Movie: Asteroid City (Wes Anderson)

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i couldnt even finish the trailer

it all looks so tired and bored.
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Man, how interesting would a Wes Anderson movie be if he ditched the style and tried something different

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yeah, some camera movements!! some acting!
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he's a parody of himself.. you're right; it's boring, no matter what the story is or if it's a cartoon, even
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tragabigzanda wrote:I’ve been off this guy since Moonrise or Grand Buda (whichever came first), but I think this one looks fun.
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I'm really glad there is a guy named Wes Anderson making Wes Anderson movies. There was a bit of an issue in the late aughts when guys like Rian Johnson, Sofia Coppola, Jason Reitman, and a bunch of others were also all making Wes Anderson movies. But that trend has passed. I'm happy to have one new Wes Anderson movies every few years.

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but this is as if Pearl Jam just kept making Ten every couple of years.. I think Wes Anderson is talented and I respect him, but I just wish he would progress and change his style
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I totally get that perspective. For me, there's enough different in them to still find them worthwhile.
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The Argonaut wrote:I totally get that perspective. For me, there's enough different in them to still find them worthwhile.
Agreed. I wouldn’t mind a mix up in style a bit every now and then though also.
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wes is obviously autistic and incapable of making a different style movie

it'd be like expecting tree to change his posting style
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spike wrote:wes is obviously autistic and incapable of making a different style movie
If this is true, I'd begin to look at his work from a different perspective and may appreciate it more, because it would feel more authentic.
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The Argonaut wrote:I'm really glad there is a guy named Wes Anderson making Wes Anderson movies. There was a bit of an issue in the late aughts when guys like Rian Johnson, Sofia Coppola, Jason Reitman, and a bunch of others were also all making Wes Anderson movies. But that trend has passed. I'm happy to have one new Wes Anderson movies every few years.

Looking forward to this one
I agree completely. Kind of shocked at the complaints on this page. In a world of utterly generic, anonymous filmmaking where directors are either afraid or disallowed from injecting any personality into their work, I love that we still have a few artists whose work is so completely and unabashedly their own. This looks really good to me
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Jorge wrote:
The Argonaut wrote:I'm really glad there is a guy named Wes Anderson making Wes Anderson movies. There was a bit of an issue in the late aughts when guys like Rian Johnson, Sofia Coppola, Jason Reitman, and a bunch of others were also all making Wes Anderson movies. But that trend has passed. I'm happy to have one new Wes Anderson movies every few years.

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His style makes every other movie seem more real. It doesn’t matter if it’s the Coen brothers, who are also quirky, Lynch, who is weird, or popcorn Marvel movies, no one beats Wes Anderson in levels of fake.
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Jorge wrote:
The Argonaut wrote:I'm really glad there is a guy named Wes Anderson making Wes Anderson movies. There was a bit of an issue in the late aughts when guys like Rian Johnson, Sofia Coppola, Jason Reitman, and a bunch of others were also all making Wes Anderson movies. But that trend has passed. I'm happy to have one new Wes Anderson movies every few years.

Looking forward to this one
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Anders wrote:His style makes every other movie seem more real. It doesn’t matter if it’s the Coen brothers, who are also quirky, Lynch, who is weird, or popcorn Marvel movies, no one beats Wes Anderson in levels of fake.
Do you think he's concerned with looking "real"?
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