Showing posts with label Wes Anderson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wes Anderson. Show all posts

Friday, May 28, 2010

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)


This movie shot Wes Anderson back up into my top five favorite directors. I loved it so much that I watched it 2 and 1/2 times before sending it back to Netflix, and I haven't stopped thinking about it since. This film does what films can rarely successfully accomplish - go above and beyond the original book/story (in my opinion). The film elaborated more on the story by Roald Dahl a bit but stayed faithful to the original tone while injecting it with that amazing Wes Anderson style, flavor, humor and aesthetic. I could go on and on but I'll stop now and just say if you haven't seen Fantastic Mr. Fox, and are a die hard fan of Roald Dahl or Wes Anderson, WATCH this film NOW.

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Hotel Chevalier (2007)



Absolutely lovely. I loved Jason Schwartzman's masked nonchalance as Jack, and Natalie Portman wasn't bad as the wounded-but-feigning-otherwise character as Jack's ex-girlfriend. So Andersonian. Really of the essence. And a great prelude to The Darjeeling Limited.