I just came back from seeing Asteroid City and it really has me at a loss. I’ve only seen The Grand Budapest hotel of his other movies but know of the inherent weirdness of his movies. I usually know how to classify and discuss a movie after I’ve seen it but this one left me kind of speechless. Not in the sense that I thought it’s the most amazing movie I’ve ever seen but rather that I really don’t know what to make of it.

Was it weird? Yes. Was it uncanny? Yes. Was it beautiful to look at? Yes. Did I understand it? No. Was there anything to understand? I’m not sure. I felt like it tried to lead me somewhere the whole runtime, but I didn’t get to any conclusion at the end.

I’m sure there’s someone here with a bit more context to his filmography that could shine a little light onto the movie, or lead me in the right direction.

On another note, feel free to discuss what you thought of it here, I’d love to read your thoughts!

  • FrodoSandals@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Wes Anderson has a really distinct style, I felt like the whole movie was just meta about that. There have been quite a lot parodies made about his style so maybe he wanted to expand that.
    I really liked the movie but it was definitely one of my least favorite Wes Anderson movies.