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Marcus Fenix
Cinematography! WOW some of the scenes are magnificent...well done!atomicelmo
8/10dippygirl78
I'm afraid I didn't get it.... self indulgent and pretentiousdanisanna
Sweet, quaint little movie.KJha
Awesome (as well as funny, ironic and crazy).Wonderful cast and plot.
The most apropriate music ever.
blondy2323
Really, really appreciate the visual part of the movie and Ralph Fiennes is such a great actor.The story is quite unusual and interesting, and I feel I must watch the movie again to notice new nuances to the story.
I recommend watching it at least once, even if just to see a movie that is absolutely different and more interesting than most movies.
stexdo
Fiennes is spectacular in this fun and brilliant movie from Anderson. A crazy circus of dollies, zooms and elaborated sets, perfectly shot and with so many big movie actors that we could have lived with half of them and still be perfectly satisfied. It ranks right up there with Rashmore as W.A. best movie and it certainly is the funniest.bionysos
A Masterpiece - if only there wasn't this poorly done bald head of Harvey Keitel. The make-up artist who committed this crime should feel ashamed. Besides that it is a terrific movie from beginning to end. Wes Andersen is a genius!Maxahlia
I simply adored this one. Marvelous, hilarious and just delightful.zheller667
I love this movie. Pure fun.dvdgrdnr
i loved every minute of this film. absolutely brilliant and totally deserving of its place on most of this year's top 10 lists.tommodee
I cannot think of a recent film that I have enjoyed more than I have this one. It forms a perfect harmony between charming, funny, and fascinating.I could not have lost concentration for a second.
I'm going to watch it again now.
Corporal Mason
I loved the bit where he had a drink of water and then when he put the glass down there was a cloud of blood in itThe_Comatorium
There is only one word I can think of to describe Wes Anderson’s latest film. That word is “delightful”.There has not, to this day, been a Wes Anderson film I did not love. Every single one of them is special in my eyes. Had I known absolutely nothing about this film, I still would have had no doubt in my mind that it was directed by Wes Anderson. He has a style all his own and that has been copied by almost nobody. There’s something about that kind of niche that I just find enchanting. Enchanting could also describe this film, which stars more of my favorite people then I think any other film I’ve seen. I mean, look at that list of people who contribute to this film. It’s an indie film fan’s dream come true. I’m going to spoil something a little bit. Some of those names have such little screen time that I’d be surprised if they spent a full day on set, but the whole picture is empty without them. Everything about the film enchanted me. There are rarely times where I have a smile on my face throughout an entire film, and Wes Anderson has done this to me multiple times, this just being the latest.
In one of his more complex stories he has brought to the screen, the film takes place, during many time periods, in and around The Grand Budapest Hotel, located in a fictitious Polish town during times of war. During these time periods we are introduced to two characters whose friendship is the reason this story is being told. M. Gustave, played as perfect as anybody could play any character by Ralph Fiennes, and his protege lobby boy Zero, played at an old age by F. Murray Abraham and at a young one by a breakout actor named Tony Revolori, are the centerpieces of an intricate yet vastly profound story. M. Gustave has just inherited a small fortune from one of his hotel guests whom he has developed a relationship with and the immediate family of said guest is trying to get rid of him for their own greedy ways. Like always, I don’t want to give away much of the plot but that is pretty much the gist of the film and you’re going to have to find out the rest for yourself.
When “Moonrise Kingdom” came out last year, I thought to myself that one one Wes Anderson was going to cease being able to bring us fantastic cinema. I guess this is just some innate idea that at some point people start to decline but Anderson is proving that wrong by giving us some of his best work as his career continues to move forward. There is n doubt in my mind that he’s going to be making incredible movies until he dies of old age. This latest one is something special, but certainly has some of his traditional trademark qualities. One of the things I love about his work is how symmetrical every one of his shots are. There is a fluid way he moves the camera into the perfect position where we have an actor centered in front of the screen with nearly identical lines surrounding him. Perhaps it’s my OCD leaking through my eyes. I just can’t gt enough of it. He also utilizes the shots from a distance that he has been using since Fantastic Mr. Fox. We see some characters off scurrying along the base of the shot while behind them is a huge scene of mountains or buildings, obviously made of cardboard and paper, but nevertheless whimsical and charming. The wit in this film is also rampant. There were countless times I literally burst out laughing, mostly from either Ralph Fiennes or Adrian Brody saying something insane. The film, which is rated R, uses the perfect time and place to insert either bad language, or in some cases hilarious and crude nudity. It was a riot, and while I didn’t see the movie with a lot of people, the humor was felt all around. Everybody was laughing. It’s a hilarious film.
With such a talented cast, you can’t let everybody have a huge amount of screen time. There just isn’t enough time in the world. Everybody was pretty perfect though. Tilda Swinton was literally unrecognizable as an 84 year old woman. Willem Dafoe was a cold, evil man that almost seemed to turn into a vampire at one point in the film. Jeff Goldblum handled most of the legal dialogue with a diction that only the voice of Jeff Goldblum could make funny. Edward Norton gave the best laughs with the least amount said. His first appearance in the film had my dying and he hadn’t even said a word yet. Harvey Keitel as a bald, muscle flexing prisoner with prison tattoos and Adrien Brody with his short bursts of hilarious anger could not have been better used. I just loved every single aspect of this film. Every single character has their own quirks and humor no matter how long they were on screen.
Overall, I can’t say enough good things. Ralph Fiennes stoles every single scene he was in and he was in a damn lot of them. That’s how good he was. When “Moonrise Kingdom” came out, I knew that it was going to be in my top five of the year regardless of what else got released because of how unique and funny it was and I honestly enjoyed this a lot more. I’ll try to get out to see another viewing, maybe with some friends, but this is most certainly going to be one of my favorites of the year and is already inching it’s way up the ladder of favorite Wes Anderson films the more I think about it. I seriously can not wait to see it again and look forward to everything Wes Anderson will give me in the future.
5/5
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Earring72
Fun, quirky farce movie EXTREMELY well acted with great sets and wonderfull cinematography and direction. Doesn't hold up till the end and the ending was a bit of a letdown but great funShowing items 16 – 30 of 43