I went into this film with no expectations, and on top of that, I’ve never actually seen a Wes Anderson movie before this, so I was absolutely neutral in seeing this. That being said, while there was nothing bad about this movie, it wasn’t exceptional. It was just a good movie; the script was well written and the humour well timed.
One thing I didn’t like much was that show dog who did tricks. She was like one of the only female main characters and she didn’t really have any need to be in the story except to be Chief’s love interest, which was disappointing. I was also surprised by how small of a part Bill Murray had; he’s a pretty big actor and he barely had any lines, though I still liked his character a lot. All the dogs were endearing, and it broke my heart (as it should) to see all those dogs be mistreated. I went home and hugged my dog Stormy for, like, twenty minutes.
I also liked the one human exchange student character, although her crush on Akira was dumb and unnecessary. She was stronger before she was romantically involved with him. Why can’t they just not have forced romance in it?
I liked the music a lot, also. I listened to it a lot over the next few days after seeing it; it fit very well and it was super aesthetically pleasing. I was surprised (spoiler) but not disappointed by the happy ending. I liked this movie a lot! Just not the best ever. I was whatever.
Warnings for Isle of Dogs: some cartoon violence, animal death/violence, murder, forced hetero romance, etc.
Warnings for Isle of Dogs: some cartoon violence, animal death/violence, murder, forced hetero romance, etc.