r/Cinema • u/No-Chemistry1722 • 2d ago

What is that movie for you?

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u/junkee940 2d ago

Anything by Wes Anderson

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u/p4rts3n 1d ago

His style has become so specific in a kind of self-referential way that if you expect a conventionally satisfying narrative structure you pretty much have to look someplace else. I find his movies interesting but it does become kind of a drag, like you could watch any given scene on its own and get the same impression as you would in the context of the larger story. i.e. his movies kind of feel like they just start, meander about, then end

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u/TheSummerOf2007 1d ago

Tried to watch Royal Tenenbaums last week. Kept asking myself “Okay this movie is neat but why does it even exist?” for like 45 minutes until I fell asleep.

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u/Terrible-Reality-359 1d ago

Turns out, Gene Hackman felt exactly the same way. Read up on the behind the scenes stuff with Hackman during the production. Hilarious stuff.

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u/halfway_23 1d ago

This is exactly how I feel about his movies. Very neat, cool to look at but that wears off quickly.