the article from which that derives must be completely tedious.
― ★feminist parties i have attended (amateurist), Monday, 13 January 2014 00:46 (ten years ago) link
Wes Anderson has announced his intentions to collaborate with Devo co-founder and composer Mark Mothersbaugh on their own theme park.
"I hope to soon secure the means to commission the construction of an important and sizeable theme park to be conceived and designed entirely by Mark Mothersbaugh," Anderson writes in the foreword to Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia. "For 40 years he has set about creating a body of work which amounts to his own Magic Kingdom, where the visitor is amused and frightened, often simultaneously."
http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/22405/1/wes-anderson-wants-to-build-his-own-theme-park
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 22:53 (nine years ago) link
i like both of these guys but this sounds like my worst nightmare
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 03:41 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeopJiWnkFI
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Friday, 5 December 2014 14:59 (nine years ago) link
I don't like Wes Anderson. I want to make that absolutely clear.
― Hello, my name is Dark Chocolate Cookie (dog latin), Friday, 5 December 2014 15:05 (nine years ago) link
damn we need do this poll again.
― piscesx, Sunday, 7 December 2014 22:19 (nine years ago) link
no
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 7 December 2014 23:01 (nine years ago) link
I dunno, Moonrise Kingdom and whatever the fuck that last one was called, The Understated Twee Hotel On A Mountain or something, were the closest he's come to the level of Rushmore (despite the lack of Who songs).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 8 December 2014 00:16 (nine years ago) link
and Foxy
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 8 December 2014 00:25 (nine years ago) link
Recently took a trip to Austin. Was looking to cut the drive a bit and booked a hotel along the way. Picked the Days Inn in Hillsboro, Texas. Found out after the fact it was the hotel prominently featured in Bottle Rock. It was cool and remains largely unchanged all these years later. It inspired a re-watch of the movie, since I haven't seen it in probably 15 years or more. It was cool to see the hotel, including the very room we stayed in, on screen. And the empty field behind the hotel and pool is still an empty field. And the movie has it's cool bits, but it has not aged well at all. A lot about it really bugged me. Anthony's behavior when stalking Inez is pretty unacceptable. Very creepy, and no amount of Wes Anderson soundtrack music could offset that vibe for me. And really the whole thing is basically White Privilege: The Motion Picture. I guess Dignan gets a stint in the slammer at the end, which kinda offsets the no-consequences-for-the-rich-boys thing. And what was the big reveal there at the end, that Dignan admits he, at some point, had spent time in a real nuthouse? It's a very frustrating movie. Rushmore and the rest are miles ahead after this one.
― andrew m., Monday, 24 August 2015 16:18 (eight years ago) link
Yup
― Οὖτις, Monday, 24 August 2015 19:07 (eight years ago) link
For awhile there, for every move Anthony made on Inez my wife and I were yelling "That is not OK!"
― andrew m., Monday, 24 August 2015 19:25 (eight years ago) link
my god
― deejerk reactions (darraghmac), Monday, 24 August 2015 21:43 (eight years ago) link
Did He forsake you too?! Compelling.
― andrew m., Tuesday, 25 August 2015 02:47 (eight years ago) link
Not sure if this has been posted or not--too many Wes Anderson and/or political threads to check.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2nP-hci-AQ&app=desktop
Not great, but pretty good--better than The Grand Budapest Hotel. I love the Bobby Jindal chapter.
― clemenza, Friday, 15 January 2016 20:27 (eight years ago) link
ok yeah I lol'd @ Jindal entrance
― Οὖτις, Friday, 15 January 2016 20:34 (eight years ago) link
I've not seen Bottle Rocket or The Isle of Dogs, but of the rest, this matches my own ranking exactly, except I'd swap #4 and #5
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/mar/23/the-best-wes-anderson-movies-ranked
― Alba, Friday, 23 March 2018 12:39 (six years ago) link
Bottle Rocket is way too low
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 23 March 2018 13:53 (six years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/lovestruck-hero-or-creepy-harasser-suddenly-were-seeing-our-favorite-rom-coms-in-a-new-light/2018/02/27/1d3d85d2-06a8-11e8-94e8-e8b8600ade23_story.html
ctrl-f "bottle rocket"
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 23 March 2018 16:14 (six years ago) link
None unreservedly, and not in order without complete revisitation, but I like Darjeeling, Moonrise, Tenenbaums and maybe Bottle Rocket more than Budapest, Fox, or Rushmore. I haven't paid much attention to Chevalier or Zissou.
― Moo Vaughn, Friday, 23 March 2018 16:22 (six years ago) link
Incidentally, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Zissou_(jurist)
― Moo Vaughn, Friday, 23 March 2018 16:23 (six years ago) link
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, March 23, 2018 9:14 AM (sixteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i did and nothing happened
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 23 March 2018 16:32 (six years ago) link
oh no wait now i get it
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 23 March 2018 16:33 (six years ago) link
Darjeeling was probably the most bored I've ever been in a movie theater. it felt like a spot-on parody of a Wes Anderson film, just without any humor
― frogbs, Friday, 23 March 2018 16:35 (six years ago) link
"look at these assholes" was a peak Wes Anderson moment but otherwise the film wasn't top shelf. though i liked it tbh.
― omar little, Friday, 23 March 2018 16:37 (six years ago) link
http://lwlies.com/articles/the-darjeeling-limited-wes-anderson-best-film/
― Moo Vaughn, Friday, 23 March 2018 17:08 (six years ago) link
I can't go thee.
― Alba, Saturday, 24 March 2018 09:43 (six years ago) link
going w/ the site name
― not quite as cool as seeing damo's wang but (contenderizer), Saturday, 24 March 2018 12:27 (six years ago) link
The Darjeeling Limited is the best! I know it gets a lot of stick for cultural appropriation but it’s all framed in a ‘look at these idiots!’ kind of way, epitomised in the shoe-being-stolen prank. I think it’s a wonderfully poignant film about parental neglect and what it means to be symbolically orphaned. And about all kinds of loss really.
The performances, especially by Wilson and Brody, feel blisteringly personal, and the context of what was going on for Owen Wilson at the time only adds to this: http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1658495,00.html
― tangenttangent, Saturday, 24 March 2018 13:34 (six years ago) link
It’s also really funny.
― tangenttangent, Saturday, 24 March 2018 13:35 (six years ago) link
I'm glad to see ILX consensus around every film ever released by Wes Anderson.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 24 March 2018 13:37 (six years ago) link
nobody talked about moonrise at all on this thread. maybe there is another thread where people talk about it.
― scott seward, Saturday, 24 March 2018 14:16 (six years ago) link
yeah I love darjeeling, but maybe only because of the color palette
― akm, Saturday, 24 March 2018 15:14 (six years ago) link
the only recent ones i’ve liked are Moonrise Kingdom & Grand Budapest Hotel. I can’t explain why but all the promos for Isle of Dogs have repelled me. But I wasn’t into Fantastic Mr Fox either
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 24 March 2018 16:30 (six years ago) link
These are OR scrubs.
O R they?
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Saturday, 24 March 2018 16:36 (six years ago) link
RushmoreFantastic Mr. FoxThe Grand Budapest HotelMoonrise KingdomBottle RocketThe Darjeeling LimitedThe Royal Tenenbaums... and then I can't stand Hotel Chevalier
Still haven't seen Steve Zissou
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Saturday, 24 March 2018 16:45 (six years ago) link
wow i completely agree with tt actually, i found darjeeling v touching at the time but all of the critiques of it mademe feel like i was remembering it wrong or even had interpreted it incorrectly when i saw it
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 24 March 2018 17:58 (six years ago) link
I think in some ways (especially visually) it’s the most superficially Wes andersony of his movies, but for all its flaws it’s the one where the characters are most recognisably human (rather than marionettes). It’s definitely not his worst.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 24 March 2018 21:00 (six years ago) link
Yeah, it's only the worst among the films he's made.
― not quite as cool as seeing damo's wang but (contenderizer), Saturday, 24 March 2018 21:23 (six years ago) link
This looks right, and it's the order I'd agree with most. He's only made three watchable movies, though (your top three), and I've no interest in watching them again (not necessarily a sin).
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 24 March 2018 21:35 (six years ago) link
TBH, I don't really want to watch any of them beyond the top 4 again.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Saturday, 24 March 2018 23:48 (six years ago) link
Zissou is probably widely regarded as the worst Wes Anderson film and maybe people are right, but I thought it was very good.
― omar little, Saturday, 24 March 2018 23:50 (six years ago) link
End of Zissou might be the best thing he's ever done.
― Gukbe, Sunday, 25 March 2018 00:31 (six years ago) link
Love Zissou, though it took a second viewing to bring me around. Initially kind of hated it. No such luck with Darjeeling.
RushmoreThe Royal TenenbaumsThe Life Aquatic With Steve ZissouFantastic Mr. FoxMoonrise Kingdom (Maine summer camp nostalgia elevates this one considerably)The Grand Budapest HotelBottle RocketThe Darjeeling Limited
― not quite as cool as seeing damo's wang but (contenderizer), Sunday, 25 March 2018 03:02 (six years ago) link
I don't think Anderson's strange, dry humor translated well with Fantastic Mr. Fox. I have no hope for The Isle of Dogs (especially after watching the first long preview). I really enjoy most of his other work though.
― Woon... Doopee Time (FlopsyDuck), Monday, 26 March 2018 14:19 (six years ago) link
Dahl's sensibility and Anderson's were a good mesh.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 26 March 2018 14:21 (six years ago) link
Anderson excels when you have quirky things in the real world like the treehouse in Moonrise Kingdom. Take away the real world, aka talking animated animals, the quirky stuff hardly works.
― Woon... Doopee Time (FlopsyDuck), Monday, 26 March 2018 14:25 (six years ago) link
I'll watch Isle of Dogs anyway because maybe Mr. Fox is a fluke.
― Woon... Doopee Time (FlopsyDuck), Monday, 26 March 2018 14:29 (six years ago) link
I don't think Anderson's sensibility translated very well through the voices of Clooney or Streep. Also, I've never been particularly a fan of Roald Dahl. Or animation. I have higher hopes for this one (despite not being a dog person).
― Moo Vaughn, Monday, 26 March 2018 14:46 (six years ago) link
I happened upon Fantastic Mr. Fox once while scrolling through channels in a hotel. I had no idea what it was - I completely forgot that he'd done an animated film. I thought it was some low-budget independent film and I enjoyed it a lot (at least, the 20 minutes I saw). Eventually I was like, "wait, some of these voices sound familiar.."
― frogbs, Monday, 26 March 2018 15:24 (six years ago) link