Amph Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel

Fixed.

 

Looks good.

 

I had no idea Harvey Keitel was in this. I am excite.

 

I think this looks great. Wes Anderson can really pull together an interesting cast, and his visuals have a gorgeous picture-book quality.

 

dat CAST

 

Soooooo good.

 

I was hoping it would be in town this weekend but it wasn't. The wait for limited release films sucks balls.

 

yeah, it was fantastic. i think it's my third favorite wes.

 

I'm hoping to see this Tuesday. Looking forward to it.

 

It's doing really well for being in such limited release. I can't wait to see it!

 

I thought it was great.

 

Fantastic movie. Top 3 Wes Anderson, between Rushmore and Moonrise Kingdom. I give Anderson the edge now as the leading writer/director of a unique American cinema. The Coen brothers are up there of course. Inside Llewyn David was entertaining, though not No Country for Old Men great.

 

It's finally coming out here this weekend. I can't wait.

 

Eh, I don't think it quite had the tragedy. And that was its problem; it lacked the richness of character and emotional poignancy of Anderson's other work. I explained already in my review, so I won't repeat myself here, but as of now I'd say it's Anderson's weakest movie. It's still a lot of fun, but it just doesn't have the soul of his other work.

 

TGBH is never sentimental about tragedy - if you want a film that gives you a good cathartic cry you need to look somewhere else. The way Anderson juxtaposes the often horrible events with the light storybook atmosphere is part of what really makes the movie for me. The only parts that didn't work for me were the framing sequences.

 

I agree that there's some powerful stuff lurking under the surface, but the problem is that Anderson isn't bringing it out as well as usual. I mean, the idea that Zero is too upset about Agatha's death to speak much of her is powerful, except . . . it means we hardly see any of their romance, and don't get a chance to establish a real connection with it, so the fact that it's a tragic romance doesn't mean that much because the audience isn't allowed to invest in it enough. It remains an idea rather than something that's executed on the screen. It's a powerful concept, the execution of which significantly limits its own actual power.

I mean, if you compare it to Anderson's other work, I just didn't see any moments like Richie Tenenbaum's suicide attempt, or "Do you think it remembers me?", or "I've had a rough year, Dad." I understood the ideas behind the work, but they didn't suffuse the film the way Anthony and Dignan's yearning for escape did Bottle Rocket, or Max Fischer's confused longing for adulthood and greatness did Rushmore, or everybody's emotional turmoil did The Royal Tenenbaums and The Darjeeling Limited, etc, etc. Maybe they'll come across more on further viewings, but I just don't think Anderson translated his ideas to the screen as well as he usually does, and it didn't feel as emotionally rich as a result.

 

Saw this last night. Loved it - but I think it's the most unabashedly crazy of Anderson's films. And that takes some doing! It doesn't pause for breath, except at the very end when the reason Zero kept the hotel is finally revealed. The Royal Tenenbaums remains my number one Wes Anderson film though - but to be honest I don't think it will ever be topped. At least for me.

 

I just saw it yesterday. Brilliant and sad and crazy, as Everton said. I used to work in an old grand hotel, so I had a few familiar belly laughs. Particularly the concierge montage, all the different hotel guys with the crossed key pins. Based on the actual Clefs D'or society.

Rushmore is still my personal favorite.

 

Saw it last night, good, but not among my favorite Wes Anderson films. I think it lacked one of those emotional punch to the gut scenes that most of his films had. I'll probably see it again, so I may rethink my opinion on this.

 

It just came out where I'm living currently. I am excite.

 

there was one, it was just off-screen - gustave's murder at the hands of the "nazis" after the confrontation on the train.