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Your Favourite Wes Anderson film?

posted 17 years ago by peqdavid5
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Wes Anderson is an unique director, and I´ll make a recap of all of his films, giving my personal grade of each and every one of them. Pick your favourite:

1) Bottlerocket ***: Not bad for being his first project. I loved the cast and the story, very original and funny. Even though it´s an excellent picture, it´s not his best. But still, a must-see.

2) Rushmore ****1/2: My gosh I loved this movie. Made me laugh from beggining to end. Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray were just great! Perfect combination of comedy and romance.

3) The Royal Tenenbaums *****: Anderson´s masterpiece. Every character can make a whole film by itself, but Wes decided to combine them into a hilarious disfunctional family. You can almost identify with at least one of them. Absolutely fantastic.

4) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou ***1/2: Very nice indeed. What´s worth of this film is the excellent use of the music, the great acting, the originality of the story and the tribute to Jacques Custeau. Worth watching.

5) The Darjeeling Limited ****1/2: Simple, but yet breathe taking. The force and the message of this film is quite strong. In my opinion, the runner-up (tied with Rushmore).

Well, now tell me which is your favourite and why.
(P.S.: I´m sorry if my English is not very good, I´m from Mexico)

[–] bhikkhu 17 years ago

1. The Royal Tenenbaums
2. Rushmore
3. BottleRocket
4. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
5. The Darjeeling Limited

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[–] FourHorsemen 17 years ago

Rushmore
Bottle Rocket
Royal Tenenbaums
Darjeeling Limited
Life Aquatic

[–] pmdawn 17 years ago

1. The Darjeeling Limited
2. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
3. Royal Tenenbaums
4. Bottle Rocket
5. Rushmore (I'm not sure why but I didn't like it at all. Perhaps a second viewing will help)

[–] cinn74 17 years ago

1. The Darjeeling Limited
2. Rushmore
3. The Royal Tenenbaums
4. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

I will have no hestitation in smashing your dolls cupboard with a hammer mum, I'm serious

[–] odonnellnicole 17 years ago

The Royal Tenenbaums
The Darjeeling Limited
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Rushmore
Bottle Rocket

[–] PhoenixPhuck 17 years ago

The Royal Tenenbaums
The Darjeeling Limited
Rushmore
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Bottle Rocket

to the person who said they might need to see rushmore again...yeah, you should...all of Wes's movies need at least a second viewing to let it all soak in

[–] gamblon1 17 years ago

1. Rushmore (Simply his best)
2. Bottle Rocket
3. The Royal Tenenbaums
4. The Life Aquatic
5. The Darjeeling Limited
I love Wes Andersons style of directing, his films can be so colorful and fun to watch. I do believe he needs Owen to start writing again. Wes Anderson's movies keep getting artsier and a little less entertaining. I hardly got through darjeeling,though it was nice to look at, it just wasnt enough.

[–] PhoenixPhuck 17 years ago

that's how i felt when i first saw darjeeling...it just seemed to be lacking...but on repeated viewings i've totally changed my mind

[–] juliagulia4 17 years ago

1. Royal Tenenbaums
2. Life Aquatic
3. Darjeeling Limited
4. Rushmore
5. Bottle Rocket

[–] NoRegretsForOurYouth 17 years ago

1.Royal Tenenbaums
2.Rushmore
3.Life Aquatic
4.Darjeeling limited
5.Bottle Rocket

[–] KaraDactyl 16 years ago

Rushmore

[–] impaled360 15 years ago

Life Aquatic
Royal Tenenbaums
Darjeeling Limited
Rushmore

Haven't seen BR yet.

[–] Jebel72 17 years ago

I agree with cinmat's list completly

[–] batman18 15 years ago

Dude dude dude ,. u didnt like rushmore what??? its very funny, u need to watch it with no distraction give it another try

[–] puppierockie 17 years ago

*note I have not seen Bottle Rocket yet

1) Rushmore - Took a while for me to decide this is my favorite. I love everything about it.
2) Darjeeling Limited- Used to be my favorite, but now is a very close second. It's such a simple, warm movie. It's great.
3) Royal Tennenbaums - First Wes movie I saw.
4) Life Aquatic- yeah...I hated this movie pretty much. I didn't find it funny at all.

[–] frales 17 years ago

Life Aquatic
Rushmore
Royal Tennenbaums
Bottle Rocket
Darjeeling Limited

[–] greenbananas 16 years ago

Thank you frales for finally ranking The Life Aquatic as your favorite, as it is mine.

[–] jglydon 17 years ago

1. Rushmore (his best...but a close second is...)
2. The Royal Tenenbaums (Where's my shoe?)
3. Life Aquatic
4. Bottlerocket (Maybe I need to see this one again, but I didn't care for it)

Watching Darjeeling Limited next week (awaiting Netflix delivery!)

[–] livinggeek 17 years ago

There is one poster on here who got the answer correct. The Life Aquatic is wes Anderson's best movie, Owen Wilson's Best movie, one of Bill Murray's top five (closer to the top) and one of Jeff Goldblum's only good five. Oh! And a great part for the Green Goblin. Aquatic, Platoon and To Live and Die in La are his best.
I enjoyed every Wes Anderson movie but thought Rushmore was overrated and Tenenbaums was really more of a vehicle to show how amazing Gene Hackman still is.
But The Life Aquatic is one of the few movies that almost made me cry which was such a shock after laughing through so much of it.

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[–] flemishgiant 17 years ago

Bottlerocket was a warm-up film from a filmmaker finding his way, Rushmore a hilarious sophomore effort and a tour de force performance for Schwartzmann and Murray, leading up to Tenenbaums, his best and most well-rounded film and masterpiece, I agree... the success of which facilitated Wes' move into more self-absorbed movies. There are still wonderful moments in Life Aquatic (Willem Dafoe is funny - who knew?) and Darjeeling (Adrien Brody surreally stating "Mine died.") but for me they are more personal, less accessible films.

[–] zacopeland18 17 years ago

1.The Royal Tenebaums
2.Rushmore
3.The Life Aquatic
4.Bottlerocket
5.The Darjeeling Limited

[–] Ivar88 17 years ago

1. Rushmore (my favorite movie OF ALL TIME, it just has so many fantastic qualities)
2. Royal Tenenbaums
3. Darjeeling Limited (moved up a spot after seeing it a second time)
4. The Life Aquatic (Great performances, but I couldn't connect emotionally like I could with the top three)
5. Bottle Rocket. I just can't get into it

Wes rocks my socks.

[–] die_hard_kavorka 17 years ago

Kept scrolling through the posts, looking for a list that matched my tastes. Didn't see one, so here goes...

1. Rushmore
2. Bottle Rocket
3. The Darjeeling Limited
4. The Life Aquatic
5. The Royal Tennenbaums

The sea was angry that day, my friends. Like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli.

[–] Colkurtz8 17 years ago

The life Aquatic
The Royal Tenenbaums
Rushmore
The Darjeeling Limited

(Have not seen Bottle Rocket)

[–] dsessler 17 years ago

1. the royal tenenbaums
2. the life aquatic with steve zissou
3. rushmore
4. bottle rocket
5. the darjeeling limited

I'm happy that most people seem to agree that tenenbaums is wes's masterpiece but im disappointed that most people tend to not like life aquatic... i thought it was great in every way and is a close second for me... maybe i like it more than most people because bill murray is my favourite comedic actor and is in the primary role whereas in tenenbaums and rushmore he is more of a supporting role...i dont know. anyways, rushmore and bottle rocket are both great... darjeeling ive only seen once and have been meaning to see again but i did not get a lot out of it when i first saw it

[–] PhoenixPhuck 17 years ago

yeah i really think Darjeeling gives you the least amount on the first watch...but i'm tellin' you...watch it again...and again...it's right there with Tenenbaums and Rushmore