Old Age Day by Day June 19, 2012

It is a sunnier, warmer day today.  Yesterday, with the fog and chill, I took myself to a matinee and saw "Moonrise Kingdom" by Wes Anderson.  It reminded me a lot of "The Fantastic Mr. Fox" and featured all his usual themes:  depressed teenagers, disfunctional, oblivious parents, an obcession with maps and graphics and a nostalgia for a time when he wasn't alive.  His genius is for set design, soundtracks and goofy, deadpan humor.  The overprivledged kids in his films are getting old, and nobody will be fooled by the fact that one of them is an orphan.  However, how can you go too wrong with Edward Norton, Frances McDormand and Bruce Willis?  I'm tired of Bill Murray in his films, always playing THE DAD, and Tilda Swinton is used so minimally that it's a crime.  The two main kids are good, and you root for them, but Bob Balaban as the chorus/narrator is the best thing in it.  He's like a leprecaun in a red coat.  Ultimately, the movie is shallow, but like child's painting come alive, it has its magic.