Match Cut Directors Consensus - Wes Anderson

[Peng]

Now that I bump a whole lot of director consensus threads up (and more in the future), might as well start one that hasn't been done yet. Possibly one of the more divisive current filmmakers here.

Per Melville's leads:


Please follow the format of the original threads to make the job easier: chronological order with a rating from 1 to 10 (half-points allowed) next to each movie.

[Peng]

To start off:

Bottle Rocket - 6.5
Rushmore - 7.5
The Royal Tenenbaums - 10
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - 7
The Darjeeling Limited - 6
Fantastic Mr. Fox - 9
Moonrise Kingdom - 9
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 9

[Mysterious Dude]

Bottle Rocket - 7
The Royal Tenenbaums - 7.5
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - 7
Fantastic Mr. Fox - 8
Moonrise Kingdom - 10
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 9

[Lazlo]

Bottle Rocket - 8
Rushmore - 9.5
The Royal Tenenbaums - 10
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - 10
The Darjeeling Limited - 8
Fantastic Mr. Fox - 9
Moonrise Kingdom - 9.5
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 9.5

Hotel Chevalier - 8
Castello Cavalanti - 7

[Ezee E]

Wish I saw my original consensus somewhere.

Bottle Rocket - remember really nothing about it, except I did like it. But will pass. Ditto for Darjeeling and Fox. I feel like the first time I saw Darjeeling and Fox, that I was annoyed that he had been repeating the same aesthetic over and over. I have since gotten over it, and embraced his style. It works, and I love it. I'll gladly watch Budapest Hotel and Moonrise Kingdom on repeat.

Rushmore - 6
Royal Tenenbaums - 8
Life Aquatic - 7
Moonrise Kingdom - 9
Grand Budapest Hotel - 9

Hotel Chevalier - 8
Castello Cavalcanti - 9

[baby doll]

Bottle Rocket (1996) 4
Rushmore (1998) 9
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) 8
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004) 7
The Darjeeling Limited (2007) 7
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) 8
Moonrise Kingdom (2012) 8
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) 9

[Ivan Drago]

I'll be 'that guy'...although he is getting back on my good side with his recent work.

Rushmore - 7.5
The Royal Tenenbaums - 5
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - 2
Fantastic Mr. Fox - 4
Moonrise Kingdom - 8
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 8.5

[Spinal]

Bottle Rocket - 8
Rushmore - 7
The Royal Tenenbaums - 8
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - 8
The Darjeeling Limited - 5.5
Fantastic Mr. Fox - 7.5
Moonrise Kingdom - 7
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 5

I rate most of these highly. They are engaging as I'm watching them. However, I would not say that any of them has really impacted my life much. I don't think about them once they're done, and I'm never tempted to revisit them.

[Lazlo]

Tenenbaums and Life Aquatic are typically in my top ten of all time whenever I get around to making those lists.

[Melville]

Bottle Rocket - 7.5 (though my memory of it is pretty dim)
Rushmore - 10
The Royal Tenenbaums - 9.5
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou - 3.5 (I always say I should watch it again but never do)
The Darjeeling Limited - 7
Fantastic Mr. Fox - 7
Moonrise Kingdom - 9
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 7

[Stay Puft]

Bottle Rocket - 6.5
Rushmore - 7
The Royal Tenenbaums - 9
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - 8
The Darjeeling Limited - 5.5
Fantastic Mr. Fox - 9
Moonrise Kingdom - 7
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 8

[Idioteque Stalker]

Bottle Rocket - 4
Rushmore - 8
The Royal Tenenbaums - 9
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - 6
The Darjeeling Limited - 7
Fantastic Mr. Fox - 8
Moonrise Kingdom - 8
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 8

His greatness as a craftsman cannot be overstated, but I'm never emotionally involved with his films like I am with my favorites.

[StanleyK]

Bottle Rocket - 7
Rushmore - 8
The Royal Tenenbaums - 5
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - 8
The Darjeeling Limited - 8
Fantastic Mr. Fox - 8
Moonrise Kingdom - 8
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 8

I must have been having a bad day or something when I watched The Royal Tenenbaums.

[Sycophant]

Oh shit here it goes I'm sorry but I'm that guy

Jesus I can't help it

I'm sorry

Bottle Rocket - 9
Rushmore - 10
The Royal Tenenbaums - 10
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - 10
The Darjeeling Limited - 9.5
Fantastic Mr. Fox - 6.5
Moonrise Kingdom - 10
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 10

Hotel Chevalier - 8
Castello Cavalanti - 7

[Mr. McGibblets]

Bottle Rocket - 7
Rushmore - 7
The Royal Tenenbaums - 10
The Life Aquatic - 7
The Darjeeling Limited - 11
Fantastic Mr. Fox - 8
Moonrise Kingdom - 6
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 6

Hotel Chevalier - 5

[transmogrifier]

Possibly one of the more divisive current filmmakers here.

Huh, I would have argued the complete opposite.

[ContinentalOp]

Bottle Rocket - Been too long
Rushmore - 9
The Royal Tenenbaums - 9
The Life Aquatic - Been too long
The Darjeeling Limited - 5
Fantastic Mr. Fox - 7.5
Moonrise Kingdom - 7
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 8.5

[Ezee E]

Huh, I would have argued the complete opposite.

Yeah, I think Wes Anderson is pretty loved here. I THINK he may even have two Matchie Best Pics with Moonrise Kingdom and Grand Budapest Hotel... Would need verification to that.

[Spinal]

He's actually never won Best Picture. (http://matchcut.artboiled.com/showthread.php?6706-Awards-Won-A-Match-Cut-Story/page4&p=568746&viewfull=1#post568746)

[Idioteque Stalker]

The Moonrise Kingdom loss was a shocker. Memory says it almost ran the board otherwise.

[Ezee E]

He's actually never won Best Picture. (http://matchcut.artboiled.com/showthread.php?6706-Awards-Won-A-Match-Cut-Story/page4&p=568746&viewfull=1#post568746)

Well shit.

[Sycophant]

I'd forgotten Wes Anderson was still fairly beloved here. The last few years have given me very few people in the real world outside of my circle of friends who have any love for him at all.

[Ezee E]

I'd forgotten Wes Anderson was still fairly beloved here. The last few years have given me very few people in the real world outside of my circle of friends who have any love for him at all.

He definitely has a niche. Anything he does will guarantee do $30-$50 mill I feel. And his movies are all relatively cheap, studio talking.

[Peng]

Last bump before I tally it this weekend.

[Skitch]

The Royal Tenenbaums - 7
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - 9
The Darjeeling Limited - 6
Fantastic Mr. Fox - 10


I really want to see Darjeeling Limited, I have Moonrise Kingdom on my shelf, and I think I may have seen Rushmore and Bottle Rocket but I don't remember anything of them.

[Dukefrukem]

Barely touched Lazlo's ratings.

Bottle Rocket - 8
Rushmore - 9.5
The Royal Tenenbaums - 10
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - 10
The Darjeeling Limited - 8
Fantastic Mr. Fox - 9
Moonrise Kingdom -7
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 9

[Skitch]

I still snap to Bill Murray in Life Aquatic when he says, "She didn't really love me." as one of the finest deliveries of a line ever. Its amazing how he can say those words and it doesn't come off as searching for pity or pouting or dejected anger. Perfectly matter of fact like thats just life. Wonderful scene.

[Pop Trash]

Bottle Rocket - 8
Rushmore - 9
The Royal Tenenbaums - 10
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - 6
The Darjeeling Limited - 6
Fantastic Mr. Fox - 8
Moonrise Kingdom - 9
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 9

I think I actually prefer him to PT now, which I never would have said ten years ago.

[Peng]

1. The Royal Tenenbaums - 8.44 (17)
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel - 8.28 (16)
3. Rushmore - 8.27 (15)
4. Moonrise Kingdom - 8.22 (16)
5. Fantastic Mr. Fox - 7.91 (16)
6. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - 7.22 (16)
7. The Darjeeling Limited - 7.11 (14)
8. Bottle Rocket - 6.96 (13)

Average: 7.85

Biggest fan - Sycophant (9.36)
Biggest hater - Ivan Drago (5.83) - a big drop-off from the second lowest, Spinal (7.00), notable since all else but one has the difference within the range of 0.5 from the two others closest in their ranking (and that "but one" is still only 0.7).
Most consistent voter - Lazlo
Most variable voter - Ivan Drago (2 to 8.5!)

[Dukefrukem]

The Life Aquatic being so low on this list makes me sad.

[Ezee E]

The Life Aquatic being so low on this list makes me sad.

I need to revisit that and Darjeeling.