Moonrise Kingdom

Absolutely hated it the first time I watched. Loved it the second time. One of the rare films where that's happened to me.

Most Wes Anderson films take at least a couple viewings for me to formulate a definitive opinion. I like Moonrise Kingdom alright, but it's never really grown on me.

My personal favorite is The Life Aquatic, but I've been scoffed at by friends for that opinion.

The Royal Tenenbaums is usually the Wes Anderson go-to for my friends who don't care for The Life Aquatic. I don't really care for it, but I feel like his films divide opinions like that.

I dated a girl who didn't like either, but likes Rushmore and Grand Budapest. My sister claims to not like Wes Anderson, but she thinks Fantastic Mr. Fox is awesome.

I thought it was a cute little story. It's better than a lot of stuff that's out there. It's not particularly high though compared to his other stuff though imo. General consensus seems to put Royal Tenembaums and Rushmore at the top. It might be Grand Budapest Hotel for me. Life Aquatic also seems to get a lot of love. I thought Life Aquatic was really boring the time I saw it, but that was a really long time ago. I should probably rewatch it.

I tried watching and ended up turning it off... Was extremely boring to me. I need to go back and try again.


But yes

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My favorite thus far was his latest - The Grand Budapest Hotel.

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Amazing movie that I can watch every time it is on.

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Moonrise Kingdom

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It was an odd film. I saw it in the theater and had mixed feelings. But upon second watching at home it grew on me.

For some reason, though, the beach scene kind of creeped me out when I thought about Anderson directing it.

I'm partial to Bottle Rocket since it was his first.

Royal is my favorite overall.

I couldn't even finish Moonrise and don't like the Darjeeling Limited.

rushmore is my fav and i love royal

really like bottle rocket and i've warmed up to life aquatic

i hate, HATE darjeeng. it's pretentious, boring, and enraging to me

i used to love WA then i grew apathetic-negative towards him but i had a really fun time with budapest. it was just completely engaging to me

he just is a guy addicted to his style, for better or worse. with budapest he seemed to put more into the story and it worked

royal is where it really started. he had some "play/book" setting in rushmore, but the movie was shot traditionally

royal is where he really just framed everything as a play, with his color schemes, and when that became popular, he ran with it

Anderson's films get better with each viewing because you're able to shift focus from the main characters in each scene to some of the background imagery and action. He'll have supporting characters sticking their heads into shots at the last moment, or shouting something odd during a scene.