Review of Moonrise Kingdom (2012) by Jean S — 20 May 2016

When a movie points up an eternal moment, I feel we ought to sit up and take notice. In the middle of watching this, I was suddenly reminded of the middle school French teacher who wisely permitted Sean O Toole and I to spend an entire class, one day, under the materials table. It was a lot like this love moment, between two similar age people. I hope they let you and yours have your moment at some point as well. Maybe it's just French teachers what recognize that kind of romance, I don't know.

If you haven't seen this movie, you're in for a treat. It is shot in 16 millimeter, and it does resemble 1964 ish in some measure, especially Edward Norton's haircut, the young boy's frayed undershirt, the way the director let the good cut roll of the young actor, not the one Willis plays, which, coming from the theatre, not film, I don't understand the whole problem there. I just see that it's real hard to do.

So, sometimes, the younger actors are having a moment, but the older one stumbles on his words, but the director said, That's my take, so it must be hard to get even half of what you're working at, is all I know. In other words, it's funny to see Bruce Willis take a back seat to a 12 year old protagonist, and maybe, dare I say it, barely able to keep up, shall we say, to that 12 year old's acting level? Well, that's how I'm.

Calling it.