Do you think Wes Anderson needs to change it up?
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mhaa-951-658404 — 11 years ago(April 22, 2014 10:05 AM)
Well, "directorman", how many films have you directed? What's that you say? ZERO? I'm shocked, no, really I am.
Guess what: Wes Anderson doesn't need you, the film-going world doesn't need you, and I sure as hell don't need you. -
randyhndrsn — 11 years ago(June 05, 2014 01:54 PM)
Nope, his last three films have confirmed his growth as an artist and filmmaker, his vision has depth in different ways with each film and Grand Budapest Hotel is a marvel of filmmaking and storytelling.
Anderson is a true auteur. -
Hans2003 — 11 years ago(June 07, 2014 06:11 PM)
No please, we have many examples of great directors who lost the plot completely when they changed their style or tried different genres (take Fernando Meirelles for an instance).
Wes Anderson is one of the BEST directors of his generation and he's better continue doing what he's good at! -
thetuffpuff — 11 years ago(July 05, 2014 11:35 PM)
That immediately identifiable quirk is the genius of Wes Anderson. In the same way that unifentifiable-ness is the genius of Stev5b4en Soderbergh.
What is identifiable (and cherished) with Anderson's work is the style, the aesthetic, the wit. However it works because the STORIES are always different. -
jamasian_man — 11 years ago(December 16, 2014 02:25 PM)
We've seen him move around with Fantastic Mr. Fox. It has that Wes Anderson charm yet its for children.
The Grand Budapest Hotel was a different change of pace, with more melancholy and less whimsy.
Do you want him to try something drastically different? Like a horror film or a action movie? -
tanncord — 10 years ago(May 09, 2015 09:12 PM)
I think he should cut his hair. The "Prince Valiant" bob is getting old. He's a hot guy and shorter hair looks nice on him.
As for his movies - yes, keep on branching out, Wes. He does too much "quirky for quirky's sake". I loved the idea of b68Grand Budapest Hotel but it was a mess except for Ralph, who was amazing. F. Murray Abraham was very good, too. The rest - too silly, too overdone.
And the Woody Allen esque stammering - it's like nails on a chalkboard to me. Egad. I cannot stand the constant stammering. Wes doesn't have a speech impediment; he needs to plan out what he's going to say in commentary or interviews. -
ztate84 — 9 years ago(August 14, 2016 06:55 AM)
I highly respect Wes Anderson.
To me, he has beaten Spielberg for the title of auteur, as he writes his own screenplays and is just as visually interesting with his colors, camera angles, and stop motion camera effects.
I love his choice of music in each film, especially Search and Destroy by Iggy and the Stooges when Bill Murray fights off the pirates in Life Aquatic.
But like everybody else, I wish he wo2000uld grow as a filmmaker and step out of his comfort zone of underdogs teaming up with father figures to go off on some nutty adventure lol.
I like the satire of how he makes kids seem more mature than adults, it's funny. But at the same time it's getting old.
Uniforms play an important part in his films too, ever since Owen Wilson dressed up like a lil banana in Bottle Rocket. I always liked that, anyone else. -
bryanlitt — 10 years ago(July 24, 2015 06:44 PM)
I loved his earlier films, but feel that he's gotten more and more stylized at the expense of believable, relatable, sympathetic characters that I really care about. For me Royal Tenenbaums was the peak. He has grown since then visually, but I haven't been nearly as interested in the stories or characters.
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TwoThousandOneMark — 10 years ago(January 20, 2016 11:34 PM)
I'd say he has
changed it up
several times.
Bottle Rocket stands alone.
Rushmore & Royal Tenenbaums are companioned.
Life Aquatic & Darjeeling share some dna.
Fantastic Mr. Fox is it's own.
Moonrise & Budapest share a few lanes entirely unique from his others- larger scale, more fantasy driven.
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