Life Aquatic

I watched "The Life Aquatic" last night.

I must admit the first time I watched it (in theaters) I came home feeling like I had missed the comedy/substance/plot - basically just feeling thoroughly confused. People later told me that the expression on my face for the remainder of the night was similar to the "George Bush giving a speech" face. Anyway, I watched it again last night and I feel ashamed for my lack of intrigue on the first go around. I missed the comedy of lines such as...okay, I can't think of any off hand. That's beside the point, however, because Life Aquatic is full of the funniest, most ridiculous characters I have ever spent an evening with.

In addition to the genius of Bill Murray, I really found myself wishing I was the Brazilian guitar playing "safety expert" Pele. Pele, throughout the entire movie, does nothing other than play and sing David Bowie songs in Portugese. In response to this I have learned "Life on Mars" and I am working on the translation of the song into Portugese.

Nedward Plimpton is the most unlikeable character I've seen in a movie. His name is Nedward, and unfortunately he lives up to his name. However, the subplot of Stevesy and (Kingsley) Ned does somewhat endear the average moviegoer to the Air Kentucky pilot.

I also found it rather telling that when Stevesy draws the line and asks for those who would like to leave to cross it, only one person does so. It is the stripper. This just proves that stripper's are not good for anything. First, there's a pretty good chance they are carriers of STD's, mad cow disease, and SARS; but additionally if you take them to sea as your navigator, chances are they will lead a mutiny.