It’s about personal identity, your identity within your family, and trying to fill that lost space inside of your heart. There is no real ending or lesson in morality, no wrapping up of loose ends or a marriage, because life isn’t like that.
It’s just about finding who you are and what that means. In India :D
I got the part about the bonding… and I’m not saying there has to be a point, but it just seemed like there was some great meaning that I was missing.
@nikipedia: Oh goodness, I thought I was the only person on Earth who would have no problem jumping Owen Wilson’s bones. Jason Schwartzman? He looked better in the scene on the way to the funeral. And it sort of bothered me how he was barefoot through the whole movie. LOL
Here’s the thing about Anderson films. You have to go into a viewing expecting an “experience,” not so much a linear narrative that has a “moral to the story” or a “point” that slaps you in the face. I’ve found that if you watch it second-by-second, taking in all the incredible effort he’s put into setting up each scene to be visually stunning, that each film becomes a highly enjoyable form of art.
The absurd situations and quirky characters do tend to make the average film goer hope for an ending that ties all the loose ends and returns everything to normal, but I think you’re missing out if you’re looking for a “point.”
I think @SkygreenLeopard hit the nail on the head pretty well. I would add to it that a lot of it becomes about the relationships between the characters less than the story itself. And I would do ANY of those guys :D