What's so special about Wes Anderson movies?
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heyanerd — 11 years ago(November 22, 2014 06:15 AM)
It's a feeling.
Take the incredibly tight framing and mix it with rock music and ridiculously confident characters (despite their chaotic interiors), and there's a certain chemistry about it. It doesn't work EVERY time, that is, it doesn't work every DAY, meaning I can watch the movie and love it and then not want to see it for another few months, or a year. I'm not bulletproof in my love of what Wes brings to the table, but I didn't get what was great about Rushmore the first time I saw it, and then loved it watching it with friends a year later. Bottle Rocket is the most naturally enjoyable one without an intro to Wes' style.
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marknovack — 11 years ago(December 06, 2014 03:01 PM)
Nothing. The Grand Budapest Hotel was different, enjoyable, and has not changed my life. Some of his movies are good for me, some bore me. He has a fan following like anyone else in the biz. Some people will dri1c84ve long distances for certain foods that others will eat if it's served and some won't touch at all. I think one thing is that he does not ruin the material he is given to work with, and that being the case his fans are there.
As far as rabid fandom, one rabid, and outspoken fan with a pedestal is all it takes to give those not in the know the impression that I believe you have.
As far as my comment "has not changed my life" goes, there have been movies that got so far under my skin and remained a topic of discussion long enough that I could say my life was richer for having seen them. Not that I changed my diet or style of dressing or coiffure, but enriched in the way that season tickets to the Berlin Symphony Orchestra might enrich the life of a music lover. -
NHLiptak — 9 years ago(January 26, 2017 08:42 AM)
Yes, that's it, Dana. Well said. I'm reading through this thread, and (some of) his films have the feeling and texture of certain dreams I have not always beautiful but definitely eye-catching, mysterious at times, kind of incongruent in some of the content, and often oddly paced, but when I wake up from these really weird and memorable dreams, I wish I could go back into them immediately.
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summerishere77 — 11 years ago(December 28, 2014 06:51 PM)
What I love about his moviesgoshI get pulled into his movies like I do a good book. You forget your surroundings and become enveloped in the movie. I like that he created quirky characters/places, that to me is more engaging than robots beating each other up over a planetdon't get me wrong I can enjoy Transformers like anyone else..but I don't get lost in them.
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emmeyc-1 — 11 years ago(January 19, 2015 12:47 PM)
I agree. I don't think he's all that great. I think they are "artsy fartsy" lol
My husband watched Budapest Hotel and chuckled. He got into it I think. IMHO It's got a British humor feel to it. So maybe that's why I don't "get it" or enjoy it.
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adriaticHR — 11 years ago(February 27, 2015 05:09 AM)
since you asked a legit and intelligent question i will give you my 2 cents.
i only watched 2 of his films (fantastic mr. fox and grand budapest hotel) and i can only speak of TGBH, because i feel that one is special.
why is TGBH special? firstly, it has a consistent visual style, we are all attracted to a certain ideal that we try to live up to whether its clothes we wear/buy or how we decorate rooms. i know i love the style of TGBH because i love the style of the late 19th century colored photographs and thats the style wes anderson imitates in this movie. long before TGBH i had this picture as my desktop http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Neuschwanstein_Castle_LOC_print_rotated.jpg and if you take one look at it you would see it is precisely the thing anderson was going to.
in this sense, those who like that style will (most likely) like TGBH.
secondly, TGBH is a very clever film. in essence, it explores how a last remnant of 19th century view of life dies in the carnage of the 20th century. this is visible through the visual style of the film (the aforementioned 19th century colored photographs, romanticism landscape paintings mimicked throughout the film and finally p5b4oetry. poetry is very important in understanding the film, because ralph finnes quotes it all the time, but what is most important is its absence in the modern world. adorno once wrote: "to write a poem after Auschwitz is barbaric" and i think this is what wes anderson had in mind with the whole poetry quoting thing. poetry is marginal in our society. some might pretend its still alive, but nobody gives two shi*ts about contemporary poetry and it is consequentially irrelevant.
there are more points, but as i already wrote a wall of text on these two i will refrain from others from now.
now i believe not everybody will like this movie, because, as i said, not everyone enjoys the same style (which is a good thing) and if you dont like the films, thats great too, but make sure you dont like it for the 'right' reasons. -
PattyGJones — 10 years ago(June 08, 2015 02:07 PM)
Thank you, Sam. A hundred times thank you. What the hell is a "hipster" anyway? I call myself a latter day hippie, but "hipster" seems to be used on these boards as a slap. And I find Wes Anderson films to have a refreshing understanding of, and sympathy for, the human condition.
I'm only in Show Biz by injection
