaction mixed with jubilation.. the film presents the idea that it is the children who harbor the capacity for emancipation, instead of wearied adults caught in their lifetime of burdens and obligations. Anderson then chooses to instill the notion that the adults are more likely to evolve through contact with children than the other way
throughout the film, visible as usual are the signs of signature Wes Anderson enunciative visual texture; very geometric layout, linear camera movements, perpendicular settings, colorful framing, sequenced narrative.. the accelerated epistolary correspondence between Suzie and Sam is especially excellent
there's also this feeling of omnipresent subtle sarcasm that brings a little sadness with it; because while we smile at their implications, they also bother us, as we have increasingly more in common with the characters of Bruce Willis, Edward Norton and Bill Murray than we would like to admit.. if Moonrise Kingdom is not Wes Anderson's masterpiece, then very little is missing