What order do you put Wes Anderson's films in?

[bttrbuffalo]

Just wanted to know how people ranked their Anderson films. My list goes:

 

1) The Royal Tenenbaums

2) Rushmore

3) The Life Aquatic

4) The Darjeeling Limited

5) The Fantastic Mr. Fox

6) Bottle Rocket

 

 

Enjoy!

[uncool2pillow]

He needs to branch out, and started doing that with Fantastic Mr. Fox, but I love his singular vision. Royal Tenenbaums may be my favorite movie

 

1. RT

2. BR

3. RM

4. LA

5. FMF

6. DL

[bttrbuffalo]

There is no doubt in my mind that The Royal Tenenbaums is my favorite movie e-v-e-r. It was like the first time I heard Wilco lol.

[Winston Legthigh]

I enjoyed rushmore the most, then bottlerocket. I didn't care for the rest.

[Sir Stewart]

Just wanted to know how people ranked their Anderson films. My list goes:

 

1) The Royal Tenenbaums

2) Rushmore

3) The Life Aquatic

4) The Darjeeling Limited

5) The Fantastic Mr. Fox

6) Rushmore

 

 

Enjoy!

 

[Synthesizer Patel]

01 The Life Aquatic

02 Rushmore

03 The Royal Tenenbaums

04 Fantatic Mr Fox

05 Darjeeling Limited

06 Bottle Rocket

 

Bottle Rocket has some of my favourite moments, but I often I find I get a little bored during the middle of the film.

[Guest Ordinary Beehive]

1. Bottle Rocket

2. The Royal Tenenbaums

3. Rushmore

then, Life Aquatic & Darjeeling

I haven't seen Fox.

 

I love Rocket, Tenenbaums & Rushmore. Not crazy about the others.

[mpolak21]

This is like ranking my favorite family members, but nonetheless if I can do that (all of Aunt Carol's stories have started to sound the same IMHO, Uncle Jim really fell apart after he fired Jay Bennett...) I can do this.

 

1.) The Royal Tenenbaums

2.) The Life Aquatic

3.) Rushmore

4.) The Darjeeling Limited

5.) Bottle Rocket

6.) Fantastic Mr. Fox.

 

Fox was just about note perfect for what he was trying to do, and I found it very enjoyable, but almost by design it didn't quite have the emotional resonance of his other films. Bottle Rocket is hysterical, but the Inez scenes particularly her and Luke Wilson in the pool kind of derail the movie a little bit. The top four are all interchangeable. I like Tenenbaums a little more than the other three most of the time, and I think I am one of the 10 people in the world that loved Life Aquatic.

 

--Mike

[Guest Ordinary Beehive]

I didn't really get Life Aquatic. I felt like I was missing the joke, but I don't think I was.

 

I thought the part when Goldblum says "I fold" and the guy immediately shoots him was great though.

[Shakespeare In The Alley]

Royal Tenanbaums

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Rushmore

Darjeling

Bottle Rocket

Life Aquatic

 

Tenenbaums is my favorite movie, period. Every character is so great, and it's such a well written movie. I love them all, but Life Aquatic drags for a bit too much. And Bottle Rocket is too simple to compete with the others.

 

I think in some ways, Darjeeling is his most interesting movie. Not only is it a gorgeously composed film, but it really reveals itself after three or four views. Underrated.

 

I'm excited for his next movie. Mr. Fox blew me away.

[KevinG]

Man Sophie's choice 'fer sure

 

but then again I would go

 

1) Life Aquatic

2) Rushmore

3) Darjeeling Limited

4) Fantastic Mr. Fox

5) Royal Tenanbaums

6) Bottle Rocket

[Excitable Boy]

This is really hard, but at the moment, my list would go:

 

1. Life Aquatic

2. Fantastic Mr. Fox

3. Darjeeling Limited

4. Rushmore

5. Royal Tenenbaums

6. Bottle Rocket

[Vacant Horizon]

probably my favorite director. don't by many dvds, but i do buy his.

 

darjeeling is my most favorite. i sympathized/empathized with the characters immediately. with the other films, i had to watch more than once in order to feel for the characters. after that, i'm sucked in. loved mr. fox. pure wes anderson. i really liked his brother doing kristoph:)

 

Darjeeling

Royal T.

Life Aquatic

Rushmore

Fox

Bottle Rocket

[tongue-tied]

I can't believe everyone is getting this wrong:

 

Bottle Rocket

Rushmore

The Royal Tenenbaums

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

The Darjeeling Limited

Fantastic Mr. Fox

[bttrbuffalo]

 

 

 

LMFAO, I totally didn't catch it! Bottle Rocket belongs at 6.

[Sir Stewart]

I actually didn't catch that repeat either - I thought you really had Rushmore at #6 on purpose.

 

That said, Bottle Rocket #6?

[c.lo]

Royal Tenanbaums

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Rushmore

Darjeling

Bottle Rocket

Life Aquatic

 

This is my list exactly.

RT is my favorite movie ever.

[uncool2pillow]

I can't believe everyone is getting this wrong:

 

Bottle Rocket

Rushmore

The Royal Tenenbaums

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

The Darjeeling Limited

Fantastic Mr. Fox

I see what you did there.

[D-Dogg]

The Royal Tenenbaums

Rushmore

The Darjeeling Limited

The Life Aquatic

Bottle Rocket

 

The Fantastic Mr. Fox - Have not seen... yet.

 

OR

 

Rushmore

The Royal Tenenbaums

The Darjeeling Limited

The Life Aquatic

Bottle Rocket

 

The Fantastic Mr. Fox - Have not seen... yet.

 

I go between Rushmore and Tenenbaums. Both are classics and both films do not waste one second of film space.

[Sir Stewart]

Dignan is not always as confident as he seems, and this thread might just bring out a sick, sadistic side that we've never seen before.

[D-Dogg]

I liked Bottle Rocket a lot, but I think I liked it because of Anderson's and Wilson's obvious nod to 'On The Road'

[Gobias Industries]

I haven't seen all of them, but the ones I have:

 

Royal Tenenbaums

Darjeeling

Life Aquatic

 

though my favorite moment out of all three may be Bill Murray ripping the pirates a new hole to "Search and Destroy" (really the only reason I wanted to post here, because I feel like not seeing the others makes my opinion less valid)

[uncool2pillow]

I haven't seen all of them, but the ones I have:

 

Royal Tenenbaums

Darjeeling

Life Aquatic

 

though my favorite moment out of all three may be Bill Murray ripping the pirates a new hole to "Search and Destroy" (really the only reason I wanted to post here, because I feel like not seeing the others makes my opinion less valid)

2 things about Life Aquatic I really liked. The above is #1, the logo for Air Kentucky was #2.

 

[u2roolz]

RE: Wes Anderson's Next Film (didn't feel the need to start up a new thread, although this was a bitch to find. I guess "wes" is not an appropriate search word.)

 

From Joblo.com: (amongst other film sites)

 

His next film MOON RISE KINGDOM has attracted several stars who are all in current talks to star.: Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton.

 

Anderson wrote the script with Roman Coppola and will start production next spring.

 

Here's a rundown of the story and details on the roles:

 

"Moon Rise Kingdom is set in the 60s. Two young adults fall in love and run away. Leaders in their New England town are sticking the idea that they've disappeared and go in search of them. Norton will play a scout leader who brings his charges on a search. Willis is in talks to play the town sheriff who’s also looking, and who is having an affair with the missing girl’s mother, the role McDormand is in talks to play. Murray, a regular in Anderson films, will play the girl's father, who has his own issues."

[lost highway]

I didn't really get Life Aquatic. I felt like I was missing the joke, but I don't think I was.

 

I thought the part when Goldblum says "I fold" and the guy immediately shoots him was great though.

 

Watch it again. A lot of his flicks (for me most notably Darjeeling) grow on you with repeated viewing. Bill Murry's hatred of the dolphins. Klaus' inferiority complex. The sloppy shootout scene on the island for their rescue mission which was sound-tracked by Mark Mothersbaugh (who is to Anderson as Elfman is to Burton). The boy on Murry's shoulders and beautiful stylized scene of the film festival. The interns going home with incompletes after the pirate attack. Uh, I need to go watch it again right now.