Moonlight Kingdom (2012) is a romantic comedy directed by Wes Anderson. Written by Anderson and Roman Coppola, it was filmed on location in Rhode Island in the summer of 2011. It received critical acclaim and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Moonrise Kingdom tells the tale of two 12 year olds who fall in love during the summer of 1965 and make a plan to run away together into the wilderness of an island near New England. With a violent storm on the horizon, the peaceful island community is turned upside down as various factions of the town come together in search of the two young lovers.
Cinematically, the history of romantic comedy began with ‘screwball comedies’ of the 1930’s and 40’s like Bringing Up Baby …show more content…
Romantic comedies are often dismissed as formulaic stories promoting fantasies about love..these films deal with dramatic conflicts central to the human experience. From these conflicts arise the familiar conventions that form the foundation for romantic comedy and portray our social manners surrounding courtship, sexuality and gender relations (Grindon 2011:1).
The typical conventions found within the romantic comedy genre are the necessary ‘meet cute’ where ‘boy meets girl’, the story of how they fall in love, the obstacles they face, predictable outcomes and a happily ever after. “If humour establishes the tone, courtship provides the plot. In a broad sense the subject of romantic comedy is the attitudes and practices that shape the play of human desire” (Grindon 2011:2).
Moonrise Kingdom follows most of these genre elements; the plot follows the first love of two children, on the brink of their teenage years, who search for a chance to live happily ever after together but perceive their friends and family as obstacles in their way. The film follows the conventions of the ‘meet-cute’, where the characters have an awkward but endearing first encounter and then follows story of how they fall in love as they plan their escape. However, Anderson deviates from the typical romantic
Cinematically, the history of romantic comedy began with ‘screwball comedies’ of the 1930’s and 40’s like Bringing Up Baby …show more content…
Romantic comedies are often dismissed as formulaic stories promoting fantasies about love..these films deal with dramatic conflicts central to the human experience. From these conflicts arise the familiar conventions that form the foundation for romantic comedy and portray our social manners surrounding courtship, sexuality and gender relations (Grindon 2011:1).
The typical conventions found within the romantic comedy genre are the necessary ‘meet cute’ where ‘boy meets girl’, the story of how they fall in love, the obstacles they face, predictable outcomes and a happily ever after. “If humour establishes the tone, courtship provides the plot. In a broad sense the subject of romantic comedy is the attitudes and practices that shape the play of human desire” (Grindon 2011:2).
Moonrise Kingdom follows most of these genre elements; the plot follows the first love of two children, on the brink of their teenage years, who search for a chance to live happily ever after together but perceive their friends and family as obstacles in their way. The film follows the conventions of the ‘meet-cute’, where the characters have an awkward but endearing first encounter and then follows story of how they fall in love as they plan their escape. However, Anderson deviates from the typical romantic