Thursday, October 30, 2014

The Grand Budapest hotel (2014)

Thought I have written the review for this movie since it's one of my favorite movie in this year. It's really beautiful and great film.  I haven't seen many of Wes Anderson's films, I think I only watched Moonrise Kingdom and Fantastic Mr fox . I think I've seen. I don't remember much, as it's been a while since either, but the one element that remained with me was the incredibly unique style of the filmmaker.

Hilarious, thoroughly entertaining and completely enjoyable. Wes Anderson has a great eye for detail and it shows in his shots - symmetry, complimenting colors and many perspectives. It was such a refreshing movie, and I was constantly pausing the movie to look at the small details like newspapers and backdrops. This movie blew me away

Wes Anderson lays the lipstick on in buckets in his latest pastel pig featuring a cast of big names (Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Harvey Keitel, Ed Norton etc) who rather than get into character simply attend this costume party long on name dropping and quite slim plot wise.

Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes) , head concierge at the Grand Budapest Hotel and member in good standing with the legion of Crossed Keys is known far and wide for his close attention to detail and the extras (gigolo) he provides to one foot in the grave dowagers who check in.. Ralph Fiennes is a big factor in the central role. Until now, he has generally been thought of as a very serious actor, with gravitas and dignity aplenty, and imo he did a really good job in this movie. and Lord he deserves Oscar nom for his role, he brings grace and more than a touch of sophistication to his charming and comic role but the rest of the cast is mass caricature that wears thin after initial contact



This movie is not just a movie that you will only enjoy while watching. It is like some delicious desert you had while enjoying your most anticipated holiday on the cold mountains. The Grand Budapest Hotel truly lives up to the Anderson name. As incredibly talented and always enigmatic, the work of this visual artist/filmmaker, will continue to be studied, analyzed and understood, well beyond his death. Anderson is mostly concerned with the indulgence of life.

One of the film's great pleasures is watching a superb cast clearly having a great time. Cameos fly by, none more enjoyable than Bill Murray's. What extraordinary presence that man has on the screen! Among the other goodies are real gravitas from F. Murray Abraham, snarling malice from Adrien Brody, and finger-licking psychopathy from Wilem Dafoe. Praise too for Tony Revolori and Saoirse Ronan as the completely unsentimental but entirely necessary lovers.

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