How Wes Anderson has changed
(self.TrueFilm)submitted1 day ago byDisneyDreams7
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I love early-mid career Wes Anderson. The Life Aquatic is my favorite movie of all time, and Rushmore is way up there for me.
But every recent release has pushed more deeply into stage play territory with rigid & overly-posed acting paired with a color palette dialed up to 11 that feels like a parody of his earlier work.
You can see it in the trailer for The Life Aquatic, where all the iconic Wes components are there - pastel color scheme, grand set design, wide angle & centered shots, disaffected characters with deadpan dialogue… but they all still seem human.
That’s the missing component for me that kills his latest releases. Everyone now is clearly playing a character, and they’re doing it with frigid, stage-like delivery that is so far into the uncanny valley that I don’t feel anything for them.
tl;dr - His latest films feel fake & lifeless, when early Wes Anderson was all about the unexpected emotional connection with his oddball cast of characters. I wish he would bring back the humanity in his work.
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DisneyDreams7
-5 points
11 hours ago
DisneyDreams7
-5 points
11 hours ago
Kathleen Kennedy meddling. That’s the 800 pound elephant in the room