I finally got the opportunity to watch Asteroid City. I am a long-time fan of Wes Anderson, but none of the people around me share my joy in his movies so I have to gush about it online.
Something about this film hit me really hard while watching, something in the way that the film uses multiple layers of storytelling about telling a story and how that highlights the real emotions being shown. I’m definitely going to have to find the time to watch it again.
Those who have seen it, what are your thoughts on the movie? Aside from whether you enjoyed it, did you get anything deeper out of it beyond the offbeat comedy?
I felt he had to out-Wes Anderson himself, to stay ahead of the Wes Anderson AI parodies. He achieved that.
At this point he is beyond attempts at conventional criticism - you go to see a Wes Anderson film and you know roughly what you are going to get. However, compared to previous works, it did leave me a bit flat, although there were some genuinely funny moments in it.