I think his best stuff is the earliest stuff. Bottle Rocket and Rushmore have very low Twee Factors (non-existent in Bottle Rocket’s case) and those are my favorites. Royal Tennenbaums is really where he honed that Wes Anderson style but the movie itself is just so dang good. But Grand Budapest Hotel… could not even finish it. The man has become a charicature of himself.
His movies have diminishing returns for me these days, but I'll still give them a go. Or maybe I'll just watch The Life Aquatic again for the 50th time since that's my fave.
I think his best stuff is the earliest stuff. Bottle Rocket and Rushmore have very low Twee Factors (non-existent in Bottle Rocket’s case) and those are my favorites. Royal Tennenbaums is really where he honed that Wes Anderson style but the movie itself is just so dang good. But Grand Budapest Hotel… could not even finish it. The man has become a charicature of himself.
His movies have diminishing returns for me these days, but I'll still give them a go. Or maybe I'll just watch The Life Aquatic again for the 50th time since that's my fave.