The Moment We Got Tired Of Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson is a director with very specific tastes. Starting out his films were unlike anything people had seen before. Movies like Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou put Wes Anderson on the map. But as time went on, his symmetrical framing, limited palate, and quirky characters all started to feel part of a formula. With each passing movie, the tropes got more intense, and it felt he was leaning more into being "Wes Anderson" than making quality films like he used to. It all came to a point during this specific moment when I personally started to get tired of Wes Anderson.

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[benwasserman]

You say that, but right after Moonrise Kingdom, Anderson made The Grand Budapest Hotel. His best film and highest-grossing movie to date. So if anything, Anderson's appeal hasn't dimmed just yet.

[RayMcElroy]

Hollywood still needs old-school auteurs like Anderson

To remind us that cinema isn't always about franchises

[newpowerup]

Grand Budapest Hotel is my favorite Anderson film

[qjames]

Art is awfully subjective, but Isle of Dogs, and The Fantastic Mr. Fox are both figureheads of contemporary stop motion animation. The Royal Tennenbaums and Life Aquatic can be considered cult classics at the very least, and The Grand Budapest Hotel is in my opinion his best film, if not one of the best films of the last decade.
Wes is certainly eclectic, but I would hesitate to be dismissive of such an original storyteller willing to push the boundaries of filmmaking, even if he does come off as pretentious

[NickHansen]

Feels like you need to retitle this to The Moment “I” Got Tired of Wes Anderson.

[tubguinace]

I actually didn't care much for Wes' work until I watched Moonrise Kingdom, I love that movie, it's one of my all time favorites and helped me appreciate his previous movies more.

[antacidchain]

I highly, highly disagree here. I feel like Life Aquatic and Darjeeling both were slightly drags. Great movies, but not up to snuff. I think Fantastic Mr. Fox and Moonrise Kingdom were both renaissances in a way, the ramp up before Grand Budapest.
Moonrise Kingdom is an amazing movie in my opinion, and I’ll never really get tired of his style. Even the movies I like less (like Darjeeling and Life Aquatic) I still enjoy watching.

[short-round]

I very quickly scrolled down to the comments as I got to the "turning point" of the video to find myself greeted with many people also saying "huh, I loved Moonrise and his later films, this sounds like a you problem." and felt relieved. I really enjoy Nerdstalgic videos and usually I don't find them too pretentious or "film students understands films better than you do and explains why you should like/dislike this film", but this video really hit in the other direction. We're all entitled to our opinions and this channel is yours to post and explore topics as your team wishes, but your videos are better when you let the research and analysis speak to the audience. Thanks for all the great videos though!

[MrGeforcerFX]

I'm not tired of his films, they are a nice break from the usual franchise and sequel films we get non-stop in theaters and streaming.

[GrumpyPnda]

YOU don’t speak for us. We need more movies and directors like Wes Anderson.

[davehandelman]

.... You DIDN'T like Moonrise Kingdom? It's a goddamn MASTERPIECE.

[gunnarthedude]

*looks at Asteroid City grossing $50 million and The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar winning an Oscar*

… nah, I don’t think we did, may have just been you

[frybodelgado]

YeahI agree with the vast majority od comenters. Change the Title to “I” and the video remains relevant and adequate.

It is one of my two favourites of his and he still has a LOT of juice left!

[BillyRamirez]

Nah, man. Nah. *YOU* got tired of Wes Anderson.

[kris]

To be honest, as someone who still loves Anderson films, you definitely hit the nail on the head with this one. His post-Moonrise Kingdom films are definitely still fantastic, and honestly Asteroid City is probably my second-favorite of his films. But it comes second for me to Darjeeling Limited. That one is my absolute favorite because I feel like it was his most raw (given his already established style).

Bottlerocket was raw because it was Anderson literally figuring himself out. “Life Aquatic” was a beautiful mess, but still pretty much Anderson showing off his Andersonness.

Darjeeling Limited, on the other hand, felt like a genuine road-film with just the touches that Anderson could add to tell you this was his.

Everything from Moonrise onward was pure Anderson writ large. There’s nothing wrong with that. His style is wonderful to the senses, but there’s no chance really that he’ll ever go back to emotion-over-style given the expectations.

I’m always excited for another Anderson film, but I kinda always know what I’m going to expect now.

[khalidhenry]

I will NEVER get tired of Wes Anderson. I don't know (nor care) about what others think

[ToaAgarwaen]

Wes Anderson's films have only gotten better as time goes on for me. Never got tired of him, I don't see it happening anytime soon. His movies are just so visually appealing, I can't imagine getting bored of that style.

[davidfinn]

This movie is so charming, i truly disagree with you here.

[CosmicMapping]

...We got tired of Wes Anderson? I haven't heard literally a single person signal this lmao. Asteroid City like just came out and was universally loved, and his current Netflix short films are also being received incredibly well. What are you talking about lmao? Also, Grand Budapest Hotel was arguably his biggest film and came out two years after Moonrise Kingdom. If anything I'm getting the vibe that Wes Anderson is bigger than ever and people are hungrier than ever for his work, given the state of contemporary blockbusters.

[PREEM]

I’m sorry Moonrise Kingdom is my Sh*t. But I understand what you’re saying. It’s too much of his style in one instead of minor things here and there. Kinda like family guy you don’t wanna see a full episode of flashbacks. Dope video.