Not at all. Wes Anderson has a very distinct style that doesn’t appeal to everyone. I have no problem with that.
I don’t understand very well what the characteristics of Anderson’s films are about. I don’t really care. There is one of his movies that I think is great - Moonrise Kingdom. There are others that are pretty good. There are others that aren’t very good. I just don’t rate them according to how well they fit the characteristics of his films. Some of them work for me and some don’t.
My main criticism of Asteroid City is that I’d like there to be some kind of goddamn story. Which it didn’t really have, and all the meta-meta-storytelling just got so tiresome.
Whereas The Phoenician Scheme had a coherent plot. The characters and dialogue were all weird in that Andersonian way but at least there was a thread to follow.
I liked it a lot. The book is even better – more detail and grittier. Rocket Boys written by Homer Hickam.
Cool! I thought I saw new Secrets of the Dead last year. They’ve stopped making them? I also love watching them – always interesting.
As for Wes Anderson, I’m a fan. I’ve liked some of his films less than others, but I haven’t actually disliked any of them. Plus, I love his aesthetic.
Thanks did not know there was a book 
I’m not certain the Secrets series has been ended - would be great if not.
Not…
Yes, “Secrets of the Dead” is still being produced. The series, which has been running since 2000, is an ongoing PBS documentary series that investigates historical mysteries and challenges prevailing ideas about the past. Season 22 was released in 2024
The one with the Amazon warriors descendents ending up in Mongolia blew me away.
Let me know if this is accessible for you.
Probably the thing that annoys me the most. He turns great actors into stiff unnatural androids. He didn’t start off that way but here we are.
Just got back from seeing F1 in IMAX.
Rather thin on plot, and packed full of sports-movie cliches. But what a helluva ride! The racing sequences were exciting and well-shot. Definitely worth the big screen and big sound.
There is still a bit of an uncanny valley effect with the AI cars, though. I don’t know how much AI was used, but I only spotted it a couple of times, so it didn’t detract much.
A fun time at the movies.
And yet, Anderson has no problem attracting major A-list actors, even for bit parts. Tom Hanks, Willem Dafoe, Scarlett Johansson, and F. Murray Abraham all had small roles in The Phoenician Scheme.
AI cars? Or do you mean cgi cars?
I suppose AI-generated graphics are also CGI (though not necessarily vice versa), so sure.
There were just a couple of shots that, rather than traditional-looking CGI, had that distinct feel of something created by - or at least assisted by - AI.
I’m not sure I can explain it better than that; it’s just the kind of thing your brain registers when you see it.
Enjoying this … full movie…less than an hour.
ABBA - The Super Troupe
Now, that’s a nice funny callback in MI:FR, but…seriously? This guy has been “assigned” to this remote station for 29 years? He couldn’t you know, quit? Does he still get paid? Where does he spend his money? How does he get supplies? Can he take his 4 weeks a year vacation? When did he have time to learn…whatever language his wife spoke? Where did he meet her? Where was the wedding?
And what exactly does he do, if no one gets all the data he is collecting? And he’s keeping it on 12 inch floppy discs!
Check out this trailer:
and then this one
And tell me what you think.
Now, I think Isle of Dogs is great, and nothing like these. But I slept through The Royal Tenenbaums, and that was in the theater…
I watched Paddington In Peru this weekend. It was okay, but it was rather too much action adventure, not enough heart. Aside from the Paddington-ness of it all tonally, there was no real heartwarming connection made between Paddington and the antagonists.
Also the whole family tagged along but didn’t really add much. The kids barely say three sentences between them. I was expecting the son to fall for the Captain’s daughter but nup.
Kids will enjoy it, but it definitely lacked magic.
I’d describe PIP as a bit ‘Hollywood’ compared to the first two, and it suffers for it.
The title of the movie “October Sky” is an anagram of the title of the book “Rocket Boys”. 
I’m watching the latest (2024) version of “Nosferatu” with Willem Dafoe, who also played Max Schreck in “Shadow of the Vampire” in 2000. Very moody and dark, of course, and also a bit too over-the-top as far as acting goes.
Yes actors like being in what is perceived as a prestige art movie. That’s not surprising.
Right, it’s not surprising. But it does make your argument that great actors are reduced to “stiff unnatural androids” in Anderson films seem pretty feeble. These people have million-dollar reputations to uphold with every role they take on.
Are you saying my opinions are not valid because someone else makes a choice? Good actors chose to be in movies I think are shit all the time.
Are you also trying to say Anderson allows his actors to act in a realistic manner? Personally I’ve never met anyone like that. (Talking strictly about the over stylized movies he’s putting out now, not the ones that were just quirky earlier on)