Outstanding insight!

Rating: 10/10 (16 July 2012)

Loved this film! For me, I think it is a great exploration of the innocence of young love and how common sense will steer us clear of oppressive social convention and the foolishness of institutionalized "miss"guidance. That the characters are young, doesn't bother me. Why do some people stay married for 70 years while others fade in their relationships and find it hard to endure 7 months? Or never find their bonded pair-mate at all, like the captain? "She didn't love me back." I think Wes would say that the "other" truly does complete us, and that the experience of "love at first sight" is magically transcendent (which it is!)....Moonrise Kingdom is their magical place of bonding, but also the place where conflict initiates to bring them back into alignment with the social order and define their futures together. This film is refreshing, authentic, and deeply(satisfyingly) idealistic!