hotel chevalier was shown with 'darjeeling ltd' in the uk and it's p hard to see it as a separate entity. don't see how it's worse than the main feature, and given that is has natalie portman's arse in it, i'm minded to say it's better.
― rip sarah silverman 3/19/10 never forget (history mayne), Monday, 5 April 2010 17:11 (fourteen years ago) link
fuck this guy
― booches (Tape Store), Monday, 5 April 2010 17:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Rushmore's a better movie but I voted for Bottle Rocket, Owen Wilson as Dignan is classic, he never topped that character. I liked Tenenbaums at the time but seeing it more recently I'm pretty indifferent, hated or haven't seen everything since then, seems like this guy peaked and then burned out so quickly.
― fuckshitpop (some dude), Monday, 5 April 2010 17:15 (fourteen years ago) link
thread brings out the haters.
Rushmore is still his best. Life Aquatic is a real mess but for some reason I respond to it.
― Gee, Officer (Gukbe), Monday, 5 April 2010 17:17 (fourteen years ago) link
voted Fox but on second thought its probably a tie between that Tenenbaums, and Darjeeling.
― kulinary gangsta (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 5 April 2010 17:18 (fourteen years ago) link
never understood the love for Bottle Rocket
it's funnie
― rip sarah silverman 3/19/10 never forget (history mayne), Monday, 5 April 2010 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
well, that's true. (that line is v. funny btw: "these are o.r. scrubs." "o.r. they?") for one thing, comedy doesn't equal jokes. i think it's a really funny movie.
― by another name (amateurist), Monday, April 5, 2010 9:45 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
It's like you didn't understand my post at all.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Monday, 5 April 2010 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Voted Fox, but I really liked Tenenbaums when it came out. Rest of his stuff is basically dreck.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 5 April 2010 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm pretty stoked actually. I picked up Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel for my kid the other day and it had a coupon in it for $2 off of the fox movie.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Monday, 5 April 2010 17:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Pick your favorite Wes Anderson soundtrack would be fun though.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 5 April 2010 17:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Last time I saw Tenenbaums, which I do love, I found myself getting angry at the sequence of the falcon wheeling over the neighborhood as Nico's 'These Days' plays. So easy. Too damn easy.
― Astley Hunchings (Jon Lewis), Monday, 5 April 2010 17:46 (fourteen years ago) link
reading too easy, too damn easy in owen wilson's voice as he watches a falcon fly away to nico
― Jesse James Woods (darraghmac), Monday, 5 April 2010 17:52 (fourteen years ago) link
wildcat. . . pow
voted for Tenebaums for stuff like this, and the friscalating dusklight
― Mr. Que, Monday, 5 April 2010 17:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah Tenenbaums is like a whole movie of easter eggs really. Still haven't seen Darjeeling (scared of suck). Super want to see Fox.
― Astley Hunchings (Jon Lewis), Monday, 5 April 2010 17:56 (fourteen years ago) link
"I picked up Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel for my kid the other day"
I was kind of in the camp of Fantastic Mr Fox being inappropriate or not particularly kind offering for children but this sentence has now evicted me from that camp!
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 5 April 2010 17:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Fantastic Mr. Fox was a wonderful surprise, especially after the total suckage of Darjeeling and The Life Aquatic
― Mr. Que, Monday, 5 April 2010 17:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Darjeeling is awesome, my favorite since RT. Still haven't watched Fox but I've heard great things...
― Adam Bruneau, Monday, 5 April 2010 19:37 (fourteen years ago) link
tenenbaums was like an ad spot for " quirk "
/not for me
rushmore.
― 2 guys 1 gag (surm), Monday, 5 April 2010 19:38 (fourteen years ago) link
there's nothing in Fox that's remotely unfit for children...? why would there be?
― modern eunuch-like crooning (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 5 April 2010 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link
uh wtf? the harcore orgy btwn badger, fox and the three farmers?
― Jesse James Woods (darraghmac), Monday, 5 April 2010 19:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Darjeeling is awesome, my favorite since RT
there is one film between these two. lol.
― 404s & Heartbreak (jim in glasgow), Monday, 5 April 2010 19:41 (fourteen years ago) link
wait i'm thinking of something else n/m
voted darjeeling though royal is probably better, i just liked the colors in darjeeling more.
― akm, Monday, 5 April 2010 21:14 (fourteen years ago) link
hotel chevalier was shown with 'darjeeling ltd' in the uk
I can't conceive of them as separate, either.
― Il suffit de ne pas l'envier (Michael White), Monday, 5 April 2010 21:18 (fourteen years ago) link
where was it NOT shown w/Darjeeling Ltd? Kinda ridiculous to consider a separate thing at all really
― modern eunuch-like crooning (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 5 April 2010 21:19 (fourteen years ago) link
They were shown together in the US too--at least at the theater I went to.
― President Keyes, Monday, 5 April 2010 22:39 (fourteen years ago) link
i think it wasn't shown with chevalier originally, chevalier was only released on Itunes. then they appended it to the film at the beginning after a month or something. might be wrong.
― akm, Monday, 5 April 2010 22:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Surprising to me, at least judging by talk itt so far, Darjeeling is more popular than Aquatic. I guess I should nflix it.
― Astley Hunchings (Jon Lewis), Monday, 5 April 2010 22:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Aquatic is kinda too much of a retread of Tenenbaums for me, with a lot of nautical-themed wallpaper thrown over it. And there are some weird lapses in tone, primarily the hijacking. Darjeeling Ltd is smaller in scope and feels more minimal/subtle with better characters/actors who basically follow a standard travelogue/Odyssey-type plot. And it captures the relatively oblivious-tourist experience of India very well imho.
― modern eunuch-like crooning (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 5 April 2010 23:00 (fourteen years ago) link
"Last time I saw Tenenbaums, which I do love, I found myself getting angry at the sequence of the falcon wheeling over the neighborhood as Nico's 'These Days' plays. So easy. Too damn easy."
they play hey jude over that scene, actually, but you're right, it did seem very obvious. the song that actually has these days over it is awesome, though.
― phantompenguin, Monday, 5 April 2010 23:04 (fourteen years ago) link
I voted Life Aquatic and really wish I will see it again a second time when someone wants to watch it with me :p
You have to be in the right mood for this one
Many people may have seen it once and disliked it because it is so long. Also the dissenters may have felt the film was too typical of Wes Anderson. Kind of makes me wish this movie came out first. Darjeeling would also fall into the category of "this is so typical of Wes Anderson" but maybe the dissenters had already stopped watching his melodramatic films all together and the "this is so typical" argument got old by the time this movie came out; furthermore Darjeeling was very much under the radar when it was released
xp. eg. Shakey comparing Aquatic to Tenebaums... had they been released in a different order...
― CaptainLorax, Monday, 5 April 2010 23:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I was surprised how much I liked Darjeeling Ltd, esp. after the relatively disappointing Life Aquatic.
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 5 April 2010 23:16 (fourteen years ago) link
xppp
"And there are some weird lapses in tone, primarily the hijacking" - Shakey
-the pirate stuff? that was so LOL for being WTF and COOL. happily hijacked the tone for me
― CaptainLorax, Monday, 5 April 2010 23:17 (fourteen years ago) link
primarily the hijacking
OMG nuh-uh.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Monday, 5 April 2010 23:27 (fourteen years ago) link
The only thing that was disappointing about Life Aquatic for me was the animation.
yeah the animation didn't work so well for me either.
― modern eunuch-like crooning (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 5 April 2010 23:28 (fourteen years ago) link
voted rushmore, but bottle rocket is the sentimental favorite. geez now i feel like i sold myself out by voting for rushmore. i used to watch bottle rocket like 2-3 times a week for a year.
― 69, Monday, 5 April 2010 23:29 (fourteen years ago) link
is that a joke
― phantompenguin, Monday, 5 April 2010 23:46 (fourteen years ago) link
well, that's true. (that line is v. funny btw: "these are o.r. scrubs." "o.r. they?") for one thing, comedy doesn't equal jokes. i think it's a really funny movie.― by another name (amateurist), Monday, April 5, 2010 9:45 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban PermalinkIt's like you didn't understand my post at all.― kingkongvsgodzilla, Monday, April 5, 2010 12:19 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark
it's very possible. did i miss a vein of sarcasm or irony?
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, 6 April 2010 00:09 (fourteen years ago) link
i agree that royal tenenbaums (and life aquatic) really overdo(es) it with the pop-song cues. it's like, give me a breather between all the lyrical moments, dude. also maybe this is my own problem but i sort of cringe at emo monochrome + elliott smith suicide moment.
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, 6 April 2010 00:10 (fourteen years ago) link
and not cringe in the sense of being grossed out by the bloodshed (which is gross), just being embarrassed by how this super-emo segment is kind of dropped into the film. in general i feel like anderson is trying to push me around emotionally a lot in tenenbaums and aquatic, and not so much in the other films.
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, 6 April 2010 00:11 (fourteen years ago) link
not so much in darjeeling? seriously?
― Jesse James Woods (darraghmac), Tuesday, 6 April 2010 00:12 (fourteen years ago) link
maybe i just tuned that out. there is a lot of would-be emotional stuff in the flashback and in the relationship w/ the mother, i s'pose.
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, 6 April 2010 00:15 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah the kinks song in Darjeeling when they were walking to the funeral (in slo mo of course) made me scream
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 6 April 2010 00:16 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't know how i feel abt that one. yeah, it's sort of cringeworthy, but it sort of works just the same.
nothing beats the montage of max's extracurricular activities scored to "making time"
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, 6 April 2010 00:18 (fourteen years ago) link
XP, YES
― 404s & Heartbreak (jim in glasgow), Tuesday, 6 April 2010 00:18 (fourteen years ago) link
owen wilson's bandages coming off was where i kinda tuned out a little
― Jesse James Woods (darraghmac), Tuesday, 6 April 2010 00:19 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ud2BywS_3U
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, 6 April 2010 00:19 (fourteen years ago) link
― by another name (amateurist), Monday, April 5, 2010 8:09 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark
There was a certain implication of "this incident occured way back when I was a total lunkhead and none too appreciative of more subtle humor" I guess. That may not have come through in the telling though.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Tuesday, 6 April 2010 00:20 (fourteen years ago) link
unwatchable because of the narration. like listening to someone else's audiobook at 1.75x.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 1 October 2023 13:49 (six months ago) link
i finished it because it's only 30 minutes but i don't think i could have lasted an hour.
I haven't seen any of them since Fantastic Mr. Fox and I hated Life Aquatic, which of the recent ones is worth trying?
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 11 February 2024 00:57 (two months ago) link
Grand Budapest Hotel is my fav but if you hate Life Aquatic it might not bode well
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 11 February 2024 01:02 (two months ago) link
Moonrise Kingdom and Grand Budapest are my favorites.
― that's when I reach for my copy of Revolver (WmC), Sunday, 11 February 2024 02:46 (two months ago) link
Moonrise, Grand Budapest, and Asteroid City are all great. Skip French Dispatch.
― Chris L, Sunday, 11 February 2024 04:46 (two months ago) link
Astreroid City is so goodI love Grand Budapest Hotel too
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 11 February 2024 04:54 (two months ago) link
I like all the post-Fox live-actions but Moonrise is the one to go with
― bae (sic), Sunday, 11 February 2024 17:30 (two months ago) link
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, February 10, 2024 8:02 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
I dislike Life Aquatic, love Grand Budapest Hotel.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 11 February 2024 18:01 (two months ago) link
Another GBH vote here
― nashwan, Sunday, 11 February 2024 18:27 (two months ago) link