The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Story, Production, Director: Wes Anderson
As in Wes Anderson's previous offerings, this one is a wee bit awkward. Awkward because the props appear as if they are off a toy set and its characters look like the are living dolls acting out various roles. Put in elements of nostalgia, setting of a pre-WW2 Continental Europe fictitious country, with the memory of ethics of service above self of the bygone era, loyalty, camaraderie and a tussle over a will of a dead mysterious frequent visitor to the 5-star hotel is a good ingredient for an interesting watch. Of course, the eye candy of the beautiful computer graphic imagery helped.
Grand Budapest in the 80s was a run down hotel which had seen better times. The grandiose of the hotel is told through the eyes of a mysterious frequent occupant as narrated to the author. The mystery man actually started off as a bell boy, Zero, working directly under auspices of the flamboyant chief concierge, Monsieur H. Gustave.
Gustave goes the extra mile to please his affluent clients who frequent the hotel, especially the rich, old, insecure and blonde ladies. So when one such client dies in mysterious circumstances and he is mentioned as the sole heir in the will, the relatives and police naturally get hot on his trail. Zero gets roped in the escapade. It narrates how they (gustave and Zero) dodge their perpetrators to a happy ending... Perhaps not so happy.
As in most of Anderson's films, you either love it or loathe it. As for me, it did not leave me that much of an impression, unlike to the person who recommended it to me. Sure, it has some poignant points of the nostalgia of time gone by but then.. let bygones be bygones.
Story, Production, Director: Wes Anderson
As in Wes Anderson's previous offerings, this one is a wee bit awkward. Awkward because the props appear as if they are off a toy set and its characters look like the are living dolls acting out various roles. Put in elements of nostalgia, setting of a pre-WW2 Continental Europe fictitious country, with the memory of ethics of service above self of the bygone era, loyalty, camaraderie and a tussle over a will of a dead mysterious frequent visitor to the 5-star hotel is a good ingredient for an interesting watch. Of course, the eye candy of the beautiful computer graphic imagery helped.Grand Budapest in the 80s was a run down hotel which had seen better times. The grandiose of the hotel is told through the eyes of a mysterious frequent occupant as narrated to the author. The mystery man actually started off as a bell boy, Zero, working directly under auspices of the flamboyant chief concierge, Monsieur H. Gustave.
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As in most of Anderson's films, you either love it or loathe it. As for me, it did not leave me that much of an impression, unlike to the person who recommended it to me. Sure, it has some poignant points of the nostalgia of time gone by but then.. let bygones be bygones.
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