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[33anda3rd]

Maybe he meant "get(s) in to Criterion."

I do think there's a little exceptionalism for Anderson with his fans, who maybe have trouble seeing the flaws in his work or understanding why a critical contrarian like me might suggest his work is too narrowly focused on a couple ideas and far too precious. Someone who says he's a big Anderson fan told me just yesterday that Life Aquatic is one of his top-ten favorite movies and his favorite Anderson and I asked if he had not, in fact, gotten around to seeing an 11th movie yet.

I like Anderson a lot. I've gone into his last couple thinking this would be the one where the preciousness goes off the rails and it stinks, but I've left smiling and having enjoyed them. Grand Budapest is one of his better movies I think, and in a shallow year it's a deserving Oscar nom.

[thrill]

I just like trolling Anderson fans. It's good sport here in Portland.

I'd see this one because it looks fun. I didn't think much of Moonrise Kingdom. The dry, fast way Anderson's characters deliver all their lines doesn't play for me with children and the whole thing felt very Wes Anderson. The new one looks more contained and less indulgent.

His adult kid thing went from funny in Rushmore to somewhat creepy in Moonrise.

[JL21]

somewhat creepy in Moonrise.

Only somewhat creepy?

[MrSaigon]

Come visit me and we'll go bar hopping. The ambiance at every one could (and I'd wager would be by management) be described as 'Wes Anderson meets x.'

[thrill]

somewhat creepy in Moonrise.

Only somewhat creepy?

Good point.

Moonrise ain't got [expletive] on Tennenbaums, though in terms of creepy kid love. Good thing they had Hackman and Owen Wilson to make that movie great. Moonrise doesn't.

[Famous Mortimer]

Life Aquatic isn't awful, but I completely agree with 33anda3rd. It's almost the definition of *shrug*

[JL21]

Life Aquatic isn't awful, but I completely agree with 33anda3rd. It's almost the definition of *shrug*

It's very low on my list of Wes Anderson films. Probably the bottom, actually, though I've also never been a fan of Bottle Rocket.

[MrSaigon]

It's near the top of my list for him. That's exactly the kind of odd setting I'd like to see his aesthetic play, and it's zany.

[Jocephus]

It's not that strange to imagine Nic Cage taking out Osama bin Laden. Or at least wanting to. That's why he's been cast to play Gary Faulkner, reports Deadline, the subject of a fascinating GQ profile who, as a "50-year-old ex-con ... traveled to the most volatile region of Pakistan to capture Osama bin Laden." The film's called Army of One and will be directed by Larry Charles — the same guy who did Borat and so many episodes of Seinfeld — which means we're likely getting something funny. Or at least something that's funny on purpose.

http://www.vulture.com/2015/01/nic-cage ... laden.html

[thrill]

It's near the top of my list for him. That's exactly the kind of odd setting I'd like to see his aesthetic play, and it's zany.

You'd like Budapest.