Maybe I'm alone on this...

Rating: 6/10 (1 November 2012)

Am I the only one that didn't think Moonrise Kingdom was THAT good? I'm confused by its 8/10 rating in comparison to Wes' superior films. I watched it with someone else who also typically enjoys Wes' films, but we both felt the same way afterward.
It was alright, but to me, by far my LEAST favorite Wes Anderson film. I think Wes is just at that point in his career where he has such a cult (hipster) following (and no I am not void of this) that they'll eat up anything he does, even if it's crap.
Moonrise had good dialogue and artistic cinematography as usual, and Bill Murray, though his screen time was short,was the best part of the film but there was most definitely some shaky/careless film-making especially towards the end. I'm sure it was purposeful in some way, but it wasn't effective, at least to me. And the plot was just bizarre, not that his other films aren't either. I GET IT. Coming of age and all that, it has been done before. (I'd much prefer Stand By Me or something) but at times I seriously felt like I was watching kiddie porn.