Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xlNlzBTY_E
Anyone looking forward to this? I’m liking the retro-futurism aesthetic. I’ve had mixed impressions of pass Wes Anderson movies, but its possible I just don’t “get it”. Maybe the aesthetic is the point.
Finally got to the pictures last night to see this. Very weird and almost a comical take-off of what a Wes Anderson movie is. But, I enjoyed it. Especially the humour. The cast of characters is stellar as ever and I personally love that, although Bill Murray is sorely missed. Id say if you are a WA fan, then go watch it. In the cinema preferably (bit late on that advice - sorry). If not, don’t bother!
I am! For me, the aesthetic is 95% the point of Anderson’s movies. I find that he’s at his best when he pairs his visuals with a fun adventure, like in The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Isle of Dogs. So I hope he goes back to that with Asteroid City, because I didn’t find last year’s release that enjoyable.
I loved it!
Spoilers Ahead:
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The fact that the sets were supposed to be fictitious/play-sets gave him an excuse to push his style into an almost cartoonish extreme. I enjoyed the nested levels of storytelling. There was a lot of humor, some of which was more outright than in his previous films. There was still plenty of more subtle and dry humor too. The eye candy was taken to new extremes with hyper-saturated colors. The framing/compositions, transitions, etc were delightful as always. I think the story was quite strong with a good and clever ending.
Some fun things I noticed: When the cowboy dude walks there are spur noises, even though he had no spurs. In many of the black and white shots, the characters eyes have a subtle red tint, I suppose to draw your eyes into their faces.
Did anyone else think the space alien looked like Salad Fingers (a reference for the OG Newgrounds crowd). https://imgur.com/a/mJNPDCR
