I caught Wes Anderson's new movie tonight. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou didn't eclipse The Royal Tenenbaums (buy it here), but it surpassed Rushmore (buy it here).

Bill Murray essentially plays Gene Hackman's character in The Royal Tenenbaums, with much of that film's cast returning. The story is similar too: years past his prime, the lead character--Steve Zissou--attempts to resuscitate his life and reconnect with family.

Highlights include a cast of the best actors on the planet: Angelica Huston, Willem Defoe, Kate Winslett, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Jeff Goldblum, etc.; a soundtrack of David Bowie songs, only bizarrely covered by a black Portuguese sailor in his native tongue; parodying Jacques Cousteau; awesome aqua-blue scuba suits; gunfights with Asian pirates; Monty Python-like animation; and an assortment of other surreal occurrences.

Go see The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and if the $8.50 ticket-price scares you away, remember: a dark movie theater is one of the last public places on earth where you can drink a store-bought six-pack without people hassling you.

I would say that public transportation/subways are also places where one can enjoy a store-bought six pack.

Chalie: you must be in Boston or NYC or some other low class city, because that is not true in Washington's fine and cleanly public transportation system. You'd get arrested pronto down here.

Wes Anderson Rocks.

Low class???? Just because I was doing shots with the Blue Line operator this morning on my way to work, it’s low class???!!! Come on, lighten up down there. And, oh yeah, we have “bring a six pack to work” day next Tuesday.