The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou/YMMV

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


  • Alternate Character Interpretation: There are those who believe Klaus sabotaged the helicopter to get Ned out of the picture and take his place as Steve's surrogate son. Futhermore, due to Ned's posthumous appearance in the ending credits roll call, some believe that his death was faked by Steve for ratings.
    • One alternate interpretation of the movie is that nothing we see is real... that the story we're watching is just as fake as, well, the overall movie itself starring Bill Murray, just that it's Steve Zissou doing the acting.
  • Crowning Music of Awesome: "Search and Destroy".
    • Seu Jorge's Brazilian Portuguese covers of David Bowie.
    • Sigur Ros. Full stop.
  • Tear Jerker: Ned's very sudden death.
    • The scene where they find the Jaguar Shark and Steve decides not to kill it; "I wonder if it remembers me?"