The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - B

I ran across The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou on cable and thought I’d give it another chance. When I saw it almost 5 years ago, I liked many parts of it (the visuals, the David Bowie songs, the low-key subtle humor), but thought the end didn’t come together at all and Wes Anderson was too flippant about the deaths (of both Jeff Goldblum’s crew and Owen Wilson). While I felt mostly the same way this time, I did like it more, raising it to a B. And it has set off some kind of Bowie revival. Click below for Zissou's closing credits with "Queen Bitch". It has a very Velvet Underground feel.