One of Wes Andersons worst
Very boring.
shareI agree. I just don't think Wes Anderson has it anymore. To this day, his best film is by far Rushmore and he just can't top it.
It sucks because I think now that I'm much older, I can see through this whimsy and overly stylized direction for what it is. A couple sitting next to me was literally sleeping during the movie. Others were forcing themselves to laugh at jokes that weren't even funny.
I think what I also hate is this pretentious "listing" exposition he always does, when a narrator starts naming random things. "1. He still keeps the same rock collection he's had since he was 8 years old! 2. He told his wife he would marry her, but then he went to travel the world by hot air balloon" Etc. Like I am absolutely tired of that shit.
And now let's get into what I see as "frame porn" - this is what Wes loves to do, and it's quite obvious, that he loves to manipulate how things are centered in a shot - but it's long become a one trick pony and it's just no longer clever to see subjects enter and exit a shot a certain way, it's just pretentious now.
Also, be wary when someone says "well that's the point" - you can see the point and the point can still suck. For example, you can go to a performance piece and watch someone roll around the floor for an hour screaming at the top of their lungs. You might walk away saying "well that was disturbing" and some idiot would say "but that's the POINT. you were SUPPOSED to be disturbed" that doesn't change the fact that the performance was garbage.
Put simply, I don't want my movies to go overboard in style over substance but it feels like The French Dispatch was basically that.
The cult following hes devloped over the years has made him think he doesn't have to evolve or grow as a filmmaker anymore. He turns out the same old shit and people eat it up.
shareI didn't like this movie at all but I disagree that he hasn't evolved or grown. Everything he puts out is always going to look and sound exactly like a Wes Anderson movie but this isn't something he would have made 20 years ago. Unfortunately that's not a good thing since it's probably his worst. I just don't agree with the idea that he can't keep his own signature style and evolve at the same time.
share>Also, be wary when someone says "well that's the point"
Reminds me of my church. Our Lenten programs used to have a meal with them. One year, the minister removed the meal and advertised it as having no meal, so it was just a program without a meal. She was complaining that some people didn't want to come anymore because there was no meal, and she asked "What do you think 'no meal' means?"