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    Bottle Rocket is still his best.

    It's the only film of his that I find sincere anymore, because it isn't so far up its own
    story-book-world-of make-believe ass.

    Anderson fell too in love with his own aesthetic, and forgot the earnest, sincere joy and humanity found in Bottle Rocket.

    Everything about his post-BR films seems so manufactured and disingenuous.
    The film's style is inseparable from its overall achievement, which is to create a sense of nostalgia for a fairy tale pre-war Europe that never really existed except in the films of Ernst Lubitsch, lending a touch of gravity (not much but enough) to what is otherwise a delightfully silly movie. (Probably its closest cousin in terms of tone would be Fantastic Mr. Fox in which the villains are very, very bad people to the point of self-parody.)
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    My only gripe with this one is it took a while for it to get rolling.

    Moonrise Kingdom, Royal Tenenbaums worked right from the get go.

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    Loved this film. The museum chase sequence in particular struck a chord with me, felt very Wellesian.

    I simply can't understand people who don't like stuff like this. This seems just as earnest, joyful and humane as bottle rocket, with the added upside of being delightfully imaginative and creative.
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    I found this pretty delightful, and I'd like to see it again, but I can't shake the feeling that behind all the bluster & dollhouse theatrics & Criterion Collection-ised idea of cinephilia, there's a stale 'bros before hos' sentiment at its core (most apparent in the relegation of Ronan's character, as dreamdead mentions). Still, it's pretty top-notch as far as surface pleasures go.

    Also, Edward Norton should not be in Wes Anderson films. Sticks out like a sore thumb here and in Moonrise.

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    Quote Quoting Boner M (view post)
    Also, Edward Norton should not be in Wes Anderson films. Sticks out like a sore thumb here and in Moonrise.
    I couldn't disagree more, even if I liked him a bit more in Moonrise than this.
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    Quote Quoting Pop Trash (view post)
    I couldn't disagree more, even if I liked him a bit more in Moonrise than this.
    I thought he was infinitely better in GBH.

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    Quote Quoting monolith94 (view post)
    Loved this film. The museum chase sequence in particular struck a chord with me, felt very Wellesian.

    I simply can't understand people who don't like stuff like this. This seems just as earnest, joyful and humane as bottle rocket, with the added upside of being delightfully imaginative and creative.
    Beats me. I'm in love with Anderson's films, even though I've only given three of his movies perfect scores and I don't get the love for Fantastic Mr. Fox. I mean its a really good movie, but I prefer everything else he's done over it (we're only talking about the full length movies and not the shorts).

    Oh and Edward Norton has been great in both Anderson movies he's been in. The one actor I thought didn't fit in was Harvey Keitel for some reason. He felt out of place. I can't explain why exactly.
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    This was good I guess but so utterly insubstantial.
    The Princess and the Pilot - B-
    Playtime (rewatch) - A
    The Hobbit - C-
    The Comedy - D+
    Kings of the Road - C+
    The Odd Couple - B
    Red Rock West - C-
    The Hunger Games - D-
    Prometheus - C
    Tangled - C+

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    Quote Quoting Qrazy (view post)
    This was good I guess but so utterly insubstantial.
    Just curious, but have you ever considered that it might be your perception which is insubstantial?
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    This movie is like toilet paper. I'm glad it's there for me and I enjoyed the sensation of its work, but after we're done there's really no reason to keep it around. Also the cuts are symmetrical.
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    Quote Quoting number8 (view post)
    This movie is like toilet paper. I'm glad it's there for me and I enjoyed the sensation of its work, but after we're done there's really no reason to keep it around. Also the cuts are symmetrical.
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    Just curious, but have you ever considered that it might be your perception which is insubstantial?
    Yes, I have considered that and then discarded it as itself an insubstantial assessment of my substantial perception.
    The Princess and the Pilot - B-
    Playtime (rewatch) - A
    The Hobbit - C-
    The Comedy - D+
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    At this point I can do nothing but consider Wes Anderson a genius. Even Darjeeling Limited, which I disliked, seems like an integral part of his body of work now.

    Hard to think of a more appropriate actor than Ed Norton for Anderson's aesthetic. And those "gender" analysis of the film are depressing to say the least. Like, what the fuck could be useful about Ronan's perspective? She's not the lead.

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    The first time I tried to watch this was right after my friend's funeral so I was physically and mentally exhausted and I wasn't prepared for the new insanely comfortable chairs that the theater I went to had, so I ended up paying 7 dollars for a 40 minute nap. Now that I've seen it again I can say I love it, but I also timed it to see how long I did actually nap for.

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    Pretty disappointing given all the praise - still a mild yeah. Will forget totally about it in a few years.

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    A mild nay. Nothing really interesting happening underneath all of this, and the surface is clogged up with cameos and twee happenings. An easy watch, but ultimately dissatisfying. Why was Ronan's character even in it?

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    Quote Quoting transmogrifier (view post)
    Anderson ranked:

    2. The Darjeeling Limited
    4. The Life Aquatic

    Below this line, reservations begin.

    7. The Grand Budapest Hotel
    8. Moonrise Kingdom
    Maaan fuck that noise.
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    "Noise" is an excellent description of Anderson's last two films (well, the third act of MK, at least). So much stuff, so little to care about.)
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    1. Moonrise Kingdom
    2. Darjeeling Limited
    3. Life Aquatic
    4. Fantastic Mr. Fox/Grand Budapest Hotel
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    5. Rushmore
    6. The Royal Tenenbaums
    7. Bottle Rocket

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    1. Rushmore
    2. The Royal Tenenbaums
    3. Moonrise Kingdom
    4. Bottle Rocket
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    5. Grand Budapest Hotel
    6. Darjeeling Limited
    7. Fantastic Mr. Fox
    8. Life Aquatic

    Life Aquatic was the critical point when he went from distinctly stylized but emotionally grounded stories to hyper-art-designed cartoon-world stories. Moonrise Kingdom is the only one of his movies that completely works for me in that latter vein, though with the exception of Life Aquatic, I like them all to some degree.
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    1. The Royal Tenenbaums
    2. Moonrise Kingdom
    3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
    4. Fantastic Mr. Fox

    5. Rushmore
    6. The Life Aquatic of Steve Zissou

    7. Bottle Rocket
    8. The Darjeeling Limited


    The middle group needs rewatches. On first watch I can't get over what a realistically portrayed creep Max Fischer is. There are enough effusive praises for Steve Zissou from people I really respect that I'm curious if a second viewing will make all the elements coalesce more for me.

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    1. Moonrise Kingdom
    2. Rushmore
    3. Fantastic Mr. Fox
    4. The Darjeeling Limited
    5. The Royal Tenebaums
    6. Bottle Rocket

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    7. The Grand Budapest Hotel
    8. The Life Aquatic
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    Oh sure...

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

    I guess I prefer "hyper-art-designed cartoon worlds." I know that's not true and that there is more emotion for me in every frame of Life Aquatic over his earliest two films. Still a fan of all of them though.

    This particular film is hard for me to really say much about. It is great in the ways Anderson is great, but it is far less emotionally connecting for me than his most successful films. Fiennes is great, but there simply doesn't exist an intriguing, flawed central character that is as large as the rest of the film such as Royal Tenenbaum or Steve Zissou (or even Max).
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    Why not.

    1. Rushmore
    2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
    3. The Royal Tenenbaums
    4. The Life Aquatic
    5. Bottle Rocket
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    6. The Darjeeling Limited
    7. The Fantastic Mr. Fox
    8. Moonrise Kingdom

    A second viewing of Kingdom wasn't kind. All of its flaws took center stage and I'm not even sure I enjoyed it all that much.

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    I'll play.

    1. Rushmore
    2. Fantastic Mr. Fox
    3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
    4. Bottle Rocket
    5. The Rotal Tenenbaums
    6. Moonrise Kingdom
    7. The Life Aquatic
    8. The Darjeeling Limited

    The Life Aquatic is due for a revisit since I haven't seen it since release. Agreed with KF about Moonrise.

    As much as I respect his talent as a filmmaker, I'd like to see him break from form and try something different.

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