I know a guy who looks exactly like the guy (I forget his name) in Rushmore.
The resemblance is almost frightening.

I could imagine.

go find his american express card ad on youtube. everything this man does is amazing.

i like everyone of them except for life aquatic, i couldn't get into that.

What are you doing? I ordered the wine. He knows nothing about wine.

I thought this was a puff piece?

i dug the Life Aquatic. the bits of electro music composed on the ship, the fantastic colours, love it.

yawn. I liked bottle rocket, but that's about it.

I just watched Rushmore again.

these are my O.R. scrubs

O R they?!

omgggg love that scene. And also the revenge scene with the bees. The music just works so well with that montage.

there's a new film about four brothers traveling together in India - cant remember the name, but watched the preview via Frontrow on my laptop. It'll be on the Apple site I imagine.

Is this the Robert Altman wannabe or is that the other Anderson

I know a guy who looks exactly like the guy (I forget his name) in Rushmore. The resemblance is almost frightening.

is his name zac walton?

The guy I know?
Nope his name is Kitch (actual name!) something or other

Apologies if this was posted before the ''Missing Month''...

Wes Anderson's American Express commercial

Despite the inherent lameness of the ad series, this is brilliant.

when perusing a certain magazine for women who enjoy the company of other women, i happened acorss an interesting essay on wes anderson films from a feminist perspective. basically summed his films up as excusing white boys behaving badly.

and this blog borders on calling him a racist for his treatment of coloured characters

Cool ad. I still prefer the Martin Scorcese one though.

don't know why i have this urge to list these but i rank 'em thusly:

1. the life aquatic
2. rushmore
3. bottle rocket
4. the darjeeling limited
5. the royal tenenbaums

i thought the darjeeling ltd was a bit 1-note. i like how the llife aquatic kind of turns into this action flick halfway through.

I rank them like this:

1. Rushmore
2. The Royal Tenenbaums
3. The Life Aquatic
4. Bottle Rocket
5. The Darjeeling Ltd

ooh! listy!

for me:

1. The Royal Tenenbaums
2. Rushmore
3. Bottle Rocket
4. The Life Aquatic
5. The Darjeeling Ltd

ooooh k. list:

1. royal tenenbaums
2. rushmore
3. darjeeling limited
4. bottle rocket
5. life aquatic.

ok. so that blog makes some fair points but i can also call bullshit on it a fair bit.

there are cartoon characters within his films, but i believe this is all inclusive, regardless of race. similarly, there are also 'realistic' (for wes) characters that are both coloured and white. i.e. mr sherman in RT, max's eventual girlfriend in rushmore, and the entire village in DL after they save two boys but fail to save the other.

i think there's a lot of problems you can read into his films and the 'boys club' one is definitely there and does trouble me... i'm not sure any of these things are intentional though? what to do?

i think there's a lot of problems you can read into his films and the 'boys club' one is definitely there and does trouble me

i don't know that i agree... the women characters may be outnumbered, but they're usually interesting, layered and complex, textured beings - not just catalysts for the male charcters' behaviours. true, some are so interesting in fact that you wish they were explored a little more fully.

but at least they're not facile stereotypes in the first place.

and the entire village in DL after they save two boys but fail to save the other.

SPOILER ALERT

(fuck you) ;)

i saw darjeerling limited last night and loved it!

oh shit, sorry guys! erm, yeah... can you edit stuff?

i can see what you mean as well nicko... angelica houston is always worked AMAZINGLY.

there still seems to be some kind of privilege placed upon the male characters over the female, not only in terms of screen time/attention, but also the lives they go on to leave or the success they have.

I have to get Bottle Rocket.

You know what, fuck this emo shit.

ok

fucks SGHs emo shit

any jazz nerds able to pick the song at 0:40 ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=abMaH16DYT4

sounds like coltrane, but i'm not sure what song or album?

life aquatic is tits. i'm also pretty cock a hoop for fantastic mr. fox.

jazz nerds?

cmon! help a brother out. this is doing my head in

duke ellington and john coltrane - in a sentimental mood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCQfTNOC5aE

thanks for nothing mutherfuckers

yay!

Helen Razer on craft and whimsy:

''All [Wes Anderson's films] do is chew on the gristle of magical realism and upchuck it at the doorway of art.''

Helen Razer on craft and whimsy:

I really enjoyed that article...

Yeah, same. Totally needed to be said.

The last person's opinion on art and aesthetics I value is Helen Razer's...

The last person's opinion on art and aesthetics I value is Helen Razer's...

I would agree with that

Did the bad lady say something mean about something you like?

I have no issue with Helen Razer. Just thought that her article on the whimsical was a piece of shit. Particularly the bit about Miranda July.

I liked Bottle Rocket. I liked Rushmore. I couldn't make it through either of Tenenbaums or Life Aquatic.

Fantastic Mr Fox was one of my favourite childhood books... should I watch the movie, or will it just make me angry?

helen razer's opinon is of no value to me. glad that we disagree about wes anderson films

I thought Fantastic Mr Fox was good fun.

That's what I can say about Wes Anderson's films. They're generally good fun.

It would be hard to make the case that they're any more than stylish fluff though.

Rushmore was a good flick.

Royal Tenenbaums in top 3 fave movies ever. Love Wes Anderson movies. Watched Darjeeling Limited over summer. Under rated gem.

It would be hard to make the case that they're any more than stylish fluff though.

Indeed. I have been known to enjoy some of these films, but man they get really annoying after a while. Actors staring blankly at eachother/standing next to eachother awkwardly delivering dry meta/philosophical/etc lines, that kind of stuff just doesn't float my boat.

So I saw Moonrise Kingdom last night. It's pretty good. Has a lot of the Wes Anderson hallmarks. Not quite up there with Rushmore or Royal Tenebaums but I enjoyed it more than Zissou or Darjeeling. All the cast are great but the two kids are probably the pick of the bunch. Not quite as good a soundtrack as his other films but decent nonetheless and could potentially fuel a yeh yeh revival among twee 20 somethings...

I enjoyed it, but it's probably at the bottom of the pile of his movies for me, not a bad thing though. just a little too reflective/homage to his other films i thought

the kids were really great in the main roles, thought Ed Norton was great as well

Yeah it's good to see Edward Norton acting again. I liked bruce Willis.

Getting a bit bored of seeing Bill Murray in that browbeaten by life role though but I guess a face like that lends itself to such roles...

these roles are such a stretch for Bill Murray

really keen to see it

@breteastonellis never fails to amuse/stir shit:

The best American movie so far this year is ''Magic Mike'' and if you're thinking it's ''Moonrise Kingdom'' then you are a hipster douchebag...

Moonrise Kingdom is great. It's very easy, but there's nothing wrong with that. Stupidly rich (visually - as you'd expect), and just a really well put together film - he's not changing the game, but he delivers every time.

venompstinger said 7 days ago: @breteastonellis never fails stoop to new lows of trolling: The best American movie so far this year is ''Magic Mike'' and if you're thinking it's ''Moonrise Kingdom'' then you are a hipster douchebag...

Fixed

I really enjoyed Magic Mike...I will see Moonrise Kingdom when the opportunity presents itself.