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I love Wes Anderson’s films, all of them. But of course I have favorites. I have a soft spot for Darjeeling cause it was the first one I see in theaters, twice. Moonrise Kingdom is one that I love everything about, but I don’t see it talked about much. I didn’t totally gel with The French Dispatch, but I think I need to watch it again. Asteroid City looks interesting with its super hazy colors, almost like Moonrise a tiny bit visually. I’ll be seeing it this weekend for sure.
 
Also, just to throw my hat into the ring on the Wes Anderson talk real quick, while there's a decent chunk of his filmography I haven't gotten to yet, I've really enjoyed everything I've seen from him. Plus we desperately need directors with strong visions and styles in this current wasteland of endless "content."

I think I've at least watched everything he's done post-Fantastic Mr. Fox (which is probably my personal favorite), but before that I think I've only seen Tenenbaums. I loved Moonrise Kingdom and The French Dispatch, and Isle of Dogs was a really dark yet really sweet movie. I need a refresher on The Grand Budapest Hotel, though I remember liking it too.
 
Melt Face Molly Drop said:
Need to catch up on some Wes. Haven't seen anything of his since Grand Budapest, which is my favorite.

As for back-catalog, haven't seen Darjeeling Limited or Fantastic Mr. Fox.
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kvetcha said:
Darjeeling and Isle of Dogs are my only gaps, but I enjoy all of his movies I've seen to varying degrees. Grand Budapest and Moonrise Kingdom are masterpieces, imo.
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YaY. My people!! Grand Budapest is my favorite of his movies.
 
Late to the game but I caught Spider-Verse last night. It felt perfectly comic-book-y and I’m impressed how these movies manage to balance love for the character with a sense of humor over how silly and out-of-hand some of these spin-offs can get. And they bake it into the story and world-building; it’s way impressive.

I was surprised how little (relatively) of the movie involved the council of spiders men. I didn’t mind the cliffhanger; maybe that was because I was braced for it, but I felt like it cleanly set up stakes and story for the next movie while resolving the action. It felt somewhere between Empire Strikes Back and Matrix Reloaded (which imo got a lot of unfair flak for its cliffhanger).
 
Bull Shannon said:
Late to the game but I caught Spider-Verse last night. It felt perfectly comic-book-y and I’m impressed how these movies manage to balance love for the character with a sense of humor over how silly and out-of-hand some of these spin-offs can get. And they bake it into the story and world-building; it’s way impressive.
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I mentioned this on Letterboxd, but my favorite off-hand joke in the movie is an undisguised Morbius burn: "A vampire good guy? I'd pay good money to see that."
 
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