The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

[filkertom]

Now here's something you don't see everyday: a trailer for a comedy starring Bill Murray that looks like it might actually be, y'know, funny.

This despite Owen Wilson.

Comments

[dbcooper.livejournal.com]

I dunno. I kinda like Owen Wilson. Or is it Luke Wilson? ;) Kidding. Seriously, I find he has a certain laconic charm that I have always enjoyed. When directed well, he never oversells the joke, and he has a very "everyman" style of comedy, even when not directed especially well (Starsky & Hutch, f'rinstance, from what I've heard).

Then again, I could just be a mark.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Shrug. Somebody thinks he's great -- he keeps getting work. I just can't recall ever seeing him in anything where I thought he was any good, or even interesting. To me, he seemed to suck the life out of every scene in Starsky & Hutch and Shanghai Noon, and I couldn't even abide the trailer for I Spy.

But, then, I may not be his audience.

For what it's worth, though, I have the same reaction to Tea Leoni, and shudder to think they might meet, fall in love, and breed.

[dbcooper.livejournal.com]

Heh.

Not being able to abide the trailer for "I Spy" doesn't exactly put you in the minority--I hear even that lost money. ;)

Seriously, I can understand your reaction, though I mainly get it from Jennifer Garner. Yeah, yeah, I know. She's got a great butt, and she kicks high--two things you really can't say about Owen Wilson...at least not too loudly. ;)

And Tea Leoni? She's sort of like the thinking man's Jennifer Aniston--trouble is, she's not a film-quality leading lady either.