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The Grand Budapest Hotel

Posted on 2/28/21 at 11:38 pm
Posted by Dandy Lion
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Posted on 2/28/21 at 11:38 pm
Yet again.

Such a lovely movie.
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
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Posted on 3/1/21 at 12:10 am to
Yes
Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
51398 posts
Posted on 3/1/21 at 12:20 am to
Twice a year, like clockwork, get more out of it, every time.

So unique, actors really work their arse off.

I'm of the possibly uninformed opinion that Anderson doesn't even pay well, but it's a joy for them.

This post was edited on 3/1/21 at 12:24 am
Posted by pevetohead
lurking behind sonic
Member since Apr 2017
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Posted on 3/1/21 at 12:23 am to
Another one of my favorites to go to bed watching
Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
51398 posts
Posted on 3/1/21 at 12:43 am to
'Mendel's'
Posted by Lsut81
Member since Jun 2005
83651 posts
Posted on 3/1/21 at 5:07 am to
Excellent movie... wish it was on streaming.... seems you can only buy
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
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Posted on 3/1/21 at 5:33 am to
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Such a lovely movie.


Yes it is.
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
62314 posts
Posted on 3/1/21 at 5:33 am to
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wish it was on streaming


I think it's on IMDB, if you can stomach the ads.
Posted by flvelo12
Palm Harbor, Florida
Member since Jan 2012
3550 posts
Posted on 3/1/21 at 6:01 am to
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if you can stomach the ads.

Nope.
Posted by Muthsera
Member since Jun 2017
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Posted on 3/1/21 at 8:01 am to
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I'm of the possibly uninformed opinion that Anderson doesn't even pay well, but it's a joy for them.


From the press for Grand Budapest Hotel:

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"We are promised very long hours and low wages," Murray joked on how Anderson gets such great casts for his movies. "And stale bread. It's this crazy thing where you're asked to work long hours. You end up spending more money on tips than you make on the movie. But you get to live in — Wes, his dreamscape comes true. You get to watch it happen."

Anderson added that Murray only had about a day's work on "The Darjeeling Limited," but hung around in India for a full week. Murray joked back that on the various films he's worked on, they work for a very hard twenty minutes but get to spend five or six days in Paris.


How many directors are on par with Wes Anderson in their ability to fully realize an imagined world through light, sound, and texture? Pete Docter, Guillermo del Toro?
Posted by FranMully
New Jersey
Member since Aug 2013
1317 posts
Posted on 3/1/21 at 8:54 am to
Love this movie. Probably Anderson's most accessible movie to general audiences.
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
37865 posts
Posted on 3/1/21 at 8:58 am to
Can't wait for The French Dispatch.
Possible showing at Caanes in May, which might mean a Summer release.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
94679 posts
Posted on 3/1/21 at 12:36 pm to
Although the pace, at times, is sometimes too fast (like Moonrise Kingdom), I think it just hits all the Wes Anderson things really, really well. While MK is more sentimental and I think I enjoy it more, overall, GBH is probably the better film with better acting.

Can't go wrong with either (or Rushmore for that matter, which I think is his best-paced film to date). Yes, I enjoyed the Royal Tenenbaums and Bottle Rocket (and yet to see Life Aquatic all the way through), but they're just not as rewatchable as Rushmore, Moonrise or Grand Budapest.
This post was edited on 3/1/21 at 12:37 pm
Posted by YumYum Sauce
Arkansas
Member since Nov 2010
9326 posts
Posted on 3/1/21 at 1:51 pm to
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and yet to see Life Aquatic all the way through


One of my favs for various reasons. Every time I've recommended that to someone they either love it or hate it.
Posted by cgrand
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Member since Oct 2009
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Posted on 3/1/21 at 2:11 pm to
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and yet to see Life Aquatic all the way through

One of my favs for various reasons. Every time I've recommended that to someone they either love it or hate it.

same, and i have no idea why its so polarizing. its one of my all time favorites and is damn near a perfect movie
Posted by barbapapa
Member since Mar 2018
3797 posts
Posted on 3/1/21 at 2:18 pm to
Life Aquatic is awesome
Posted by pevetohead
lurking behind sonic
Member since Apr 2017
3532 posts
Posted on 3/1/21 at 2:22 pm to
I think Life Aquatic is Anderson’s most heartfelt movie
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
115563 posts
Posted on 3/1/21 at 2:29 pm to
I think Grand Budapest is my favorite Wes Anderson movie

But the “it’s been a rough year dad” scene from The Royal Tennebaums I think is the best scene/moment he’s put on film so far. There’s so much there with such little dialogue. There’s just like a relief in tension you feel as the movie goer that feels like what Ben Stiller character is going through at that exact moment.
Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
51398 posts
Posted on 3/1/21 at 10:37 pm to
quote:

yet to see Life Aquatic all the way through
You have no shame. That´s an absolutely fantastic movie that also deserves two viewings per year.
Posted by Muthsera
Member since Jun 2017
7319 posts
Posted on 3/1/21 at 11:10 pm to
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and yet to see Life Aquatic all the way through


I watched it for the first time last year or the year before and really enjoyed it.

It helped that as I got older my movie taste evolved so that it vibed with me. Also helped that I had lower expectations for it; when it first came out people raved about it to me, and I don't think I would have liked it nearly as much.

Closest thing I can compare it to is Joe vs The Volcano - both are very theatrical, both break from reality with grand artistic flourishes, and obviously both were extremely polarizing on release and have remained so long afterwards.
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