Sir Stewart Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 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." I wish Wes and Owen would write together again.Frances McDormand in a Wes Anderson film is a very exciting prospect."Wes" is three letters - search tool here needs at least four letters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 "Wes" is three letters - search tool here needs at least four letters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bttrbuffalo Posted October 1, 2011 Author Share Posted October 1, 2011 Moon Rise is going to be the shit! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KevinG Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 http://youtu.be/eP0QJ_Ba1Bs Trailer for the new Wes Anderson. Already love it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Trailer for the new Wes Anderson. Already love it. WOW! That looks good ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RainDogToo Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Looks great! I can't wait! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RaspberryJam Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I CANNOT wait. Favorite filmmaker and set in New England? Dreamy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deepseacatfish Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 This looks sweet. Also... My list:1. The Life Aquatic2. The Royal Tenenbaums3. Rushmore4. Bottle Rocket5. The Fantastic Mr. Fox6. Darjeeling Limited Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vacant Horizon Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 so excited about the new one. it looks great. like all his movies, it takes me a few times of watching it and then i fall in love. been watching mr. fox with my kids. nothing objectionable at all in that film for kids. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 The cussing was a clever device. Is that straight from the book? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RaspberryJam Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Clustercuss Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KevinG Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 The cussing was a clever device. Is that straight from the book? No, not at all. The book, like most of Roald Dahl's work, is short and doesn't have much in the way of character development. They are kids books after all. The movie has a lot more depth, the same can be said about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, and Matilda. Up to the dinner scene in the movie (where the book essentially ends) the story is pretty close, but the kids don't have any names. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bleedorange Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 It's actually one of the few Roald Dahl books that I never read. I'm not sure if that added to my enjoyment of the film or not, but I thought it was a nice return to form for Wes Anderson's after his two previous lesser efforts. For me, at least. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moxiebean Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Trailer for the new Wes Anderson. Already love it. "If we find him I'm not going to be the one who forgot to bring a weapon." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Saw Moonrise Kingdom last night and thought it was great. Very Wes Anderson and very original, clever, and funny. The whole family went and my wife and 13 year old daughter loved it but my 17 year old son said it was "weird." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 ...my 17 year old son said it was "weird."Sounds like high praise! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 I just saw Fantastic Mr Fox for the first time and I have to say... it was fantastic. Love the symmetrical shots, the stop-motion was brilliant and the trademark color schemes. Beautiful film. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RaspberryJam Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I'm surprised there are no opinions of Moonrise Kingdom. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I'm surprised there are no opinions of Moonrise Kingdom. I saw it this weekend and thought it was wonderful. Definitely top three for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Magnetized Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I was thinking I had posted, but I guess it was on Facebook. But yes, I've seen it once and I'm planning to go again tonight. I rarely see movies twice but this one had me so awed by just the visuals that I don't think I fully took in the magic of the rest of it. Rushmore has probably been my favorite up to now, but I think this one is going to trump it. It really casts a spell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 I enjoyed Moonrise Kingdom very, very much. However, it continues Anderson's recent tendency to indulge his signature style without inhibition, which is both its joy and its limitation. Each new film feels more stylized, more quirky, and more cartoonish than the last (not for nothing is Anderson's best recent film an actual cartoon), and lately his films always risk vanishing into Andersonville. That really neat town is very consistent with a priceless internal logic, and I cherish my visits to that town. They do, indeed, cast a spell. Still, I suspect Anderson the artist should be greater still, and there is no better evidence than Rushmore, still my favorite Anderson film. After seeing Moonrise Kingdom, I couldn't help but feel that it was both consistent with Rushmore's style and yet worlds apart in terms of grounding, coherency, and emotional depth. I actually revisited Rushmore afterwards, just to test my memory of the movie, and sure enough, Rushmore contains all of Anderson's familiar mannerisms, and yet they do not overwhelm the characters and narrative; they exist not in Andersonville but in a recognizable (if not quite real) human landscape. Rushmore is one of the great American movies of the last twenty years, not because its whimsy is brilliant--that describes all of Anderson's movies--but because the whimsy isn't the whole show; its whimsy is tethered to something real, honest, and painful that hits raw nerves. Consider how a character in Moonrise Kingdom nonchalantly shrugs off being struck by lightning. That scene wouldn't seem out of place in the cartoon Fantastic Mr. Fox, but would seem grotesquely out of place in the world of Rushmore. I suspect that Moonrise Kingdom would look more like a masterpiece if Rushmore didn't exist. I'm content to get nothing else from Anderson than more Life Aquatics and Moonrise Kingdoms--they are works of wonder--but I hope someday he makes another movie as astonishing and moving as Rushmore. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Great post. I will always favor Tenenbaums over Rushmore. It might be because I saw in the theater and was completely sucked into "Andersonville". I hope to get out to see Moonrise Kingdom in the theater, but chances are small. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Magnetized Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 I definitely see your point, Beltmann, but what you're characterizing as limitations are, to me, an evolution and refinement of his style and a conscious choice to present this heightened reality world. His movies have become more precious and frankly artifical over time--whereas Rushmore had at least one foot in the real world, Moonrise Kingdom seems firmly planted in Wes Andersonworld. (Sort of like I live in Wilcoworld much of the time. . . but I digress.) It seems to me that this movie is very much a fantastic fable with no pretense of representing actual reality. EXCEPT that the heart and soul of the characters are very real and very specific and--to me, at least--the emotional truths pack even more of a wallop when presented in this context. Like, things don't need to make literal sense in a poem. Wes Anderson's themes have been similar through all of his movies--some kind of quixotic quest with improbable schemes, family relationships and conflicts, artistic expression--but he's now presenting those themes in this different and more stylized context. It's just another artistic choice. It makes moments of plainspoken truth like the boy's reply to the girl's statement about wishing she were an orphan ("I love you but you have no idea what you're talking about.") even more of a punch in the gut. I hate that eveything I think about seems to come back to Wilco, but it's somewhat similar to the way Jeff's lyrics can hit you so hard not despite but because of how non-literal they are. It's a stretch to compare Jeff Tweedy and Wes Anderson, I admit, but it FEELS right. :-) Anyway, this is one great instance of where your points are completely valid and so are mine. It all depends on your perspective. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 There is no question that Anderson has made a conscious decision to work within a more stylized, heightened framework, and I don't begrudge that choice, especially since it has yielded several "fantastic fables," as you said. Anderson exists as one of the most vibrant voices in American cinema. I know what you mean about using artificiality to express human truths; as someone who teaches poetry for a living, I certainly respond to that strain in Anderson's work, and most likely that's what I like best about visiting Andersonville as it stands today. I especially don't want to overstate my case, since I do love Moonrise Kingdom for what it is. Still, is that truly progress into deeper territory as an artist? Is it evolution, or tunnel vision? I dunno. I can't help but feel that, whatever he's gained and refined through that decision, something was sacrificed, too. In my view, there's deeper, more resonant poetry at work in Rushmore than in Anderson's subsequent films. Perhaps it's just that Rushmore contains so many personal parallels to the actual experiences of both Anderson and Wilson... it could be that there's happy magic at work in that movie that can never be re-captured. Perhaps Anderson doesn't have another film like that one in him, and now has no choice but to follow his muse into greater pretense and affectation. If so, I'm happy that he is one of the best at giving us those gifts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RaspberryJam Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 But, didn't Darjeeling Limited come out after The Life Aquatic? Darjeeling was less rooted in Andersonville and more in reality than Aquatic, I think. I'm only saying that maybe it isn't exactly a straight linear path toward more stylized work. I love everything he's done, though, stylized or not. I think the only thing that keeps me from loving Moonrise 100% is that I didn't love the girl's acting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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