Monday, 24 March 2014

The Wes Anderson Series - Grand Budapest Hotel


I cannot say anything but : GO AND WATCH IT.

You will not regret it. Its like sitting on a roller coaster, you know what will happen next. Yet, there's something to it that will keep you on your seat. There's humour, there's action, there's a mystery, there's suspense, there's even A-listers like Ralph Fiennes. (In an alternate universe, you know him as Lord Voldermort.) There's also perfectly aligned symmetrical shots and an entire world built around it.

This is probably's the show with the highest body count so far. None of his shows have ever come this close in terms of gore. It's also chock full of Easter eggs, references to his previous movies, and his recurring themes, namely : Adults acting like kids, being in unfavorable circumstance...

It's like watching a reunion of his shows together. Although he has first time collaborators as his main leads, his extras are nothing but the W.Anderson Gang, actors and actresses he has worked with before, now playing different roles. It's like watching Scout Master Ward (Norton) arguing with Peter Whitman (Brody) over small things. You don't know whats happening, and there's Social Services lying in a coffin (Tilda Swinton). Brody acts as the bad guy. And he doesn't make a scary or evil one, but a childish and entertaining one.

Due to excessive scenes of gore and lack of romance, this show has been rated as only for mature adults. And you get to see the Prada Candy girl Lea Seydoux. George Clooney has a cameo in this film. I didn't see him. I'm going in to watch again. 

Friday, 20 December 2013

Wes Anderson - The Completist

NEW: Grand Budapest Hotel
and:

At this point of time,  I have watched every film directed by Wes Anderson. Yes, I am a full blown W.Anderson fan. It is also now possible that I have watched the same show more than 3 times. In celebration of the release of his new film, "The Grand Budapest Hotel", I have also taken much effort into building of his non-film work on youtube.

I guess Christmas came early this year. Enjoy.
Cousin Ben's Troop Screening (Promo for Moonrise Kingdom)
Hotel Chevalier (Promo for Darjeeling Limited)
Prada Candy
Prada Castello Cavalcanti
Stella Artotis
Sony Experia
Softbank
Senator John McCain


Films: Bottle Rocket - Rushmore - The Royal Tenenbaums - The Life Aquatic with Steven Zissou - The Darjeeling Limited - Fantastic Mr Fox - Moonrise Kingdom


Monday, 2 December 2013

Exams

I haven't been here for a while. Simply because of exams. Back soon.