I’ve always been intrigued, but never got around to any of his films. They seem to have a very unique “flavour”, like I can almost taste his style, which I find really interesting.
Should I start with Bottle Rocket and go through by release date, or is there a recommended film to start with?
I would highly recommend Rushmore. Darjeeling limited, the royal Tenenbaums and grand Budapest hotel. These films would bring a smile to your face and they have a lot warmth. Unfortunately I’ve found a lot of his recent films very self indulgent and definitely don’t watch asteroid city to start off. This may sound controversial to his fans but I strongly feel he has become a self parody now
Wes Anderson movies since moonrise kingdom have looked like an AI was trained on Wes Anderson movies. I still enjoyed grand Budapest hotel, but i also really love Ralph Fines.
Agree on Rushmore, Royal Tennenbaums (my personal favorite), and Grand Budapest Hotel, and I would replace darjeeling limited with Bottle Rocket.
Abd if you really really really liked RT and GBT, then watch The Life Aquatic.
You’re absolutely right about AI 😂. Just two years ago when AI kicked off, there were many AI videos of mock Wes Anderson movies. It is sad that the great director himself seems to be using the style in those fakes to make further films. Grand Budapest and Darjeeling limited are two of my favourites as among the comedy there were some dark themes. The shadow of fascism in the former and the injustices of poverty in the latter
I think it’s not even AI mockeries, but that his movies have just started becoming like parodies of his movies.
duuude see also; moonrise kingdom
beautiful, sweet.
My apologies you’re absolutely right. Lovely film but I could see slight shades of how his future films would turn. Large ensemble casts, idiosyncratic dialogue and a bit too much whimsy. The young cast were brilliant however
wow, now that you say that i absolutely agree. would have been slightly better with more focus around the younger characters… there were a few (adult-focused) superfluous tangents that could have been left on the editing room floor.
I honestly hope that we once again see the down to earth Wes Anderson. The French dispatch and asteroid city really threw me off unfortunately. I’m holding out hope for the Phoenician scheme so fingers crossed
I feel the same after TGBH, that his movies are basically just the same movie.
Interesting. I was actually thinking about starting with Asteroid City so I’ll just work up to it instead. Thanks.
Watching through chronologically as you are will give Asteroid City the strongest punch. It’s one of my favs of his (and one of his funniest), but it’s so deeply in conversation with the rest of his body of work that it would be a lot harder to get on its wavelength without at least a few of them under your belt.
Absolutely. His earlier work is far more accessible. I watched asteroid city and felt like maybe I wasn’t intelligent enough to understand the film. Maybe that’s true 😂 but it’s a far cry from the accessible simplicity of his earlier works The royal tenebaums is a good example of brilliant dialogue and an awesome turn from the late Gene Hackman, who stole the film. However, Wes Anderson got really good performances from the rest of the cast