I do always get excited when a new Wes Anderson joint is on the release slate. Fell in love with him in my early 20s with Moonrise Kingdom, and is probably the one filmmaker my partner and I both adore. So it'll definitely be a trip to the pictures for us, although I agree he should take more risks to solidify his legacy
The legend Jarvis Cocker of Pulp & Richard Hawley wrote that that song that you mentioned whilst you could see Jarvis dancing around dressed as a Cowboy when it was being performed in the film
Darjeeling Limited and French Dispatch are two of my favorites, so I strongly disagree there, but Royal Tenenbaums is my #1. Moonrise Kingdom and Grand Budapest Hotel, while I still enjoy them, just don't really connect with me. And the animated ones are at the bottom of my list. But the bottom line is that Anderson is a unique filmmaker that always delivers a fascinating film. I'm grateful we have a new one and I look forward to seeing Asteroid City wherever it falls on my list.
Watching Anderson’s newer films is like going on an amazing sightseeing tour of a beautiful city…with a pretentious tour guide who doesn’t know when to shut up.
Initially skeptical based solely off of the trailer, I was surprised with how much I enjoyed it. What worked for me was the layered and unconventional meta storytelling, switching from tv show to behind the scenes, to the Actors Studio, and back to the work of fiction. I also loved the Rod Steiger nod, and the insanely packed cast. My criticisms are that the chapter headings felt unnecessary and tedious after a while. I’m also critical of the rapid fire, deadpan delivery of the dialogue. Maybe less precocious and disaffected children would have been an improvement. But I thought the deadpan delivery worked in the postwar setting. One character is a recently widowed, war photographer with 4 children (I think the daughters are triplets) who is numb and is contemplating leaving his children with their grandfather (temporarily). Another is an actress who is relying on Stanislavsky’s method of finding the truth in the bleak character she is preparing for. Since Anderson’s worlds are completely staged and artificial to begin with, their motivations fit perfectly in this story. Anderson’s crack team of creatives deliver a spectacularly realized world where every meticulous detail has been scrutinized to perfection. The point of Anderson’s auteurist brand of storytelling is his attention to detail for the lifeless and inconsequential yet he seems uninterested in giving that same level of attention to the characters performances when it comes to naturalism and realism. It’s his decision to consistently draw attention to how ridiculously staged the performances are. It would be strange to see him break from this brand of filmmaking. Anderson isn’t interested in expanding his audience. I think he’s comfortable presenting his world view and welcoming those who find value in his work. His aim is to be specific to a niche, not to appeal to an audience by compromising his vision. He’s been able to achieve a long and successful career by presenting his idiosyncratic vision to the world. It would be shocking to see him change when his style is successful enough to allow for an enviable amount of screen talent to share billing in any of his films. The man is at the top of his game doing what he wants. I applaud him for his success and for still finding ways to stay on brand while tweaking his formula.
You put into words what I've been feeling about the later Wes Anderson movies, I do love them but definitely seeming more by the numbers. Also having kids, I think I've watched The Fantastic Mr. Fox and Isle of Dogs more than any of his other movies lol so it's probably more because of sentimental value that I hold those two in super high regard.
It's the first movie of his I really liked since Tenenbaums. Steve Zissou to French Dispatch (which I disliked just as much as Budapest Hotel) have been really hit or miss. Asteroid City was the first one I genuinely enjoyed since and I was surprised. Everything but the meta B&W worked for me,which was a little too much for me,but overall really liked it. One major criticism of his I have is the deadpan humor you mentioned. I just want him to have a naturalistic tone to the acting that he had in his first three That and the lack of Owen Wilson assisted screenplay has negatively affected him and lost his touch and made things much less accessible
Bingo. I love the look of his films but as my love of films and filmmakers has continued to take me down an exploration of different styles and genres, he sort of feels like he’s comfortable in his world of artifice and soulless characters. I don’t respond to his films with the same enthusiasm I used to. I’ll say that I’ll watch this one with very low expectations. I have never hated any of his movies, but this one feels like the one I might like least. Hope I’m wrong.
@@djstarsignDid you watch it? I ended up liking it a lot more than I thought I would,in regard to the Asteroid City sections. The B&W I could've done without doe
I've never seen a Wes Anderson film before this aside from Mr Fox. This instantly became one of my favorite films of all time. I am about to go see it for the 5th time in 3 days in the theater. Wow! Spectacular! Im digging in to all the behind the scenes footage, cast interviews, and reviews I can find. This movie made me feel alive and helped me rediscover why I love going to the theater.
I always have a soft spot for Wes Anderson films. Some of his films can be a little too twee for me and sometimes I wish he made something that broke away from his love of Truffaut or Ashby. I like to see him go back to something like a Bottle Rocket or Rushmore and less style over substance, I wasn't that crazy over The French Dispatch (Jeffrey Wright's segment aside). The Isle of Dogs was ok. Asteroid City just feels a bit more like French Dispatch then say a more linear film like Grand Budspest Hotel. Also agree about using way too many star names, take French Dispatch for example. Was having Elisabeth Moss, Liev Schrieber and Christoph Waltz in that film really a must. It's great you can do it but it's one of the negatives funnily enough of that film. A bit like it was a bit too show offy for me. But to be fair Anderson gets a pass for me just cause of Rushmore, Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr Fox, Steve Zissou and Grand Budapest were all great films.
I absolutely loved it. It’s my second favourite Anderson film, the first being The Grand Budapest Hotel. My friend who had never seen a Wes Anderson film thought it was too weird and surreal.
I appreciate his particular niche, but a little shakeup never hurts. I wouldn't mind seeing Anderson do something a little out of the box but still within his wheelhouse like he did with Mr. Fox and getting into animation.
Why does everyone hate on The Darjeeling Limited? For me that was where Wes Anderson's career peaked. Every movie up till that point is tied for favorite in my book.
that was a weird one for me. when i saw that one in the theatre, i liked in of course, but it didn't impress me all that much. but now watching it again after so long, i feel like there are so many layers i missed. like its a better movie that i thought.
I see Wes, post-Grand Budapest Hotel (which was like a pinnacle kitchen-sink movie with all of his stuff in it) as kind of deconstructing his own style and his own whims. I don't feel like Isle of Dogs, French Dispatch or Asteroid City are even conceived to reach out to wide audiences or tap into a larger story. I think he's preaching to his own choir right now. Hopefully with the next film he shakes things up a great deal and comes up with something fresh with a smaller cast and more focused, less theatrical narrative. I feel like Anderson has come to the end of the road with this style. How many more actors can he fit in a movie? How many more times can he use a strong framing device for the story within a story? How many more times can the supporting characters all the dead-pan in the same exact way? For his own muse and story-telling sake, he should change the paradigm.
Would never have guessed that a fellow fan ranking Royal Tenenbaums at the top, has Darjeeling Limited at the very bottom! I guess it's true that we all experience films differently.
Big Wes fan, and this was a 7/10 for me. I agree with most of the things you say in your review, but felt less harshly about Ed Norton. The casting in this movie is a problem though; as you say, too star studded, and I think Schwartzman isn't the best choice for this lead role. The star studded thing is part of Anderson's charm though. To see famous actors in tiny parts...is kind of hilarious. Goldbum for instance, I'm never not happy to see him show up. Agreed Wes needs to move forward though, somehow, and get back to the high brow screwball comedy stuff he does best. Then again, after French Dispatch and Isle of Dogs (the latter of which I appreciated, but wasn't a huge fan of either) it's nice to see Wes get back to a more classical Wes Anderson looking and feeling film. For that reason, perhaps more than any other, Asteroid City felt like a breath of fresh recycled air at this point in his filmography. I'd like if he stopped playing with form so much and got back to more straightforward storytelling. French Dispatch and Asteroid City both have a stilted architecture that I found somewhat alienating. Some of those story (and cue card insert) conceits feel like a defensive posture for a writer to take; i.e., you are required to see the work as a facade at arms' length thus invalidating potential criticisms of weakness in story. It's the pseudo-equivalent of having the ending twist be that "it was all a dream!"; but with a belief that it makes it more high brow to announce the artifice of the story at the beginning....and then repeatedly throughout. To what end? Call me old fashioned, but I'd rather be told a story, than be told that I'm being told a story; and Wes Anderson has increasingly insisted on the latter.
I think his style isn’t “tired” yet because no one else shoots movies like he does, so seeing his movies are the only time you’ll get that. He’s practically his own genre. That distinctive style is why people see his movies in the first place. I don’t think he will ever do anything to “shake things up.” But it’d be cool if he did. Where’s my Wes Anderson found footage horror movie?
I'm not a huge Wes Anderson's fan but I've seen many of his movies. But not the three most recent ones. I didn't like Life Aquatic at all. I didn't like The Darjeeling Limited either. On the other hand, I absolutely loved Fantastic Mr. Fox and I loved The Grand Budapest Hotel. I also very much enjoyed Rushmore and I liked The Royal Tenenbaums.
I'm looking forward to seeing this if not just to have some more Wes I'm ready for it theres some I've skipped because I wasn't feeling them for some reason but this is one I'm feeling and now I know what to expect all better for it lol so thank you James much appreciated
My son decided we should have a Wes Anderson season, so we were watching one every Sat. It was too much , they are great movies but one Wes film a Qtr is about the pace to enjoy him
What you are missing is that to Wes Anderson these aren't movie stars as most are his friends and for the others he likes their work And wants to work with them, and we see them as movie stars but once you get to Wes Anderson's level, then I don't think you consider that you understand it, because I feel that the fact that you anticipate laughing at one of his films, and frankly that you anticipate anything at all, is also missing the point of cinema, of a film. You want to walk in with a blank slate, of no recollection of his past work, or of any works, as I this all you have ever seen, then you can compare with the world once you discover it again. Art needs to be set for it being art, and not for it being compared to past art, as if to say it still isn't art, which it is.
Have you considered that putting huge actors in minor roles is just another nod to the audience's understanding that this is a movie about a play about a play? For something so very metamodern it seems fair to use it as a filmatic device in itself.
1. DARJEELING 2. RUSHMORE 3. HOTEL CHAVELIER 3. LIFE AQUATIC 4. BOTTLE ROCKET 5. ROYAL 6. MOONRISE. DONT LIKE THE ANIMATION THING BUT FANTASTIC MR. FOXY WAS GOOD.
I'm not into films enough to follow them by director, hence to have any concept of being a Wes Anderson fan. I liked the main story, the actual asteroid city story. I did not like the treatment of it as a theatre play and the second strand of jumpouts into the actors' world. Does this mean I liked it? because the liked main story is the majority of it. Does this nean I disliked it? because the disliked actors' strand constitutes its setting all through it.
I would only consider myself a mild casual fan of Wes Anderson movies. I have not seen all of them. I really like Grand Budapest Hotel and Moonrise Kingdom. Its been a while but I remember Darjeeling Limited and Life Aquatic being goid movies but nothing spectacular. But what I find interesting is that the first Wes Anderson movie that I ever saw (without knowing who he was at the time) was Royal Tenenbaums. And I absolutely disliked the movie. I only have vague memories of the movie but I do remember that none of the characters had anything decent about them. Not even in a "love to hate" sort of way. Now, that was probably 20 years ago when I saw Royal Tenenbaums on cable and my tastes in movies have expanded since but I disliked it so much I still have never bothered to rewatch that movie. If I would have pre-judged Wes Anderson movies on that one I would probably have avoided all future movies from him. Very interesting that it is #1 on anyone's list. 🤔
Pretty much everyone's list. Time to give it another try. I didn't like Rushmore when I first saw it way back, for pretty much the same reason - just watched it again and loved it. Anderson's movies are dense and require repeat viewings to be fully appreciated.
I can tell from just the trailer that this won't make any big bucks. Movies like this just don't do well in this day and age. I can wait for it to come on some platform. I just left seeing The Flash, and liked it quite a bit. Too long in places, but better than phase 4 and 5 of Marvel movies. It had heart, and played homage to past superheroes.
The thing is.. all these names.. two of these names would have filled a theater in 2010s.. Now a days bella Thorne can fill a theater more than these names. I hate to say that. So like whats the point of paying out all these big names.
As a former Wes Anderson fan, I'm pretty bored with everything he puts out aside from his animations nowadays. I feel like the last time I was really excited for a Wes Anderson movie was The Life Aquatic.
Just watched Asteroid City. Afterwards I asked my wife...what did we just see? Without my wife sitting beside me I probably would have walked out during Act 1. This is a first year film school student trying to be avant garde. My wife and I both thought it was such a waste of premier talent.
I’ve got a take a hard honest critique on this Wes Anderson seems like a one trick pony he’s not challenging the audience It’s too safe Loaded cheap tropes I really didn’t like this film it’s quirk just doesn’t land this time The Royal Tenembaums Bottle Rocket Rushmore All had a sense of anarchy and fun I hated it sadly ❤ Deadpan shot Deadpan shot The he unloads a truckload of stunt cameos
Bro, Darjeeling limited is one of his best
I do always get excited when a new Wes Anderson joint is on the release slate.
Fell in love with him in my early 20s with Moonrise Kingdom, and is probably the one filmmaker my partner and I both adore.
So it'll definitely be a trip to the pictures for us, although I agree he should take more risks to solidify his legacy
for me it was Bottle Rocket, which i saw on release, on VHS. from there i knew this was my favorite director ever. its been a long rewarding journey.
each Wes Anderson film really does speak to his fanbase. they each feel like a place you can crawl inside of for a while and just escape.
The legend Jarvis Cocker of Pulp & Richard Hawley wrote that that song that you mentioned whilst you could see Jarvis dancing around dressed as a Cowboy when it was being performed in the film
Darjeeling Limited and French Dispatch are two of my favorites, so I strongly disagree there, but Royal Tenenbaums is my #1. Moonrise Kingdom and Grand Budapest Hotel, while I still enjoy them, just don't really connect with me. And the animated ones are at the bottom of my list. But the bottom line is that Anderson is a unique filmmaker that always delivers a fascinating film. I'm grateful we have a new one and I look forward to seeing Asteroid City wherever it falls on my list.
Friend of mine asked me to describe a Wes Anderson film, “Imagine a High School play where everyone is on Thorazine.”
What’s thorazine
Wrong Reel review? LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
Watching Anderson’s newer films is like going on an amazing sightseeing tour of a beautiful city…with a pretentious tour guide who doesn’t know when to shut up.
The French Dispatch gets better with every rewatch. Its incredible. His most underrated & my favorite.
Initially skeptical based solely off of the trailer, I was surprised with how much I enjoyed it. What worked for me was the layered and unconventional meta storytelling, switching from tv show to behind the scenes, to the Actors Studio, and back to the work of fiction. I also loved the Rod Steiger nod, and the insanely packed cast.
My criticisms are that the chapter headings felt unnecessary and tedious after a while. I’m also critical of the rapid fire, deadpan delivery of the dialogue. Maybe less precocious and disaffected children would have been an improvement.
But I thought the deadpan delivery worked in the postwar setting. One character is a recently widowed, war photographer with 4 children (I think the daughters are triplets) who is numb and is contemplating leaving his children with their grandfather (temporarily). Another is an actress who is relying on Stanislavsky’s method of finding the truth in the bleak character she is preparing for.
Since Anderson’s worlds are completely staged and artificial to begin with, their motivations fit perfectly in this story. Anderson’s crack team of creatives deliver a spectacularly realized world where every meticulous detail has been scrutinized to perfection. The point of Anderson’s auteurist brand of storytelling is his attention to detail for the lifeless and inconsequential yet he seems uninterested in giving that same level of attention to the characters performances when it comes to naturalism and realism. It’s his decision to consistently draw attention to how ridiculously staged the performances are. It would be strange to see him break from this brand of filmmaking.
Anderson isn’t interested in expanding his audience. I think he’s comfortable presenting his world view and welcoming those who find value in his work. His aim is to be specific to a niche, not to appeal to an audience by compromising his vision. He’s been able to achieve a long and successful career by presenting his idiosyncratic vision to the world. It would be shocking to see him change when his style is successful enough to allow for an enviable amount of screen talent to share billing in any of his films. The man is at the top of his game doing what he wants. I applaud him for his success and for still finding ways to stay on brand while tweaking his formula.
The kid performing the song about the alien was hilarious to me, I loved that part.
You put into words what I've been feeling about the later Wes Anderson movies, I do love them but definitely seeming more by the numbers.
Also having kids, I think I've watched The Fantastic Mr. Fox and Isle of Dogs more than any of his other movies lol so it's probably more because of sentimental value that I hold those two in super high regard.
It's the first movie of his I really liked since Tenenbaums. Steve Zissou to French Dispatch (which I disliked just as much as Budapest Hotel) have been really hit or miss.
Asteroid City was the first one I genuinely enjoyed since and I was surprised. Everything but the meta B&W worked for me,which was a little too much for me,but overall really liked it.
One major criticism of his I have is the deadpan humor you mentioned. I just want him to have a naturalistic tone to the acting that he had in his first three
That and the lack of Owen Wilson assisted screenplay has negatively affected him and lost his touch and made things much less accessible
Agree with every word you said, the over the top dead-pan-nes only hurt his movies. So much style, with so little heart.
Bingo. I love the look of his films but as my love of films and filmmakers has continued to take me down an exploration of different styles and genres, he sort of feels like he’s comfortable in his world of artifice and soulless characters. I don’t respond to his films with the same enthusiasm I used to. I’ll say that I’ll watch this one with very low expectations. I have never hated any of his movies, but this one feels like the one I might like least. Hope I’m wrong.
@@djstarsignDid you watch it? I ended up liking it a lot more than I thought I would,in regard to the Asteroid City sections. The B&W I could've done without doe
Of the 33 top films this year, this is the only original film. Can’t wait to see it!
I've never seen a Wes Anderson film before this aside from Mr Fox. This instantly became one of my favorite films of all time. I am about to go see it for the 5th time in 3 days in the theater. Wow! Spectacular! Im digging in to all the behind the scenes footage, cast interviews, and reviews I can find. This movie made me feel alive and helped me rediscover why I love going to the theater.
On the other hand -- who else beside Wes Anderson can deliver a film experience in this format? He's the sole supplier of this particular idiom.
In a SHITTY format ?
I always have a soft spot for Wes Anderson films. Some of his films can be a little too twee for me and sometimes I wish he made something that broke away from his love of Truffaut or Ashby. I like to see him go back to something like a Bottle Rocket or Rushmore and less style over substance,
I wasn't that crazy over The French Dispatch (Jeffrey Wright's segment aside). The Isle of Dogs was ok. Asteroid City just feels a bit more like French Dispatch then say a more linear film like Grand Budspest Hotel. Also agree about using way too many star names, take French Dispatch for example. Was having Elisabeth Moss, Liev Schrieber and Christoph Waltz in that film really a must. It's great you can do it but it's one of the negatives funnily enough of that film. A bit like it was a bit too show offy for me.
But to be fair Anderson gets a pass for me just cause of Rushmore, Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr Fox, Steve Zissou and Grand Budapest were all great films.
grand Budapest should be higher up the list
I absolutely loved it. It’s my second favourite Anderson film, the first being The Grand Budapest Hotel. My friend who had never seen a Wes Anderson film thought it was too weird and surreal.
I never see the point of him "switching things up" because if he did his films would just look like a millions other films.
Darjeeling Limited is my favorite Wes Anderson film. The performances from Brody, Wilson and Schwartzman are stellar and hilarious.
I've never gotten into Wes Anderson beyond catching Rushmore on TV one time. Should I start with Bottle Rocket?
Yes. It's probably his most accessible
I appreciate his particular niche, but a little shakeup never hurts. I wouldn't mind seeing Anderson do something a little out of the box but still within his wheelhouse like he did with Mr. Fox and getting into animation.
Why does everyone hate on The Darjeeling Limited? For me that was where Wes Anderson's career peaked. Every movie up till that point is tied for favorite in my book.
that was a weird one for me. when i saw that one in the theatre, i liked in of course, but it didn't impress me all that much. but now watching it again after so long, i feel like there are so many layers i missed. like its a better movie that i thought.
Man, I love your list. I never thought of the Owen Wilson angle, makes a lot of sense
I see Wes, post-Grand Budapest Hotel (which was like a pinnacle kitchen-sink movie with all of his stuff in it) as kind of deconstructing his own style and his own whims. I don't feel like Isle of Dogs, French Dispatch or Asteroid City are even conceived to reach out to wide audiences or tap into a larger story. I think he's preaching to his own choir right now. Hopefully with the next film he shakes things up a great deal and comes up with something fresh with a smaller cast and more focused, less theatrical narrative. I feel like Anderson has come to the end of the road with this style. How many more actors can he fit in a movie? How many more times can he use a strong framing device for the story within a story? How many more times can the supporting characters all the dead-pan in the same exact way? For his own muse and story-telling sake, he should change the paradigm.
Would never have guessed that a fellow fan ranking Royal Tenenbaums at the top, has Darjeeling Limited at the very bottom! I guess it's true that we all experience films differently.
Big Wes fan, and this was a 7/10 for me. I agree with most of the things you say in your review, but felt less harshly about Ed Norton. The casting in this movie is a problem though; as you say, too star studded, and I think Schwartzman isn't the best choice for this lead role. The star studded thing is part of Anderson's charm though. To see famous actors in tiny parts...is kind of hilarious. Goldbum for instance, I'm never not happy to see him show up. Agreed Wes needs to move forward though, somehow, and get back to the high brow screwball comedy stuff he does best. Then again, after French Dispatch and Isle of Dogs (the latter of which I appreciated, but wasn't a huge fan of either) it's nice to see Wes get back to a more classical Wes Anderson looking and feeling film. For that reason, perhaps more than any other, Asteroid City felt like a breath of fresh recycled air at this point in his filmography. I'd like if he stopped playing with form so much and got back to more straightforward storytelling. French Dispatch and Asteroid City both have a stilted architecture that I found somewhat alienating. Some of those story (and cue card insert) conceits feel like a defensive posture for a writer to take; i.e., you are required to see the work as a facade at arms' length thus invalidating potential criticisms of weakness in story. It's the pseudo-equivalent of having the ending twist be that "it was all a dream!"; but with a belief that it makes it more high brow to announce the artifice of the story at the beginning....and then repeatedly throughout. To what end? Call me old fashioned, but I'd rather be told a story, than be told that I'm being told a story; and Wes Anderson has increasingly insisted on the latter.
"a breath of fresh recycled air"
Yes
It’s a beautiful film to fall asleep to. 🌵😴🏜️
I think his style isn’t “tired” yet because no one else shoots movies like he does, so seeing his movies are the only time you’ll get that. He’s practically his own genre. That distinctive style is why people see his movies in the first place. I don’t think he will ever do anything to “shake things up.” But it’d be cool if he did. Where’s my Wes Anderson found footage horror movie?
He has one more time to do this and he'll be funding his own movies
I'm not a huge Wes Anderson's fan but I've seen many of his movies. But not the three most recent ones.
I didn't like Life Aquatic at all. I didn't like The Darjeeling Limited either.
On the other hand, I absolutely loved Fantastic Mr. Fox and I loved The Grand Budapest Hotel.
I also very much enjoyed Rushmore and I liked The Royal Tenenbaums.
Hooper says, you had me at Wes Anderson.
I'm looking forward to seeing this if not just to have some more Wes I'm ready for it theres some I've skipped because I wasn't feeling them for some reason but this is one I'm feeling and now I know what to expect all better for it lol so thank you James much appreciated
Ugh..... Those river-stones in the desert. I can't overlook it...
Ok good review! I'll definitely get on the rest of his filmography over the next while. I got into him from Rushmore and what a film that was...
My son decided we should have a Wes Anderson season, so we were watching one every Sat. It was too much , they are great movies but one Wes film a Qtr is about the pace to enjoy him
Yes, you should take Wes Anderson like LSD... in very small doses.
I had a LSD Overdose😂 Yesterday I watched 3 filmˋs from him😅😂
What you are missing is that to Wes Anderson these aren't movie stars as most are his friends and for the others he likes their work And wants to work with them, and we see them as movie stars but once you get to Wes Anderson's level, then I don't think you consider that you understand it, because I feel that the fact that you anticipate laughing at one of his films, and frankly that you anticipate anything at all, is also missing the point of cinema, of a film.
You want to walk in with a blank slate, of no recollection of his past work, or of any works, as I this all you have ever seen, then you can compare with the world once you discover it again. Art needs to be set for it being art, and not for it being compared to past art, as if to say it still isn't art, which it is.
Sorry for the typos s, but you get what I was saying. It makes sense, as I could make a documentary about it.
I like your content,
Perhaps we could work on a project, video together sometime. Don't worry I never run out of material.
Have you considered that putting huge actors in minor roles is just another nod to the audience's understanding that this is a movie about a play about a play? For something so very metamodern it seems fair to use it as a filmatic device in itself.
1. DARJEELING
2. RUSHMORE
3. HOTEL CHAVELIER
3. LIFE AQUATIC
4. BOTTLE ROCKET
5. ROYAL
6. MOONRISE.
DONT LIKE THE ANIMATION THING BUT FANTASTIC MR. FOXY WAS GOOD.
But is this Kino?
Steve Zisu best movie he ever made
Like the color scheme of Dick Tracy 1990, if all your movies will be doing that? I don't know. Nothing against.
Im just going to say , Wes Andersons name alone dont hold much weight in urban homes. I understand he has his niche.
I'm not into films enough to follow them by director, hence to have any concept of being a Wes Anderson fan. I liked the main story, the actual asteroid city story. I did not like the treatment of it as a theatre play and the second strand of jumpouts into the actors' world.
Does this mean I liked it? because the liked main story is the majority of it. Does this nean I disliked it? because the disliked actors' strand constitutes its setting all through it.
i think it's going to be all pastel colors that are going to over saturate my eyeballs.
There will be a time when im in the mood for this. For now it does feel too formulaic past a point i cannot just enjoy it casually.
I would only consider myself a mild casual fan of Wes Anderson movies. I have not seen all of them.
I really like Grand Budapest Hotel and Moonrise Kingdom.
Its been a while but I remember Darjeeling Limited and Life Aquatic being goid movies but nothing spectacular.
But what I find interesting is that the first Wes Anderson movie that I ever saw (without knowing who he was at the time) was Royal Tenenbaums. And I absolutely disliked the movie. I only have vague memories of the movie but I do remember that none of the characters had anything decent about them. Not even in a "love to hate" sort of way.
Now, that was probably 20 years ago when I saw Royal Tenenbaums on cable and my tastes in movies have expanded since but I disliked it so much I still have never bothered to rewatch that movie. If I would have pre-judged Wes Anderson movies on that one I would probably have avoided all future movies from him.
Very interesting that it is #1 on anyone's list. 🤔
Pretty much everyone's list. Time to give it another try. I didn't like Rushmore when I first saw it way back, for pretty much the same reason - just watched it again and loved it. Anderson's movies are dense and require repeat viewings to be fully appreciated.
I can tell from just the trailer that this won't make any big bucks. Movies like this just don't do well in this day and age.
I can wait for it to come on some platform. I just left seeing The Flash, and liked it quite a bit. Too long in places, but better than phase 4 and 5 of Marvel movies. It had heart, and played homage to past superheroes.
The thing is.. all these names.. two of these names would have filled a theater in 2010s..
Now a days bella Thorne can fill a theater more than these names. I hate to say that. So like whats the point of paying out all these big names.
Mark my words, this film will pull some big Oscars. Sadly the not so loving reviewers are not seeing the bigger picture here
As a former Wes Anderson fan, I'm pretty bored with everything he puts out aside from his animations nowadays. I feel like the last time I was really excited for a Wes Anderson movie was The Life Aquatic.
Tenenbaums, Zissou, and Grand Budapest are premium films. .
Some of your criticisms are abit surface trivial. If he delivers a good movie, who cares if he uses only symmetrical compositions.
u have to fall asleep to wake up.. nice
Just watched Asteroid City. Afterwards I asked my wife...what did we just see? Without my wife sitting beside me I probably would have walked out during Act 1. This is a first year film school student trying to be avant garde. My wife and I both thought it was such a waste of premier talent.
Hey, no offense, but your ranking is no bueno. Darjeeling Limited is one of the best, not an opinion a fact.
Christopher Doyle must hate Wes Anderson lol
Interesting. Why do you say that?
I’ve got a take a hard honest critique on this
Wes Anderson seems like a one trick pony he’s not challenging the audience
It’s too safe
Loaded cheap tropes I really didn’t like this film it’s quirk just doesn’t land this time
The Royal Tenembaums
Bottle Rocket
Rushmore
All had a sense of anarchy and fun
I hated it sadly ❤
Deadpan shot
Deadpan shot
The he unloads a truckload of stunt cameos
Asteroid City is like if you tell an AI to make a Wes Anderson 50s sci-fi and make every face someone famous
Well at least we have Rushmore
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Beyond bored of Wes Anderson at this point.