movie a day #261: bottle rocket

[jenna2891]

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Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
This quietly daffy comedy should have been an indie hit, but ended up ignored by audiences. Too bad; it's a wonderfully sustained caper movie about friends whose career choice is all wrong. Low-key Anthony (Luke Wilson) and high-strung Dignan (Owen C. Wilson--the two actors are brothers) are brought into a life of crime by Dignan's ambition to be a small-time thief. After a few amusingly laid-back trial burglaries, they (and a third buddy) find themselves over their heads when they hook up with an experienced crime boss (James Caan). Because this movie is so relentlessly deadpan, you really have to be dialed in to its brand of humor--but once there, Bottle Rocket shoots off plenty of sparks. Above all, Owen Wilson's portrayal of Dignan is a terrifically original comic creation; Dignan is so sincerely focused on his goals that he can't see how completely absurd his ideas are. Owen Wilson, who went on to supply similarly knuckle-headed performances in Armageddon and Permanent Midnight, wrote the screenplay with director Wes Anderson. --Robert Horton --This text refers to the VHS Tape edition.

sorry to double up, but this should catch me up from missing monday. anyway, this is the one that started it all. this movie is what made me start to love film. it is very, very funny (albeit subtly so), and a great first film from owen and wes.

 

[thirty-two]

Damn Luke and Owen Wilson are hot.

Again, another movie I have not seen, but I might have to check it out.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Love this movie.

 

[jenna2891]

Damn Luke and Owen Wilson are hot.

Again, another movie I have not seen, but I might have to check it out.

i'm proud to say i had the original crush on owen wilson.

 

[Pariah]

This one's great! Wes Anderson's first, I think.

 

[jenna2891]

This one's great! Wes Anderson's first, I think.

yep. james l. brooks saw their short and got them the money to make it. the short (to the best of my knowledge) has yet to be released, and i believe the hold-up is that they used music from "peanuts" and have not gotten the go ahead to keep it in for mass production.

 

[D-Dogg]

i'm proud to say i had the original crush on owen wilson.

I'll fight you for him.




Wait...no.

I have a very manly, heterosexual love for Owen Wilson. Let's just leave it at that.

 

[Bada0Bing]

I just watched it. Funny movie, filled with subtle humor from start to finish. Luke was hilarious "...That was a stop sign man...".

There are so many small miscellaneous bits of humor that it’s definitely worth a second viewing.

The ending was absolutely perfect.

 

[jenna2891]

I just watched it. Funny movie, filled with subtle humor from start to finish. Luke was hilarious "...That was a stop sign man...".

There are so many small miscellaneous bits of humor that it’s definitely worth a second viewing.

The ending was absolutely perfect.

i have honestly seen this movie at least 20 times. every time i pick up something else that's brilliant about it.

 

[Gizmo Williams]

I love this movie...I force everybody to borrow my copies of Bottle Rocket and Rushmore. I have not had anyone dislike either movie.

 

[Ryanwb]

What about the red rocket?

 

[Louis]

I just watched it. Funny movie, filled with subtle humor from start to finish. Luke was hilarious "...That was a stop sign man...".

There are so many small miscellaneous bits of humor that it’s definitely worth a second viewing.

The ending was absolutely perfect.

Bump.

Agree with this post.

I don't care that Luke and Owen have seemingly never played a different character since this flick.

Owen was awesome. Love the end scene, gotta add this to the library.

 

[Renz]

Did someone call this movie "brilliant"? I was very disappointed. A few chuckles here and there (like the "stop sign" line), but overall it was bleh.

The plot just sort of meandered around, like the writers couldn't decide where they wanted to take the movie. It was okay, nothing to write home about.