Moonrise Kingdom

[Lottery]

The first 10 or so minutes irked me and then I started telling myself is that 'it's Wes Anderson, be cool'.
But I thought it was fantastic.

[Jeremy Blackman]

That whole title card sequence was amazing.

I already want to rewatch this.

[modage]

This is literally crazy.

[Lottery]

This might be his best. But I also really like The Royal Tenenbaums and Fantastic Mr Fox.

[Alexandro]

I thought it was ok but to say it was perhaps his best or something like that seems to me like an overstatement. Really, if this was 2001 and you've never seen a Wes Anderson film this might seem like something, but as it is, well, it was entertaining, had it's moments...but I hardly remember anything about it except for the chemistry between the kids.

[Gold Trumpet]

So much about Wes Anderson seems more subjective than with other filmmakers. I'm usually standing at a distance with his films but when people talk about his films and get defensive either for or against a film of his, I get less specifics of "why" than I do with how people defend/argue others. I really adore Moonrise Kingdom. I also can't really say why or how it's that much better than the others since Anderson has been consistent since 1998 in all of his films looking very similar. I think Royal Tennebaums was a lot of people's first film in seeing him on a different plane than other filmmakers. I think it will always be a very hard film to top.

[modage]

I rewatched this a few months ago to see if my opinion would change/soften at all on the film and it actually got worse. On second viewing I found it to be so grating that it was actually hard to get through. I'm not sure I've ever been quite as baffled at the praise for a film. The difference between this and "Rushmore"/'Tenenbaums' is staggering to me, I really can't believe there could be any debate. 

[Lottery]

I think I'm a Wes Anderson fan though I've never really thought about it, as in I don't think I've ever thought of myself as one. Maybe it's for the better. I kind of have a love-annoyed relationship with his work. Yes, I probably can't decide out of the little trio of films (RT probably takes the edge) but this one is touching.