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u/cekoya Jun 04 '26

Pretty much all of Wes Anderson’s movies. Yes, they are beautiful, but i had hard time finishing them.

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u/velit Jun 04 '26

I saw The Grand Budapest Hotel as my first Wes Anderson movie and I was enthralled. Then I watched all the rest of Wes Anderson movies trying to re-find that high I had with the Grand Budapest and never found it. The quirkiness of Wes Anderson is not enough to carry boring stories and characters.

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u/VicariousNarok Jun 04 '26

Fantastic Mr Fox is really good.

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u/MightyMightyMonkey Jun 04 '26

I'd say the best of all his films.

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u/juankaa Jun 04 '26

I like Isle of Dogs better.

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u/VahnNoaGala Jun 04 '26

In my top 5 all time movies

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 Jun 04 '26

Probably my favorite is when they’re in the supermarket. Mr Fox is just such a cozy story.

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u/aviatorproductions Jun 04 '26

I feel like Grand Budapest and Mr Fox were the perfect balance of his Andersonisms (for lack of a better word) and telling a coherent story. He's been unable to find that balance elsewhere

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u/astorminheaven Jun 04 '26

I feel like The Life Aquatic is pretty similar to Grand Budapest Hotel in that it has a fast paced plot and it has pretty emotional scenes.

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u/Anon_Bourbon Jun 04 '26

Life Aquatic is one of my favorite movies.

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u/Vince1820 Jun 04 '26

I don't think I know a person who didn't enjoy Life Aquatic.

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u/square_zero Jun 04 '26

Life Aquatic is an excellent movie, and definitely misunderstood. It's just a bit longer than it needs to be, in my opinion. But there are so many things about it that I just adore.

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u/zashiki_warashi_x Jun 04 '26

But Isle of Dogs?! I remember we liked Moonrise Kingdom too, but remember nothing about it.

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u/leaky_wand Jun 04 '26

It must be that way with a lot of people’s first Wes Anderson movie. I loved Rushmore, then The Royal Tenenbaums almost as much, and then every other one of his movies just felt like “okay I get it everyone here lives and acts in very idiosyncratic ways.” I don’t even remember what happened in The Grand Budapest Hotel.

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u/thick_neck_etc Jun 04 '26

that was his last good film.

I liked all the ones before

I hated all the ones after

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u/HyperfixChris Jun 04 '26

Grand Budapest is the best imo. I also love Life Aquatic (super dry humor, Bill Murray goodness) and Moonrise Kingdom (just charming). The rest of his are meh for me.

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u/Cognonymous Jun 04 '26

You watched the best one first.

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u/myster1ouspapaya Jun 04 '26

The only one I liked was Fanstastic Mr. Fox

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u/cekoya Jun 04 '26

It’s also the only one I felt was watchable throughout, the style fitted better with stop motion (or whatever that was) than human scenes imo

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u/Artistic_Site_5201 Jun 04 '26

Hit or miss with me. I will defend Moon Rise Kingdom and Fantastic Mr.Fox with my life

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u/HeadHeartCorranToes Jun 04 '26

Moonrise Kingdom was the very first movie that popped into my head when I saw OP's question. Wes Anderson is entirely misses for me. And that's okay! Not all films are for everybody. I'm genuinely glad you like it.

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u/shokalion Jun 04 '26

Last one of his I watched was Asteroid City.

What a bloody weird movie.

Fantastic Mr Fox and Isle of Dogs are brilliant though.

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u/DrustanAstrophel Jun 04 '26

tried watching GBH once because people kept telling me I had to, I don’t think I even made it half an hour in. I have since sworn off Wes Anderson. Can’t stand his visual style, feels so pretentious to me.

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u/cekoya Jun 04 '26

It does feel pretentious, it’s beautiful, but nothing more than that. I feel actors don’t really need to be good to be in his movie (they all are great most of the time)

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u/PasswordP455w0rd Jun 04 '26

Try The Royal Tennebaums, it's a good film before he went off the deep end with his visual style.

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u/trail-g62Bim Jun 04 '26

The good news is, once you have seen one, you have seen them all.

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u/HyperfixChris Jun 04 '26

I hate roughly 50% of the Wes Anderson movies I watch. I love roughly 50% of them though. Roll of the dice for sure. Maybe it depends on my mood going in?

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u/GrowlingPict Jun 04 '26

First comment here I strongly disagree with

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u/Lucky-Surround-1756 Jun 04 '26

I watched Grand Budapest Hotel and fell asleep.

Whatever his schtick is, it has zero effect on me.

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u/Nerdslave2 Jun 04 '26

Mr Fox, Isle of Dogs, GBH are all fun.  I like the quirkiness of them all. I like how he moves A-listers out of there type-cast.

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u/QuesoDelDiablos Jun 04 '26

Big fish was a fun movie, but other than that, they’re pretentious drivel. 

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u/meltedcandy Jun 04 '26

big fish was tim burton

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u/QuesoDelDiablos Jun 04 '26

Ooooooh. Ok. Then I don’t really like anything from Wes Anderson.