Author Topic: Please tell me that nobody here thinks Wes Anderson is worth a handful of shit (Read 7172 times)

TVC15 · « **on:** October 17, 2007, 12:43:53 AM »

Hack total. One note director, if even that.

Also, please tell me nobody likes Sofia Coppola, either. She's not even one note. Calling her one note would be doing a disservice to the number one and the concept of notes.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1 on:** October 17, 2007, 12:44:56 AM »

Cheebs and Ichi are gonna cry $:-\$

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #2 on:** October 17, 2007, 12:46:21 AM »

I've only seen Rushmore and The Life Aquatic. The former was, at best, decent(I don't remember it much), but the latter was awful.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3 on:** October 17, 2007, 12:49:55 AM »

I saw Darjeeling Limited over the weekend, I liked it. $:-\$

I also liked Rushmore, Bottle Rocket, and Tenenbaums. Life Aquatic sucked balls, though.

Ichirou · « **Reply #4 on:** October 17, 2007, 12:56:44 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on October 17, 2007, 12:44:56 AM

Cheebs and Ichi are gonna cry $:-\$

Why would I cry?

The Sceneman · « **Reply #5 on:** October 17, 2007, 01:17:29 AM »

*high fives TVC* I am so glad you made this thread. There are few directors I loathe more than Wes Anderson. Tenenbaums is one of the most appaling fims ever devised. Its just so 'OMG look at my movie its sooooooquirky', Anyone that says they like it only like it becuase they percieved it as 'arty' and think they are supposed to enjoy it for that reason. I want to punch someone in the face.

Also: PD your new Avatar is the bomb, and did you get Touch Detective TVC?

brawndolicious · « **Reply #6 on:** October 17, 2007, 01:18:16 AM »

life aquatic was all right.

I don't think he tries to make quirky movies, I think he tries to make fun of that idea actually.

TVC15 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 17, 2007, 01:26:16 AM »

Quote from: Scenester on October 17, 2007, 01:17:29 AM

and did you get Touch Detective TVC?

Did I? I made a motherfucking movie!

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Ichirou · « **Reply #8 on:** October 17, 2007, 01:30:17 AM »

Quote from: am nintenho on October 17, 2007, 01:18:16 AM

life aquatic was all right.

I don't think he tries to make quirky movies, I think he tries to make fun of that idea actually.

I dunno, I think the whole "quirky" thing is his schtick.

FWIW, outside of Rushmore, I've enjoyed his movies, but they are totally one note...I agree with TVC 100% on that.

drozmight · « **Reply #9 on:** October 17, 2007, 04:50:41 AM »

I enjoy their movies for the music more than I do the movie.

etiolate · « **Reply #10 on:** October 17, 2007, 04:59:14 AM »

I like Rushmore, Life Aquatic and The Virgin Suicides.

Gay Boy · « **Reply #11 on:** October 17, 2007, 08:18:16 AM »

Solo and I both love Sofia Coppola. We both loved Marie Antoinette. $:-\$

Also Lost In Translation is in my TOP FIVE movies of all time.

She is probably one of my favorite current working directors.

Also Bottle Rocket and Rushmore are FANTASTIC movies.

cubicle47b · « **Reply #12 on:** October 17, 2007, 10:27:41 AM »

He's definitely a one note director but that doesn't make Rushmore or The Royal Tenenbaums any less entertaining.

Ichirou · « **Reply #13 on:** October 17, 2007, 10:33:40 AM »

wth happened to Solo anyway? He never posts anymore.

Gay Boy · « **Reply #14 on:** October 17, 2007, 10:36:53 AM »

I talked to him yesterday in a PM at gaf, he said he is sticking to gaf only. I dunno why.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #15 on:** October 17, 2007, 10:39:12 AM »

He's too well-adjusted for this forum.

Ichirou · « **Reply #16 on:** October 17, 2007, 10:41:32 AM »

People fellate him more on GAF, that's why.

bud · « **Reply #17 on:** October 17, 2007, 10:42:21 AM »

i think it's because of solo that i started watching lost

Ichirou · « **Reply #18 on:** October 17, 2007, 10:45:50 AM »

Keep on bowing and maybe he'll come back.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #19 on:** October 17, 2007, 10:48:51 AM »

I've been bowing for a long time.

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Mondain · « **Reply #20 on:** October 17, 2007, 10:54:47 AM »

Thank God for this thread. This director sucks ass. Rushmore is one of the most overrated loads of bullshit ever. The characters are all just aggravating and devoid of charism too, save for Bill Murray's. What the fuck is this film even about?

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*high fives TVC* I am so glad you made this thread. There are few directors I loathe more than Wes Anderson. Tenenbaums is one of the most appaling fims ever devised. Its just so 'OMG look at my movie its sooooooquirky', Anyone that says they like it only like it becuase they percieved it as 'arty' and think they are supposed to enjoy it for that reason. I want to punch someone in the face.

pure, PURE truth

Robo · « **Reply #21 on:** October 17, 2007, 11:12:35 AM »

I don't have any qualms about saying I love all his movies. All of them. But it's difficult to say that his film career so far has been anything more than one-note -- that much is very true.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #22 on:** October 17, 2007, 11:40:34 AM »

I saw about half of Life Aquatic and found it very interesting and pleasant. I also saw the end credits of Virgin Suicides and remember liking whatever post-punk/new wave/synth pop song they used.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #23 on:** October 17, 2007, 12:23:57 PM »

Wes Anderson is like Kevin Smith, except arthouse.

bud · « **Reply #24 on:** October 17, 2007, 12:38:40 PM »

Quote from: Spencer on October 17, 2007, 12:28:49 PM

Lost in Translation is a steaming pile of shit.

what

TVC15 · « **Reply #25 on:** October 17, 2007, 01:05:44 PM »

The Virgin Suicides is an adaptation so terrible that it actually harmed my appreciation of the book. And made me angry. That movie should have been the end of several careers.

Gay Boy · « **Reply #26 on:** October 17, 2007, 01:34:18 PM »

I am a big Sofia fan but Virgin Suicides was pretty shitty.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #27 on:** October 17, 2007, 01:41:08 PM »

i really liked rushmore, and i was amused by a life aquatic despite its awkward narrative and pacing. hated royal tenenbaums and bottle rocket (erik wolpaw of old man murray was browbeating people to see that one at qt3 for like a year), though. i hated both lost in translation and marie antoinette, so wes anderson >>>>>>>>>> sofia coppola, by a vast gulf. willco is right for a change: wes anderson is the arty version of kevin smith. like kevin, wes makes only one type of movie: the tongue-bulging-in-cheek quirkathon. that said, i also like a couple of kevin's films, too. they're the wii of directors: a cute gimmick grossly overextended.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #28 on:** October 17, 2007, 01:42:10 PM »

oh, i've never seen the virgin suicides, but i read the book. guess i'll stay away from the film adaptation!

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #29 on:** October 17, 2007, 01:45:49 PM »

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MrAngryFace · « **Reply #30 on:** October 17, 2007, 01:47:53 PM »

I liked Life Aquatic, but I didnt really like Rushmore, I dunno what I like about Life Aquatic actually, its just a fun film to watch.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #31 on:** October 17, 2007, 01:52:37 PM »

life aquatic is best if you haven't been carpetbombed by wes anderson films. if it had been my first wes anderson flick, i'd probably be a lot less critical -- although i still enjoyed it quite a bit. jeff goldblum was hilarious in it, and i normally hate jeff goldblum!

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #32 on:** October 17, 2007, 01:59:35 PM »

Does this go back to your college days when you were dorm rivals with Jeff Goldlum? LEARN TO LET THINGS GO, DRINKY!

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #33 on:** October 17, 2007, 02:00:35 PM »

Yeah ive never followed wes' movies much prior to umm...that really

TVC15 · « **Reply #34 on:** October 17, 2007, 02:01:21 PM »

Arty Kevin Smith is probably a pretty good description, actually.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #35 on:** October 17, 2007, 02:02:02 PM »

I finally did something right!

Gay Boy · « **Reply #36 on:** October 17, 2007, 02:05:28 PM »

I am pretty sure Willco called Clerks 2 one of the best films of 2006 though!

TVC15 · « **Reply #37 on:** October 17, 2007, 02:07:56 PM »

I liked Clerks 2 a lot, too. It was probably one of the better comedies of 2006, but even still, people don't pretend that Smith movies are great in the same way they tend to pretend Anderson films great.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #38 on:** October 17, 2007, 02:09:04 PM »

i dunno, dude, have you seen folks go on about dogma? it's kinda embarrassing.

TVC15 · « **Reply #39 on:** October 17, 2007, 02:13:15 PM »

I'm not counting hardcore Kevin Smith fans. They are almost as distinguished mentally-challenged as Shake.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #40 on:** October 17, 2007, 02:31:52 PM »

Clerks 2 was one of the better films in 2006, which was a pretty mediocre year up 'till the last two or so months. That said, Kevin Smith is a one-note director and doesn't have the fan acclaim that practically says, "Wes Anderson's poop smells and tastes like Game Fuel and cures cancer!"

Candyflip · « **Reply #41 on:** October 17, 2007, 02:32:09 PM »

I hated Tenenbaums.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #42 on:** October 17, 2007, 02:40:56 PM »

tenenbaums is what arrested development would be if ad was smarmy, pompous, over-acted, and wholly unfunny

bluemax · « **Reply #43 on:** October 17, 2007, 02:57:37 PM »

People kept hyping up Rushmore for me back after it came out, so I remember downloading it and watching it and having to force myself through it. Never before have I watched a movie where no one dies that I wanted the main character to die so badly. I don't understand the hype for that movie at all.

Life Aquatic was okay, but I think either it was confused in what kind of movie it wanted to be or it was just marketed really badly.

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #44 on:** October 17, 2007, 03:06:35 PM »

Wow, this thread is really pompous, I wonder who made it?

Quelle surprise!!

The only Wes Anderson flick I have not thoroughly enjoyed was The Royal Tennenbaums.

TVC15 · « **Reply #45 on:** October 17, 2007, 04:14:28 PM »

Royal Tenenbaums is the worst of them, I think. Life Aquatic I didn't find particularly terrible and I was mostly able to take it at face value. Bottle Rocket was zzzzzzzz. It both had the things that Wes did well and the things that he does terribly. Rushmore was a pretty good movie, though.

Honestly, Corny, I am more even-handed with Anderson than you'd give me credit. I like Rushmore, and I think his other movies are mediocre and overrated at best, and exercises in abject pomposity at worst. I find it kind of entertaining that by your logic, not liking undeniably pompous things makes the complainer pompous. That really makes sense.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #46 on:** October 17, 2007, 04:19:24 PM »

corny, did you like lost in translation?

tvc, i still think you should script "the ginger suicides". maybe coppola will film that, too!

Mupepe · « **Reply #47 on:** October 17, 2007, 04:21:49 PM »

I like Lost in Translation

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #48 on:** October 17, 2007, 04:24:30 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on October 17, 2007, 04:14:28 PM

Royal Tenenbaums is the worst of them, I think. Life Aquatic I didn't find particularly terrible and I was mostly able to take it at face value. Bottle Rocket was zzzzzzzz. It both had the things that Wes did well and the things that he does terribly. Rushmore was a pretty good movie, though.

Okay so out of the five films Wes has made, you like two of them. So that means he's not worth a handful of shit?

Do we still have to go over why I think this thread is a bit on the pompous side, or does that about cover it do you think?

Quote from: Professor Prole on October 17, 2007, 04:19:24 PM

corny, did you like lost in translation?

It was okay. Not life changing like so many GAffers exclaimed, but it was a nice little flick. I loved that you never found out what Scarlett's character whispered to Bill's character, that was cute. And any movie that opens with a shot of Scarlett in see-through panties can't be THAT bad.

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tvc, i still think you should script "the ginger suicides". maybe coppola will film that, too!

What does TVC know about being ginger? If anything, I should be writing that script. But I gotta finish what I'm working on currently.

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #49 on:** October 17, 2007, 04:25:49 PM »

Quote from: Billy Rygar on October 17, 2007, 04:24:39 PM

Sofia Coppola and Wes Anderson are both hipster visual fetishists with a penchant for cleverly masked sentimentality that rivals anything "mainstream."

You're trying too hard, like TVC. Sometimes a simple "I don't like them because they suck" will suffice.

TVC15 · « **Reply #50 on:** October 17, 2007, 04:28:00 PM »

Quote from: Saint Cornelius on October 17, 2007, 04:24:30 PM

Do we still have to go over why I think this thread is a bit on the pompous side, or does that about cover it do you think?

Illustrate what's pompous of this:

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Hack total. One note director, if even that.

Also, please tell me nobody likes Sofia Coppola, either. She's not even one note. Calling her one note would be doing a disservice to the number one and the concept of notes.

You said yourself:

Quote from: Saint Cornelius on October 17, 2007, 04:25:49 PM

You're trying too hard, like TVC. Sometimes a simple "I don't like them because they suck" will suffice.

Which is what I did, Corny.

Mandark · « **Reply #51 on:** October 17, 2007, 04:30:58 PM »

I liked Lost In Translation. It's barely even a movie, but I identified way too much with the Scarlett Johansson character.

I say Wes Anderson is the hipster James Ivory.

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #52 on:** October 17, 2007, 04:35:05 PM »

TVC, if you haven't noticed by now, I'm just a little bit on the reactionary side. Truth be told, I just read the title of this thread and leapt in, guns a'blazin.

Mupepe · « **Reply #53 on:** October 17, 2007, 04:35:53 PM »

I hated Marie Antoinette. What a horrible, flaccid movie.

flaccid like pd's dick on a friday night.

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #54 on:** October 17, 2007, 04:37:30 PM »

Kristen Dunst is supposed to play Debbie Harry in an upcoming Blondie bioflick, so that will probably cause some conniptions 'round these parts.

TVC15 · « **Reply #55 on:** October 17, 2007, 04:37:54 PM »

Quote from: Saint Cornelius on October 17, 2007, 04:35:05 PM

TVC, if you haven't noticed by now, I'm just a little bit on the reactionary side. Truth be told, I just read the title of this thread and leapt in, guns a'blazin.

I won't hold it against you

I am, uh, considering buying a second copy of the Jodorowsky box set because the dude that borrowed mine has gone on tour and he won't be back for over a month. I am guessing those flicks won't be on HD soon

Mupepe · « **Reply #56 on:** October 17, 2007, 04:38:22 PM »

I wish that orangutan would just die already. I hate her.

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #57 on:** October 17, 2007, 04:40:07 PM »

Quote from: Mupepe on October 17, 2007, 04:38:22 PM

I wish that orangutan would just die already. I hate her.

Fly-er than that one beaner chick you're so ga-ga over

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #58 on:** October 17, 2007, 04:41:16 PM »

saint c, the wii is crap

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just checkin'

cubicle47b · « **Reply #59 on:** October 17, 2007, 04:42:31 PM »

I don't get the Royal Tenenbaums hate. How can you not like Gene Hackman in that movie?

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Author Topic: Please tell me that nobody here thinks Wes Anderson is worth a handful of shit (Read 7172 times)