Michael de la Pierry
2012-07-11 21:01:36 UTC
Once upon a time I had never seen a film by Wes Anderson, and then I
went to a movie theater with a friend and saw The Life Aquatic With
Steve Zissou and hated it, and avoided all contact with Wes Anderson
films thereafter.
I had been meaning for a while to give the guy another chance, and
recently I finally did. I watched The Royal Tenenbaums. I watched
Fantastic Mr. Fox. I took a little detour into Noah Baumbach land and
watched The Squid and the Whale and Greenberg. I liked all of these
films very much. And then I watched Rushmore.
I'm not even sure why exactly, but I feel like Rushmore might be one of
my favorite films of all time, even though I've so far only seen it
once. But I haven't had such a strong reaction to a film since I
watched Lars von Trier's Melancholia and, over the course of that film,
loved, hated, loved, hated and finally loved it again. Not that I would
compare those films in any way other than how strongly I reacted to
them on a gut level.
Anyway, just thought I'd throw it out there because in the past couple
of years I've found that revisiting works I hated in the past, or
trying something else by someone whose work rubbed me the wrong way
before, has been a rather fruitful endeavor for me.
(P.S. - Haven't seen Moonrise Kingdom yet, but of course I plan to.)
went to a movie theater with a friend and saw The Life Aquatic With
Steve Zissou and hated it, and avoided all contact with Wes Anderson
films thereafter.
I had been meaning for a while to give the guy another chance, and
recently I finally did. I watched The Royal Tenenbaums. I watched
Fantastic Mr. Fox. I took a little detour into Noah Baumbach land and
watched The Squid and the Whale and Greenberg. I liked all of these
films very much. And then I watched Rushmore.
I'm not even sure why exactly, but I feel like Rushmore might be one of
my favorite films of all time, even though I've so far only seen it
once. But I haven't had such a strong reaction to a film since I
watched Lars von Trier's Melancholia and, over the course of that film,
loved, hated, loved, hated and finally loved it again. Not that I would
compare those films in any way other than how strongly I reacted to
them on a gut level.
Anyway, just thought I'd throw it out there because in the past couple
of years I've found that revisiting works I hated in the past, or
trying something else by someone whose work rubbed me the wrong way
before, has been a rather fruitful endeavor for me.
(P.S. - Haven't seen Moonrise Kingdom yet, but of course I plan to.)