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Favorite Wes Anderson Movies

posted 14 years ago by ufodoubleg
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What are yours in order? I'm going to start watching most of his movies, so your posts will help me decide what to get. Thanks

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[–] Jamie_Hitchcock_2 13 years ago

I just got done watching "Rushmore" actually. So current rankings would be something like:

1. The Darjeeling Limited
2. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
3. Bottle Rocket (Short)
4. Fantastic Mr. Fox
5. Rushmore
6. Hotel Chevalier (Short)

The ranking gets a bit hazy after the first two though.

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[–] thegrizz44 11 years ago

1. The Royal Tenenbaums
2. Rushmore
3. Moonrise Kingdom
4. Fantastic Mr. Fox
5. The Darjeeling Limited

(Haven't seen The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou or Bottle Rocket)

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[–] jgustav-606-72 11 years ago

1. Rushmore
2. Rushmore
3. Rushmore
4. Rushmore
5. Rushmore

This is proabaly annoying but I don't really like his other movies so much. And I love Rushmore soooo much! Somehow he never got up to this levels again but I hope he will. I suppose I quite like his last movie but that is still not on the levels of Rushmore.

[–] PhoenixPhuck 11 years ago

1. The Royal Tenenbaums
2. Moonrise Kingdom
3. The Darjeeling Limited
4. The Fantastic Mr. Fox
5. Rushmore
6. The Life Aquatic
7. Bottle Rocket

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[–] pretentiousillitoret 11 years ago

1. Rushmore
2. Moonrise Kingdom
3. Fantastic Mr Fox
4. The Royal Tenenbaums
5. The Darjeeling Limited (convincingly last)

I guess I believe Wes is most successful when trying to capture the imagination of youth (whether it be the imagination of a teenager resembling someone well beyond his years, or the more unadulterated wonder of a child in love). Perhaps a child's imagination is somewhat indicative of Wes' film style: out of the ordinary, less borders, less understanding, more possibilities and more colour.

[–] pfr_77 10 years ago

liked -
rushmore / fantastic mr fox
the royal tenenbaums
moonrise kingdom
bottle rocket (maybe slightly less than tied w/ moonrise? which is the same to TRT)

indifferent -
the life aquatic with steve zissou

disliked -
the darjeeling limited

and very much looking forward to the grand budapest hotel!

[–] kellyanderson65 10 years ago

Rushmore is #1!

[–] lazarillo 10 years ago

Yeah, this is my favorite, even though I have liked a lot of the others. It seems to be a little more from the heart and less self-consciously trying to be a quirky "Wes Anderson" movie.

It's interesting when you have an adolescent and middle-aged character in a movie that you can both really relate to. As an adolescent, I can relate to being stubbornly optimistic (or quixotic) like Max, even though a lot of the youthful energy of ALL adolescents seems to go to waste in many ways. Then when you get older you tend to become sad and wistful like Herman Blume, even if you have done all the "right" things and become successful, because is never exactly how you imagine it to be in the innocent days of youth. . .

[–] braynehurricane 10 years ago

1. Rushmore
2. Moonrise Kingdom
3. The Darjeeling Limited
4. The Grand Budapest Hotel
5. Bottle Rocket
6. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
7. Fantastic Mr. Fox
8. The Royal Tenenbaums

[–] Bruno-Diaz 10 years ago

I sadly haven't seen all of his films, but of the ones I have I would rate them:
Grand Budapest Hotel
The Royal Tenenbaums
Rushmore
Moonrise Kingdom
Fantastic Mr. Fox

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