This week my lecturer has decided to let us watch a movie called Moonrise Kingdom which is directed by Wes Anderson. I've never heard of Moonrise Kingdom before, but I recognized Wes Anderson from the movie Fantastic Mr. Fox. I didn't like the movie itself, but it sure has some unique style and characteristics in it. From what I've heard, if you watch a Wes Anderson movie, you will be able to tell that it's by him, and I was excited to watch the movie.
Moonrise Kingdom is a simple love story between two very young kids in a small isolated island. The story itself is not fantastic, but the way Wes Anderson tells the story is what makes it a great movie. Throughout the film, audiences are directed to see from the main character's perspective which is a twelve year old boy. Every element in the movie including the characters were perceived from the young boy's eyes. Combined with Wes Anderson's distinctive art style, this has made Moonrise Kingdom such a unique movie. Despite of how the movie look, I still think it still be considered as a post-modernism film. Released alongside The Avengers, Battleships, and Men In Black 3, Moonrise Kingdom definitely stood out from other movies that were released around that time.
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