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| This is how you throw away a bunch of custom-designed Louis Vuitton luggage |
The previous occurence of 3 siblings occured in the Royal Tenenbaums, with Chaz, Margo and Richie. Introducing the Whitman brothers:
The brothers meet on a train, on the pretext on a bonding trip together ever since their father's funeral. However, the trip is goes on to a bad start : "I'm taking the passports" &
Francis: [Francis and Peter are beating each other up] You don't love me!
Peter: Yes I do!
Jack: I love you too, but I'm gonna mace you in the face!
Brothers: AHHHHHH!!!!!
Isn't this the damnest thing you ever saw?
I think the most amazing thing is that they aren't afraid to yell at each other and start getting into scruffles. It's as though they have brought their previous grievances along the trip and decide to air them once and for all. I remain convinced that I'm watching the Royal Tenenbaums, by looking at the way these characters interacted with one another.
Francis is a rather typical control freak, typical for oldest siblings (I contest that). He brings his own assistant to plan for the trip, loses his mind when a shoeshine boy makes off with one of his 3000 dollar loafers and insists on being completely self sufficient, albeit getting stares from others.
Peter is the family charmer, and gets away with it. He comes to the trip just as his wife is about to give birth to their child, buys back a poisonous snake and accidentally releases it, and carrys their father's belongings with him, including his old luggage. At least they aren't fighting at every sight of it, so I'm guessing that is good.
Jack is the baby of the group. He never seems sure of what to do or say, and can never catch the hints Rita throws in his face. Nevertheless, his place seems to be listening to the messages left on his ex-girlfriend's answering machine. He remains coy and zipped up about his relationship status, and doesn't talk about it much
But I think, the most influential character of this film is this one:
Long before the boys are to meet her, they constantly bring her up and sometimes act under her influence, way before she makes an appearance in the whole film. Although she is the boys' mother, there is no way of denying her knowledge of them inside out. Their on-screen interaction time is at most 15 minutes, but the effects it has on the boys are profound.
Read more: Bottle Rocket; Rushmore; The Royal Tenenbaums; The Life Aquatic of Steven Zissou; Fantastic Mr Fox; Moonrise Kingdom
Isn't this the damnest thing you ever saw?
I think the most amazing thing is that they aren't afraid to yell at each other and start getting into scruffles. It's as though they have brought their previous grievances along the trip and decide to air them once and for all. I remain convinced that I'm watching the Royal Tenenbaums, by looking at the way these characters interacted with one another.
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| "Are you alright?" "Not really, the snake escaped." |
Peter is the family charmer, and gets away with it. He comes to the trip just as his wife is about to give birth to their child, buys back a poisonous snake and accidentally releases it, and carrys their father's belongings with him, including his old luggage. At least they aren't fighting at every sight of it, so I'm guessing that is good.
Jack is the baby of the group. He never seems sure of what to do or say, and can never catch the hints Rita throws in his face. Nevertheless, his place seems to be listening to the messages left on his ex-girlfriend's answering machine. He remains coy and zipped up about his relationship status, and doesn't talk about it much
But I think, the most influential character of this film is this one:
Read more: Bottle Rocket; Rushmore; The Royal Tenenbaums; The Life Aquatic of Steven Zissou; Fantastic Mr Fox; Moonrise Kingdom
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