https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbztK0gjTnQ
― buzza, Saturday, 19 May 2012 20:26 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzGn5DdCYIk
― buzza, Saturday, 19 May 2012 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
psyched for this.
i find it weird that this dude is so polarizing. i don't actually know many people IRL who hate wes anderson's films, but reading the interwebs (especially some critics i respect) you'd think he were brett ratner or something.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 19 May 2012 23:35 (eleven years ago) link
to me it seems partly to do with how much you value the idea of the decorative and the obsessively patterned as values in art, ones that need not be combined with heady themes. i was going to say that critics prefer more obviously "humanist" films but that isn't true, since some of the same folks who dislike anderson's films will go gaga over haneke or dumont.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 19 May 2012 23:36 (eleven years ago) link
i mean his films have given me extraordinary pleasure for values that seem essentially decorative (in the gombrich sense, though the fact that the word "decorative" has a negative connotation sort of makes my point), albeit transcendently deocrative. todd mccarthy's review gets this right i think.
of course the film giving me pleasure doesn't really amount to a very mature or convincing defense, since i don't know that i'd entirely buy that argument for some other films (part of me would, but not all of me).
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 19 May 2012 23:38 (eleven years ago) link
I don't hate him or anything but Rushmore to me was the clear apex of his style for me; every subsequence film has felt like diminishing returns, even the beloved Mr Fox.
― Simon H., Sunday, 20 May 2012 00:13 (eleven years ago) link
Argh too many "me"'s.
― Simon H., Sunday, 20 May 2012 00:14 (eleven years ago) link
rushmore remains my fave but FMF is close, an i don't think there's been a steady downward curve. i liked darjeeling better than the two films that preceded it. so there's no way i'd write him off via law of diminishing returns. IMO
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Sunday, 20 May 2012 00:30 (eleven years ago) link
astonishing to me how little love there is these days for Tenenbaums (basically my fave film of the last 12 years or so) compared to the rest of his stuff. it's like the 'Sgt Pepper's..' of his movies or something.
― piscesx, Sunday, 20 May 2012 01:34 (eleven years ago) link
Oh wow, I said Rushmore when I totally meant Tenenbaums. Rushmore also leaves me cold save for "Oh, are you?"
― Simon H., Sunday, 20 May 2012 01:39 (eleven years ago) link
i think rushmore won when be polled w.a. films, so there.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Sunday, 20 May 2012 01:44 (eleven years ago) link
his weakest feature is... Bottle Rocket. really, with all the shit filmmakers Millennials like....
anticipating.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 20 May 2012 01:52 (eleven years ago) link
Clear case of texture over content but still, but I'll still go see it in the theater.
― calstars, Sunday, 20 May 2012 01:53 (eleven years ago) link
content, wtf
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 20 May 2012 02:04 (eleven years ago) link
― calstars, Saturday, May 19, 2012 8:53 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
can you explain this a bit more?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Sunday, 20 May 2012 02:08 (eleven years ago) link
all style no substance?
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Sunday, 20 May 2012 02:13 (eleven years ago) link
ppl upthread are crazy, life aquatic is his best film
― Mordy, Sunday, 20 May 2012 02:17 (eleven years ago) link
it's his best movie with the word aquatic in the title but if you then go on to include all of the movies he has made that do not have that word in the title then it suffers badly by comparison
― pet tommy & the barkhaters (darraghmac), Sunday, 20 May 2012 02:24 (eleven years ago) link
life aquatic is a fine mess
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Sunday, 20 May 2012 02:25 (eleven years ago) link
For all of its surface affectations, Life Aquatic has some of the least affected performances in a Wes Anderson film. It's my favorite latter-day Bill Murray role, and Owen Wilson and Anjelica Huston are good, too. Plus Jeff Goldblum is funny.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 20 May 2012 02:45 (eleven years ago) link
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Saturday, May 19, 2012 9:13 PM (47 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
but what is "substance"? i'm sure we've had this debate a million times, i just never know what people mean when they say that.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Sunday, 20 May 2012 03:02 (eleven years ago) link
Paintings of horses.
― raw feel vegan (silby), Sunday, 20 May 2012 03:02 (eleven years ago) link
everything post tenenbaums seems a little autistic
― remy bean, Sunday, 20 May 2012 03:06 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/209224/WES-ANDERSON.jpg
― remy bean, Sunday, 20 May 2012 03:08 (eleven years ago) link
an emotional and/or intellectual engagement beyond "that's pretty" or "that was fun". I think the argument is that Anderson makes very stylistically affected and aesthetically attractive movies that don't really say much about anything or any of its characters beyond the surface story. xposts
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Sunday, 20 May 2012 03:10 (eleven years ago) link
Ok one thing's for sure, his films >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> his prose.
― the fey monster (ledge), Sunday, 20 May 2012 09:36 (eleven years ago) link
i guess this is his "new wave" movie?
― the late great, Sunday, 20 May 2012 10:08 (eleven years ago) link
I think at this point, I've just come to accept that I just like every movie Anderson has made, even if some of them are kind of hard to defend on many levels. He just has a visual style which really appeals to me. Really good cinematography and set design is enough to make me like a movie.
― silverfish, Sunday, 20 May 2012 13:24 (eleven years ago) link
I think, increasingly, that "Fantastic Mr. Fox" is his best and most emotionally rewarding since "Tenebaums."
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 20 May 2012 13:43 (eleven years ago) link
(Funniest, too)
Wes Anderson haters seem to have a lot in common with Jerry Lewis haters (or people who would be if they ever watched Jerry Lewis films). They just want him to be more like the others.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 20 May 2012 14:49 (eleven years ago) link
WA should remake The Day the Clown Cried.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
All I meant above is that I seem to remember the sets and the visual sequences more than I do the plots of his movies.
― calstars, Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
Morbz, I don't think that comparison holds at all. Jerry constantly challenged himself and his audience; Anderson's been in his comfort zone (or, more unkindly, repeating his cliches) starting with Life Aquatic.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
ALMOST mentioned autopilot references to The Day the Clown Cried. Just stop it.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 20 May 2012 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
someone's gotta do it
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Sunday, 20 May 2012 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
Wes Anderson haters seem to have a lot in common with Jerry Lewis haters (or people who would be if they ever watched Jerry Lewis films). They just want him to be more like the others.As a Wes Andeson and Jerry Lewis fan, I agree.
― *tera, Sunday, 20 May 2012 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
IV likes it
http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/notebook-reviews-wes-andersons-moonrise-kingdom
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Sunday, 20 May 2012 19:56 (eleven years ago) link
MINOR SPOILER FROM ABOVE LINKED REVIEW
Moonrise Kingdom is set mostly to the music of Benjamin Britten... the kids meet during performance of the composer's "opera for amateurs" Noye's Fludde
^^ i have instantly gone from "basically not gonna see this movie" to "i will see this movie and it will be great"
― dethklok piccalo (c sharp major), Sunday, 20 May 2012 20:03 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-8OOvf1NPY
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Monday, 21 May 2012 23:36 (eleven years ago) link
and GK gives it 5 stars: http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie-critic-reviews/moonrise-kingdom/
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 00:04 (eleven years ago) link
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Sunday, May 20, 2012 4:12 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
kids marching into the gas chamber in slow motion to "death of a clown" by the Kinks
― bark ruffalo (latebloomer), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 00:11 (eleven years ago) link
reviews are pretty rapturous, maybe throwing off all the Daddy baggage at the end of Darjeeling Limited actually worked.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Friday, 25 May 2012 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
Wish the whole movie was 'Bill Murray Hosted Tour' but I'll take what I can get
― calstars, Friday, 25 May 2012 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
when is this getting a full u.s. release?
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Friday, 25 May 2012 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
Tilda Swinton: 'She's tall, she's Scottish, she does what she wants"
― calstars, Friday, 25 May 2012 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
Goes wide in the States on 6/8/2012.
― Hare Kinsey (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 May 2012 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
Or I should say "Less Limited", cause they aren't in Houston and other markets then.
― Hare Kinsey (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 May 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
love that murray vid
― Hungry4Ass, Friday, 25 May 2012 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
AV Club gave this an A: http://www.avclub.com/articles/moonrise-kingdom,75568/
― Choad of Choad Hall (kingfish), Friday, 25 May 2012 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
How did Belle & Sebastian miss that for a single/album cover?
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 27 July 2015 01:24 (eight years ago) link
Didn't know anything about this guy--photographed Twiggy a lot at the time.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/10/gosta-peterson-s-bohemian-rhapsody-unpacking-a-photographer-s-60s-secrets.html
― clemenza, Monday, 27 July 2015 01:27 (eight years ago) link
Saw this yesterday. Reminded me of Ozu with the head-on camera and very little movement. Even when the camera does rotate it does it in 90 degree increments.
I am probably the last person in the world to realise this. But then the only other WA film I think I've seen is FMF.
― koogs, Saturday, 3 September 2016 04:37 (seven years ago) link
I forgot they kill a dog in this movie wtf
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 20 November 2016 01:17 (seven years ago) link
how else would you know that wes anderson is the bad guy
― qualx, Sunday, 20 November 2016 01:21 (seven years ago) link
wes anderson's best movie?
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 22:30 (six years ago) link
imo
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 22:43 (six years ago) link
Tied with a few others imo but in first
― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 22:52 (six years ago) link
better than royal tenenabums but ive heard life aquatic is really good and i really want to see it
so so far i have to say this just might be my favourite of his so far
― infinity (∞), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 23:41 (six years ago) link
when does the dog movie come out?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 23:43 (six years ago) link
this one and the last were the best.
life aquatic is my second favorite (though there is lots of griping about it upthread)
march 23rd
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 23:44 (six years ago) link
life aquatic is the only one I have only seen once.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 23:48 (six years ago) link
the staring contests between bill murray and owen wilson (with that awful mustache) are some of my favorite moments in film
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 23:53 (six years ago) link
I love WA’s work in general but « Life Aquatic » might be the only one I found so boring it took me a few times to watch it (although there are some great moments).
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 23:58 (six years ago) link
if you'll like life aquatic you'll like moonrise kingdom
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 00:14 (six years ago) link
Budapest > Moonrise > Tenenbaums for my top 3, but god this is the warmest love story.
― Irritable Baal (WmC), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 01:50 (three years ago) link
I thought everyone understood FMF was his best
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 02:05 (three years ago) link
It's on my rewatch list.
― Irritable Baal (WmC), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 02:17 (three years ago) link
top of my head top 5: Tenenbaums > Rushmore > Fox >> Moonrise >>> Budapest
― Steppin' RZA (sic), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 03:25 (three years ago) link
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― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 3 January 2022 04:15 (two years ago) link