Okay so this is the movie I saw first of all my Spring Break movies, but it isn't in theaters everywhere which is why I decided to post this review last. I've always liked Wes Anderson and even though I had only seen one other movie of his (the royal tenenbaums) I love looking at stills of his movies. This is slightly a film-nerd thing but there is this tumblr page that shows stills of movies and breaks down each of the colors into a color wheel, it's so cool. Anyway, they did Wes Anderson week once and I really loved looking at all the stills of that week. Wes Anderson films are always very bright and colorful, and usually there is some sort of theme with the colors and it's just cool. I admire his style and his signature of directing really. I think that no matter what the subject matter or the reviews are of a Wes Anderson film it is usually worth watching just because it's so visually stunning.
That being said, this was probably one of the most visually stunning films I've ever seen. The colors and all the little details and visual quirks about the characters were magnificent. It's not really something that you can see in your run of the mill movie. And really, of all the Wes Anderson films, this was probably the Wes Andersonyest. It was just a lot of visuals.
The storyline was kind of a lot to take on though. It had 2 narrators, Jude Law and then the current owner of the Budapest. There was also quite a bit of intrigue and a lot of twists and turns. A lot of deaths, a cat died and a man lost all of his fingers. It was more gruesome than I was expecting, but still didn't take away from all of the nice visuals of the movie, which is kind of funny to say.
I don't really want to spoil the movie completely, but there was one death that I think the movie didn't need. If you've seen the movie, it's probably the last one that is mentioned, but it's foreshadowed at the beginning... and it is the old mans reason for his story. I think it was to connect him with the hotel itself more, but it still didn't seem like much of a connection. I guess it was more meaningful, but I still think it could have not happened the way it did maybe. Not sure.
I was talking about the movie with someone the other day that thought that the movie was sad because everyone dies basically, but it didn't really end on a depressing sad note... Just a regular sadness that would happen in life. It's definitely more of a dark comedy, which is what I was expecting, and I kind of like dark comedies (assuming they're done right... You know I may do a post on that...) . My mom asked if it was extremely funny, which isn't really what I was expecting from it so I said no but I wasn't disappointed in that. There weren't really any LOL moments but again I wasn't totoally thinking there would be... It's hard to explain.
Ohhh another cool thing about it is that right after watching it I had a dream about it. I don't exactly remember the dream, but the visuals were the same as the movie, which really shows how beautiful a movie is. It was like having a dream directed by Wes Anderson, which is strange but very very cool.
So yes I'd recommend this movie. I probably liked it just as much s the Roual Tenenbaums... Maybe a little less because I happen to like watching movies and tv shows where people are related... No idea why, just have always been a fan. Lol.
That's about it. If you've seen this movie let me know what you thought of it, if you haven't it's worth renting in HD I think, you don't need to see it in theaters, but I think it's an HD type of thing.
Byeee!
-Shannon
That being said, this was probably one of the most visually stunning films I've ever seen. The colors and all the little details and visual quirks about the characters were magnificent. It's not really something that you can see in your run of the mill movie. And really, of all the Wes Anderson films, this was probably the Wes Andersonyest. It was just a lot of visuals.
The storyline was kind of a lot to take on though. It had 2 narrators, Jude Law and then the current owner of the Budapest. There was also quite a bit of intrigue and a lot of twists and turns. A lot of deaths, a cat died and a man lost all of his fingers. It was more gruesome than I was expecting, but still didn't take away from all of the nice visuals of the movie, which is kind of funny to say.
I don't really want to spoil the movie completely, but there was one death that I think the movie didn't need. If you've seen the movie, it's probably the last one that is mentioned, but it's foreshadowed at the beginning... and it is the old mans reason for his story. I think it was to connect him with the hotel itself more, but it still didn't seem like much of a connection. I guess it was more meaningful, but I still think it could have not happened the way it did maybe. Not sure.
I was talking about the movie with someone the other day that thought that the movie was sad because everyone dies basically, but it didn't really end on a depressing sad note... Just a regular sadness that would happen in life. It's definitely more of a dark comedy, which is what I was expecting, and I kind of like dark comedies (assuming they're done right... You know I may do a post on that...) . My mom asked if it was extremely funny, which isn't really what I was expecting from it so I said no but I wasn't disappointed in that. There weren't really any LOL moments but again I wasn't totoally thinking there would be... It's hard to explain.
Ohhh another cool thing about it is that right after watching it I had a dream about it. I don't exactly remember the dream, but the visuals were the same as the movie, which really shows how beautiful a movie is. It was like having a dream directed by Wes Anderson, which is strange but very very cool.
So yes I'd recommend this movie. I probably liked it just as much s the Roual Tenenbaums... Maybe a little less because I happen to like watching movies and tv shows where people are related... No idea why, just have always been a fan. Lol.
That's about it. If you've seen this movie let me know what you thought of it, if you haven't it's worth renting in HD I think, you don't need to see it in theaters, but I think it's an HD type of thing.
Byeee!
-Shannon
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