Day 116: Broken Flowers

After being dumped again, Don (Bill Murray) finds out that he might have a teenage son. His wannabe-detective neighbour, Winston (Jeffrey Wright), sends him off on a journey that will see him revisit 5 of his old girlfriends to try and find out which of them is the mother of his child.

Don seems to just be coasting along, he doesn’t get passionate about anything. Even when Sherry (Julie Delpy) is leaving him, he doesn’t fight for the relationship or even really seem to care all that much that she’s going. When he goes to visit his old girlfriends it is obviously awkward and he doesn’t seem to know what to say or how to act around them. They haven’t seen each other in 20 years, it must be difficult when faced with someone from your past like that. I wonder how it feels.

Anyway, I was thoroughly bored throughout the entire film. I understand that it’s not supposed to be some high drama thing and it’s just about loneliness and whatnot but god, it was just so dull.

4/10

Day 97: Moonrise Kingdom

Sam (Jared Gilman) and Suzy (Kara Hayward) are young kids in love who just want to be together. They decide the only way that can happen is if they run away together. But naturally the adults involved are worried and they make up a search party to find them, which is populated by khaki scouts, a lonely police officer, an unhappy married couple, and Social Services. Runaway children would be bad enough but there’s a storm coming that makes it all a tad more dangerous.

The acting in Wes Anderson films always takes me a little while to get used to but once I do, I end up enjoying it. The film isn’t too flashy, it’s just a simple story of love and friendship. With a twist of scouts and a secluded town to make it a bit more interesting.

“I love you but you don’t know what you’re talking about.”

7/10