Moonrise Kingdom (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

If you're a Wes Anderson fan, you know you can't go wrong with anything the guy puts out there. This one is no different - fun, quirky, and heartful. Most impressive are probably the performances from all the child actors. That's a hard sell in a lot of movies, but they really did great here. The special edition Blu Ray also comes with a ton of cool extras, which I haven't full explored but certainly love to see. This is a good one to have in the collection!

This is an amazing master of a really fantastic film. The Criterion Collection really went pretty far out there, as always, to make sure the film was presented at the very best it can be. If you're reading this review, you are already aware that Wes Anderson is one of the greatest directors of our generation. He worked with Criterion to master, and provide the supplemental materials for this film. The included paper items are stunning and awesome as well. The supplements include an issue of "Indian Corn" Magazine, as well as the map of the island in which the film is set. The story will intrigue you. You will laugh, you will feel sad, and you will think about your own while you watch this film. Bill Murray, Ed Norton, and Bruce willis all turn in fantastic performances here.

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I'm weird, this is my favorite (and first) Wes Anderson film. It's very charming and weird but also perhaps his most accessible work (this or The Grand Budapest Hotel). Even my girlfriend loves this one. If you're new to Wes Anderson, this IMO should be your starting point. However I am disappointed by the special features. I'm a huge fan of commentaries, but this was NOT for me. It was just weird and not informative

One of my all time favorite movies and to have some of the beautiful artwork that coorelates to the movie is such a treat. Got a great deal and feels well worth the price to guarantee incan watch this whenever i want to and much of the included artwork is frameable if you were to choose to decorate with it if you are a super fan!

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I guess I was expecting it to be a little more of a "deluxe edition" but it's still an amazing film with cool new director bonus features.

This is a well acted, coming of age, extremely pleasant, and often visually very funny movie. Deep story telling it is not, spectacular effects it does not have, but what it does have are all the ingredients for a very nice movie watching experience.

"Moonrise Kingdom" is a film that I have, by my count, watched some six times as of this writing. I consider it to be basically perfect, having never identified any facet of it that I consider worth changing. Wes Anderson’s style reaches its apogee here – though he would go on to equal it, more or less, in his follow-up film "The Grand Budapest Hotel". Set in a dreamy version of 1960s rural New England, the film follows two troubled children (Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward, both terrific young performers) who run off on an adventure, convinced of their love for each other, with an assortment of frazzled adults in pursuit. Centering the film on these two extraordinarily self-confident and self-knowing children proves to be a stroke of genius for Anderson; his highly stylized dialogue has never felt more-suited to its subject. The contrast between the deadpan idealism of the youth and the world-weary adults is engaging and illustrative, and leads to some fascinating dynamics, particularly between Gilman’s Sam and the lonely middle-aged cop played excellently by Bruce Willis (very much against type). The scenes with the two young lovers together in their idyllic “moonrise kingdom” of the title manage to be both sweet and oddly honest about two kids just starting to explore sexuality. But enough of that thematic analysis: "Moonrise Kingdom"’s greatest asset is that it is extraordinarily funny. Anderson’s dialogue is at its sharpest, and every castmember, down to the supporting child actors playing Sam’s fellow scouts, seems to know precisely how to deliver it. This being a Wes Anderson film, it goes without saying that the production and costume design, cinematography, score, and other technical aspects are choreographed and stylized with an intricate skill born out of rigorous artistic conviction. Anderson and his collaborators know exactly what they are doing, and they bring this world to life in a manner that feels effortless, belying all the work that must have gone into it. I’d gladly live my whole life within the picturesque world created on the island of New Penzance. The film was sadly overlooked by the Academy Awards, save a screenplay nomination, but two of the key people involved here, production designer Adam Stockhausen and composer Alexandre Desplat, would go on to take home Oscars for their work on Anderson's "The Grand Budapest Hotel", and others would earn nominations.

La edición es magnífica, además de la película viene una postal, un mapa de la isla, una invitación a la representación del Arca de Noé y un ensayo incluído en una mini réplica de la revista "Indian Corn" que aparece en la película. Gran detalle para coleccionistas.

Lo que contiene dentro llegó ligeramente aplastado, realmente no fue para tanto, pero sí es un poco notable. Fuera de eso es una gran edición, sabemos que Criterion ofrece calidad tanto de contenido en sus empaques hasta la calidad de sus restauraciones, imagen y sonido impecables; además de lustraciones muy buenas en la caja, un mapa, entre otras cosas. Si eres seguidor de Anderson, no dudes en tenerla.

Moonrise was my pick as the best film of 2012 and the Criterion package does it justice. My favorite bonus features are the insane commentary track featuring a bunch of participants and the twenty-minute making of doc (in French with subtitles - even though the narrator speaks very good English, because that's how Wes Anderson wanted it). The booklet (designed after the Khaki Scouts monthly magazine, Indian Corn - with its learned essay and comments by kids of Sam and Suzy's age), the map and the cast photo are also very cool.

Una película increíble y en la mejor edición posible. No le doy 5 estrellas porque el empaque venía dañado