Just saw it and it was extremely mediocre. I didn't care for the characters and the story was about nothing it seems. Wes has nothing to film about it seems and judging from his cinematography style, he's better off directing stage plays.
The 50s motif was good, though. I'm also tired of seeing Scarlett Johansson and Margot Robbie in everything, amazing how an industry with so much feminism politics like to only hire 2 woman for every role.
darn. was hoping for another grand budapest
Asteroid lacks the charm that Budapest had.
grand budapest was shit. so was moonrise kingdom
>story was about nothing it seems
Filtered
>Filtered
That tired old meme has been played out, Wes has run out of ideas.
>the story was about nothing it seems. Wes has nothing to film about it seems
You are borderline illiterate and you expect anyone to take your opinion seriously? lmao, if you couldnt understand what it was about, despite it being pretty fricking obvious, then you unironically got fitered. I don't use that meme normally, but you are literally too stupid to understand this movie and its sad.
You've made better films in the past, Wes.
It's time to go on a sabbatical or go back to working with Owen Wilson, again.
What was it about? Seriously. Grief?
Reposting from last time this came up:
It's about how we need dreams / fantasy to escape into, to act as a catalyst for change. Hence "you can't wake up if you don't fall asleep." That is why the movie presents multiple layers of reality. The city of Asteroid City and the "fantasy" of the alien visit forces every character to be sequestered from their normal lives / problems and gives them a place / dream where they can enact change. If everyone had left when they were originally supposed to, Brainiac would never have had worked up the courage to kiss the girl he likes, Augie would never have fallen in love, etc. The play of Asteroid City is the "dream" for the actors, the writer and the director who is literally trying to escape facing his divorce by living in the play(house), which is partly why the play is about letting go of a woman who you used to love.
Augie's actor becoming subsumed by his character, using the play to help him get over the death of the writer (who he loved) the same was as his character gets over the death of his wife, the same way a viewer could relate to the film and use it to help them get over the loss of a loved one. This points to a meta commentary on how we interact with movies / fiction, specifically Wes Anderson movies which are so dream like and unreal in their presentation, with their vivid colors that contrast against the black and white "reality" and how we can use these temporary dream-movies to catalyze our own realizations and internal changes (Anderson even makes a joke about how his characters usually have a very stilted delivery when Augie is rehearsing lines, Midge tells him to use his grief, and his delivery is virtually unchanged)
That is why the entrance and exit from, Asteroid City are bookended with cops chasing criminals and nuke tests, because these are the perils of reality that we can momentarily escape from in Asteroid City
>It's about how we need dreams / fantasy to escape into
So does Wes, because this movie lacked a lot of that.
It didn't, you're just being difficult because you didn't understand it upon first viewing and instead of admitting fault you are going to writhe and seethe and insist it was Wes Anderson's fault, despite tons of other people being able to understand it fine.
Calm down man, Wes attempt at that message was just a mediocre attempt. He'll do better next time, it's only one flick.
>Wes attempt at that message was just a mediocre attempt
God, you ESLs have just the worst taste, no wonder no wonder every foreign filmmaker comes to America and no other country is able to sustain a film industry of any worth.
>ESL
>no wonder no wonder
Try again, Igor.
ngl sounds pretty gay
You would know as a certified homosexual
This board has become so illeterate when it comes to cinematic language, is absolutely embarassing
i’ve seen thousands of films from all over the world, tons of arthouse/avant garde stuff. asteroid city is bad and meaningless dreck for criterion collection-tier film fans.
>for criterion collection-tier film fans.
not even them, look no one liked this shit kek
You could write the most thoughtful essay ever explaining how its genius but the way people talk and how much they talk in this movie just begs to be tuned out. Once every 20 minutes or so theres some dialogue that makes me want to pay attention but mostly its this non stop droning back and forth “wit” thats not actually funny. Like monotone Aron Sorkin. His other movies have way less rapid pace dialogue and non stop talking. So what if there are layers and themes to the storytelling you arent even doing the bare minimum of engaging me in the dialogue
You're right about the dialogue, he needed to keep it interesting so the movie would flow better, but I don't know, maybe that was where Owen Wilson came into play in his past films.
You express yourself really coherently and clearly here, and I admire the way you laid all this out. But why act like people are idiots for not figuring this out? I’ve barely seen more than one or two critics, even respectable and erudite figures, writing commentary about the film this detailed. Why are you so aggressive about how everyone else is so stupid for not figuring out the meaning of the film, if this is indeed the objective meaning - the film seems to run away from the idea that a film can even have an objective meaning to it.
It’s about the futility of searching for any sort of meaning in the face of an absurd reality, especially as an author or artist where people will bring their own views and experiences to the piece.
It’s especially about letting go of your desire to control the absurd reality
The only good movies he's ever done were co-written by Owen Wilson.
>Just saw it and it was extremely mediocre
>I didn't care for the characters
>the story was about nothing it
>Wes better off directing stage plays.
>The 50s motif was good, though
this applies to literally every wes anderson directed movie except for the grand budapest hotel. a true testament to the phrase
>Even a blind squirrel can find a nut once in a while
Nah, bottle rocket, rushmore, and Royal Tenenbaums were great.
You havve terrible taste, Grand Budapest is his most empty and soulless film.
>good things bad
>bad things good
how original. dont cut yourself on the edge kid
No thats French Dispatch
haven't seen that one so I cant comment
watch all the movies you want, it will never give you better taste
you have no idea what "edge" means and are using it wrong
>he's better off directing stage plays.
Thing's like the cross section of the sub in life aquatic are pretty technical. Wes doesn't get enough credit for his flourishes. Yeah they don't make up the entire film but come on that's what a flourish is.
I thought showing the police chase and ending it right now Tom Hanks answers the phone was well done.
>only reason to see it is barely in it
Royal Tennebaums and Life Aquatic had an undertone of using what time you have left to repair something that is broken and value what you have and people around you. Coming to terms with fundamental flaws of human beings and their limitations.
I can't way his other movies really had a theme or were saying anything at all apart from him flexing his style. His style became a theme.
>Wes Anderson says that they used a body double for Scarlett Johansson when asked on a fan AMA
>Scarlett Johansson says it was her and that Anderson is so nervous during nudity scenes that he normally isn't around for it
>Anons saying it looks like her body from Under The Skin
so which is it??
Anderson used his body double when that scene was filmed.
that was 100% Scarlett
maybe she did it herself and told anderson they’d used a double? i saw there was a “stunt double” listed in the credits so most likely it wasn’t her.
Liked it a lot more than French Dispatch, it's very Wes Anderson