Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xlNlzBTY_E
Anyone looking forward to this? I’m liking the retro-futurism aesthetic. I’ve had mixed impressions of pass Wes Anderson movies, but its possible I just don’t “get it”. Maybe the aesthetic is the point.
I am! For me, the aesthetic is 95% the point of Anderson’s movies. I find that he’s at his best when he pairs his visuals with a fun adventure, like in The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Isle of Dogs. So I hope he goes back to that with Asteroid City, because I didn’t find last year’s release that enjoyable.
Finally got to the pictures last night to see this. Very weird and almost a comical take-off of what a Wes Anderson movie is. But, I enjoyed it. Especially the humour. The cast of characters is stellar as ever and I personally love that, although Bill Murray is sorely missed. Id say if you are a WA fan, then go watch it. In the cinema preferably (bit late on that advice - sorry). If not, don’t bother!
I’m seeing it tonight and looking forward to it. I usually enjoy Wes Anderson, but I realize that it isn’t for everyone. Personally, I really enjoy the careful framing of all the shots, the colorful scenes, quirky tone and dry humor.
I’m definitely looking forward to this, but not because of the science fiction!
Personally I’m a huge fan of his work, but I understand that’s not for everyone. I’ll be watching it tonight!
I loved it!
Spoilers Ahead:
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The fact that the sets were supposed to be fictitious/play-sets gave him an excuse to push his style into an almost cartoonish extreme. I enjoyed the nested levels of storytelling. There was a lot of humor, some of which was more outright than in his previous films. There was still plenty of more subtle and dry humor too. The eye candy was taken to new extremes with hyper-saturated colors. The framing/compositions, transitions, etc were delightful as always. I think the story was quite strong with a good and clever ending.
Some fun things I noticed: When the cowboy dude walks there are spur noises, even though he had no spurs. In many of the black and white shots, the characters eyes have a subtle red tint, I suppose to draw your eyes into their faces.
Did anyone else think the space alien looked like Salad Fingers (a reference for the OG Newgrounds crowd). https://imgur.com/a/mJNPDCR
I really hope I’m wrong, but it seems like Anderson is getting close to self-parody with this one. I know the dude has a specific style, but it’s getting so over the top that I think it disracts from the story instead of adding to it.
The Darjeeling Limited is one of my favorite films of all time. It changed the way I think about movies. I liked the Grand Budapest Hotel, but I thought it leaned too hard into silliness.
That being said, Anderson is talented and successful enough that he can do whatever the fuck he wants. If he’s having fun being self-indulgent and making what he wants, I’m happy for him. I hope he’s not getting more pretentious as his movies get more and more weird.
It’s just his style. Plus this one seems to really lend itself to silliness based on its setting. I want to watch it more for the cinematography than anything; the camera work, color palette, choices for lighting and set design are my favorite parts of his films.
Totally off topic, but from the thumbnail I thought this was a post about some new Factorio mod or maybe space exploration base.
As far as I’m aware I haven’t seen even a single Wes Anderson movie, but I have a few on my watch list. Looking forward to see what his “style” is all about.
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I am, but I also want to find out if the three black-and-white people in the group shot of the movie poster is significant, like an Easter egg, callback or reference forward, or just a production error. Or did they run out of modern actors and had to dip back into the '50s to hire some monotone help.
It is significant and you will understand when you see the movie.
Since it’s a Wes Anderson movie we can assume it’s intentional. Saw what you will about his style, but Wes Anderson movies are always visually-rich and his attention to detail is nigh unmatched by other contemporary filmmakers
