Comments on: ‘Brothers Bloom’ Opening Sequence Features ‘Wild Things’ Kid; Rod Stewart Cover; Potential Whimsical Delights Depending On Your Tolerance For Twee

By: stephen

stephen — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:08:00 +0000

I enjoyed it. Sure it’s unoriginal, but there’s a lot worse things out there. The Andersons aren’t exactly prime examples of originality either. If Scorcese, Altman and Mamet are the old bluesmen like Willie Dixon and Robert Johnson, then PT Anderson is Led Zeppelin and Johnson now seems to be The Black Crowes.

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:52:00 +0000

3. He is a little stiff. And this was part of WB's concerns early on. I'm slightly worried.

When are you going to write for us again? :P

By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:31:00 +0000

A couple things:
1. Liked this intro the first time when it was in Magnolia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4k16Q3bK3w
At least Ricky Jay’s getting work.
2. The dialouge (like is Brick) is too self-conscious. Rhyming?? Please.
3. He didn’t get very many lines, but the Max kid seems like he can’t act. Makes me worry bout “Wild Things.”
4. And yes, the slomo at the end, as well as the camera movements, echo not only Wes Anderson, but Paul Thomas Anderson as well.

Overall, we’ve seen this all before but better.