Wes Anderson

piper · **Posted:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:06 pm

WES ANDERSON
(1969 - ), American

"Few directors' films deserve the term "character-driven" more than Anderson's. His films are also casting-, music-, mood- and even production design-driven (he works with more or less the same key production personnel every time), but whatever powers their engines, action and plot are but trace elements in the fuel."
- The Rough Guide to Film

"King of literary geek chic on the silver screen, Wes Anderson emerged from the U.S. movie underground an almost ready-made savant. Remarkably quickly, his quirky, off-kilter films neatly established Anderson almost as a genre unto himself."
- Joshua Klein, 501 Movie Directors: A Comprehensive Guide to the Greatest Filmmakers

FILMOGRAPHY
1996 Bottle Rocket
1998 Rushmore
2001 The Royal Tennenbaums
2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2007 Hotel Chevalier (short)
2007 The Darjeeling Limited
2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox
2012 Moonrise Kingdom

Dreww · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:11 pm **Posts:** 5814

Updated.

wantabodylikeme · **Posted:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:26 pm

your boy domino hated fantastic mr fox drew

Dreww · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:11 pm **Posts:** 5814

More like ex-boy.

Sodacake · **Posted:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:32 am

I was totally caught off-guard by Fantastic Mr Fox.

pave · **Posted:** Tue Oct 19, 2010 1:17 am

still have to see the bookends of his career so far, but the middle section i'd rank this:

1. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2. The Royal Tenenbaums (spelled wrong in the OP btw)
3. Rushmore
4. The Darjeeling Limited

that_guy · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 2:43 pm **Posts:** 964

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: THE MOST UNPOPULAR OPINION ON WES ANDERSON!!!

1. Steve Zissou = 7
2. Rushmore = 6
3. Tennenbaums = 6
4. Fantastic Fox = 5 (though been meaning to give it another chance)
5. Darjeeling Limited = 3

pave · **Posted:** Tue Oct 19, 2010 2:46 am

well we agree on something.

Tiago · **Joined:** Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:59 am **Posts:** 145

1- Royal Tenenbaums
2- Rushmore
3- Darjeeling Limited
4- Life Aquatic of Steve Zissou

tyler · **Joined:** Sat Oct 16, 2010 3:25 am **Posts:** 520

Life Aquatic and Darjeeling are underrated. Wanna see Mr.Fox badly.

that_guy · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 2:43 pm **Posts:** 964

I couldn't stand Darjeeling, the whole thing felt like he was telling us "Yeah, I haven't evolved at all in my 10 years, sorry". I don't know why everyone disses Steve Zissou, I think it's his funniest (or at least second next to Rushmore) and one of the most visually stunning and original movies I've ever seen. People tend not to like it cause of how mean-spirited it is, but I never understood those criticisms, it doesn't matter what you say in your film, just as long as you know how to say it unlike anybody else has before.

Dreww · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:11 pm **Posts:** 5814

1996 Bottle Rocket 6
1998 Rushmore 7
2001 The Royal Tennenbaums 6
2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 5
2007 Hotel Chevalier 5
2007 The Darjeeling Limited 6
2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox 7

420 Bro · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:49 am **Posts:** 633

Darjeeling isn't that bad I don't think, I'm not sure if he's made a really 'bad' movie yet.

Top three is probably FMF, Rushmore, and RT.

piper · **Posted:** Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:29 pm

So apparently he's shooting parts of his next movie in my home state, specifically in South Kingstown and Middletown (which is the town next to mine). He's shooting part of the movie an elementary school down the road that closed a few years ago.

wantabodylikeme · **Posted:** Mon May 21, 2012 5:00 pm

yo tm, you wanna elaborate a little bit more on the highish score you gave Moonrise Kingdom?

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