1. I am not a Wes Anderson fan -- for me, the one I unabashedly like, "The Grand Budapest Hotel," had actual stakes involved and is the exception that proves the rule -- but it says a great deal about him and his sets that he can line up the casts he does, with many actors coming back for more. I've read bits and pieces about the atmosph…
1. I am not a Wes Anderson fan -- for me, the one I unabashedly like, "The Grand Budapest Hotel," had actual stakes involved and is the exception that proves the rule -- but it says a great deal about him and his sets that he can line up the casts he does, with many actors coming back for more. I've read bits and pieces about the atmosphere (great food, lots of conversation, a sense of a theatrical troupe) and, even if I don't like his films much, I hope he makes them for decades more, just so Jeffrey Wright can play anything he wants.
2. I use ChatGPT advisedly as a kind of editor/sounding board for my writing. But it makes my skin crawl to use it to, you know, actually WRITE. I'd rather vomit up a bad first draft, argue with ChatGPT's changes, and then revise it myself. However, given developments in industry (creative and otherwise), I'm in the minority.
The Grand Budapest Hotel is one of my favorite movies of all time, despite not loving the rest of Wes Anderson's work (I always enjoy them, but don't tend to rewatch them). I think it's because the visual style seems just seem to serve the story and themes of movie so well.
I may revisit earlier movies though, because my son had watched The Fantastic Mr. Fox about 20 times this year and it's growing on me instead of destroying my sanity. It's making wonder if I didn't give some of his other movies a fair shake.
1. I am not a Wes Anderson fan -- for me, the one I unabashedly like, "The Grand Budapest Hotel," had actual stakes involved and is the exception that proves the rule -- but it says a great deal about him and his sets that he can line up the casts he does, with many actors coming back for more. I've read bits and pieces about the atmosphere (great food, lots of conversation, a sense of a theatrical troupe) and, even if I don't like his films much, I hope he makes them for decades more, just so Jeffrey Wright can play anything he wants.
2. I use ChatGPT advisedly as a kind of editor/sounding board for my writing. But it makes my skin crawl to use it to, you know, actually WRITE. I'd rather vomit up a bad first draft, argue with ChatGPT's changes, and then revise it myself. However, given developments in industry (creative and otherwise), I'm in the minority.
Bottle Rocket?
Haven’t seen it! Will do so eventually.
The Grand Budapest Hotel is one of my favorite movies of all time, despite not loving the rest of Wes Anderson's work (I always enjoy them, but don't tend to rewatch them). I think it's because the visual style seems just seem to serve the story and themes of movie so well.
I may revisit earlier movies though, because my son had watched The Fantastic Mr. Fox about 20 times this year and it's growing on me instead of destroying my sanity. It's making wonder if I didn't give some of his other movies a fair shake.
I did like “Fantastic Mr. Fox.” But you’ll have to pay me to sit through “The Life Aquatic” again.
I remember watching the Life Aquatic and thinking "there must be something I'm not getting about this movie". Maybe there wasn't though.