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shadowkatThe appeal of the movies of Wes Anderson are admittedly lost on me. I remember my brother lamenting about a bunch of film-makers that Kit and Cindy Carson were mentoring back in the 1990s. They were doing this film called Bottle Rocket, which my brother considered derivative and like a lot of indies out there. But alas, Hollywood loved it. While my brother and his wife's films were considered too experimental to be considered.
Guess who those young film-makers were? Luke Wilson, Wes Anderson, and Owen Wilson. I have to say I agreed with my brother - I find Anderson's films dull. They just don't engage me.
The latest is the Oscar nominated Grand Budapest Hotel. None of these movies had characters that I cared about. And the humor is in the commentary. It's absurdist humor, but you feel as if it is outside the story - so comes as a sort of after-thought.
The only ones that I sort of liked were The Amazing Mr. Fox and Moonrise Kingdom. But I thought they were sort of overrated as well. I guess I know why people go nuts over these films - they are different from most of the films out there.
But it's hard for me to forget my brother lamenting about the two privileged and irritating guys doing Bottle Rocket.
While on the other hand, I thoroughly enjoying watching Independence Day again.
Guess who those young film-makers were? Luke Wilson, Wes Anderson, and Owen Wilson. I have to say I agreed with my brother - I find Anderson's films dull. They just don't engage me.
The latest is the Oscar nominated Grand Budapest Hotel. None of these movies had characters that I cared about. And the humor is in the commentary. It's absurdist humor, but you feel as if it is outside the story - so comes as a sort of after-thought.
The only ones that I sort of liked were The Amazing Mr. Fox and Moonrise Kingdom. But I thought they were sort of overrated as well. I guess I know why people go nuts over these films - they are different from most of the films out there.
But it's hard for me to forget my brother lamenting about the two privileged and irritating guys doing Bottle Rocket.
While on the other hand, I thoroughly enjoying watching Independence Day again.
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Date: 2015-07-05 12:58 pm (UTC)[Interesting that the only film I haven't seen or don't remember seeing - I may have watched it and have no memory of it (was also in my 20s at the time), is the one my brother was complaining about.]
I'd have to agree - there is an insane amount of emphasis on upper-crust and highly eccentric white guys and their servants, and families, in Anderson's films. I don't find them likable. And I guess it could be argued that Anderson is mocking them or poking fun at them, I sense a hint of satire in his work.
But I'm always bored watching them. I think the only two that made me laugh were "Mr Fox" and "Moonrise".