Wes Anderson

[captainofbeef]

Talk about this budding genious here.

[captainofbeef]

My top Anderson list.
1. Rushmore
2. Bottle Rocket
3. The Royal Tenenbaums
4. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Can't wait for The Fantastic Mr. Fox!

[captainofbeef]

You didnt like Bottle Rocket?

[captainofbeef]

O that is fine. I was j/w.

[criterionmaster]

I LOVE Bottle Rocket!!!!

1. Rushmore
2. Royal Tenenbaums
3. Bottle Rocket
4. Life Aquatic

He is one of the few directors that I can think of who have never made a bad film. Hell he hasn't even made a mediocre film. His little touches he puts in the films is what I think makes thier replay value everlasting. I can watch Tenenbaums 100 times and notice something different each time. And his soundtracks are perfect. I just am crying thinking about how much I love his films!!!! Where is my fucking Bottle Rocket Criterion!?

[captainofbeef]

I know. I am gonna sit in front of Criterion headquarters with a sign that just says Bottle Rocket. And I will stay there till the release it.

[PTAhole]

criterionmaster said:

I LOVE Bottle Rocket!!!!

1. Rushmore
2. Royal Tenenbaums
3. Bottle Rocket
4. Life Aquatic

He is one of the few directors that I can think of who have never made a bad film. Hell he hasn't even made a mediocre film. His little touches he puts in the films is what I think makes thier replay value everlasting. I can watch Tenenbaums 100 times and notice something different each time. And his soundtracks are perfect. I just am crying thinking about how much I love his films!!!! Where is my fucking Bottle Rocket Criterion!?

He's only made four films. Most good directors that have only made four films haven't made a bad one. He will, trust me.

[nonfiction]

I'm the same as Andruini.

1. Tenenbaums
2. Rushmore
3. Life Aquatic
4. Bottle Rocket

[blackmoses]

Rushmore 10/10
Tenenbaums 10/10
Life Aquatic 10/10

They are all tied at number 1.

[ie]

So, um, I've only seen the Royal Tenenbaums. I own Bottle Rocket.

The Royal Tenenbaums took me a few days to really get into (first half on one day, second half a few days later). And I've heard this before; his movies are a little hard to get into. You know, like you need to watch one of his movies a couple of times before you start to like it.


Just a kind of alternate opinion to all the current opinions. I'll check out his other movies eventually, and I don't have any real negative opinions on him, so it's all good.

[Nomansvally]

Only seen Rushmore... Decent film, but not my thing. He's really good that Anderson. It's gonna be interesting to see how he develop cinematically.

[jumpingjackflash]

Rushmores a friggin masterpiece.

So many magic momets, Dirk Calloway, The John Lennon - Oh Yoko montage, Bill Murray throwing golfballs and bombing into the pool, the little moemts of truth like Murrays last line talking to Max in the lift, the ending!

If I wasn't so afriad of cliches I'd call it pure cinema.

[ie]

Since there has been some confusion:


I liked the Royal Tenenbaums. I didn't love it, but after I got to the end, I really enjoyed it. 9/10

Bottle Rocket is enjoyable. I mean I've watched it three times, I think the only movie I've seen more than that is Roundhay Garden Scene. So I don't hate it or anything, I just don't like it as much as the Royal Tenenbaums. 8/10

I still don't have any specific examples as to why I don't dry hump Bottle Rocket or Wes Anderson.

[kiddo]

Oh, I guess I forgot to tell you I saw Bottle Rocket for the first time a few days ago. I thought it was very so-so. Too light-weight, kinda. It seemed more or less like a standard "from-youth-to-manhood" (without the manhood) type of deal, with only a few aspects revealing that I watch something only a little bit better than the standard drama-comedy. The dialogue has a certain flow that I nearly admire, but the film is too hollow and uninteresting as a whole. Far from the near-brilliance of Rushmore...