This is the first Wes Anderson movie I've ever seen, and it gives me the feeling that it's wild and colorful. Orange country house. Golden wheat field. Girl's skirt. A tail hanging from a scout hat. I'm like reading a children's book.
Boys and girls living on a fictional island have a spark of love in a chance encounter, and they agreed to run away from home together. In fact, movies with this theme are not uncommon, such as "Love in the Sunset Bridge", such as "Little Naughty", or "Viva Cuba". The plot is not much different - unhappy at home and suppressed on various levels - the protagonist meets, agrees - flees - experiences various adventures on the journey - parents and police search everywhere, are found - escape - encounter the first One crisis—meeting a helper—nearly getting caught—escaping—encountering a second big crisis—protagonists helping each other to solve their problems—reconciling with their parents—returning to the adult world.
The plot of Moonrise Kingdom doesn't make much breakthrough, the main speciality comes from some surreal colors and animation elements. For example, the heroine's home, and the commentator in red. These elements also established that this movie is not a simple children's movie to some extent, but brings a lot of Wes Anderson's own personal style. You'll understand at the end that it's not a fairy tale at all, but a story about a group of teenagers longing to step into the adult world.
It is not difficult to see that in many scenes, the hero and heroine pretend to be adults and say what adults can say, imitating scenes that only appear in the world of adults, reading by the campfire, smoking a pipe, and the girl's blue eye shadow, all pointing to The inner longing of two children who want to enter the adult world.
Also, the tone and soundtrack of the whole film fit very well, and it doesn't make people dance at all. The slightly coarse film grain also creates a retro feel. Very seamless.
Wes Anderson always likes to tell some mixed stories in the yellowish, delicate and quiet small world. These characters have experienced some pain more or less, but they will really grow after they have experienced pain. His stories are always melancholy and sentimental, but mostly happy endings. Like a dream in the autumn sun.
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