watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 5
signs you’re watching a Wes Anderson
movie that’s nice tape altitude why is
it up so high someone falls from there
that’s a guaranteed death well where
would you built it lower
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number 5 the framing is symmetrical I’ve
summoned you all and arranged you in a
perfectly symmetrical form in front of
me to tell you some important news
framing is an important element in any
film adding necessary atmosphere to
subtly draw the viewer into the world of
the story there are many techniques
employed by many directors closing in on
characters to add an element of intimacy
and urgency full-spectrum shots in tight
area to give the audience a sense of
claustrophobia or one-point perspective
pulling the audience closer Anderson’s
films are visual feasts with each shot
meticulously planned and designed from
color schemes notably striking
combinations and pastels are good to use
to alignment the symmetry in each shot
gives each movie a storybook quality as
though with every scene the audience
turns a new page number four it’s really
violent but in a way it’s somehow still
funny one of the most notable aspects of
any Wes Anderson film is their humanist
fairy tale quality but just like any
good fairy tale there is often something
much darker lurking beneath the surface
sometimes it is over at violence like
unhinged megalomaniac shooting round
sometimes it is personal struggles like
attempted suicide other times it can be
the way our childhood illusions can be
shattered when those we love are
careless however it manifests its subtle
darkness and violence ensures that
despite their whimsical tone and radiant
colors no Anderson film could truly be
called light-hearted why do you consider
me your enemy because your girlfriend’s
stab me in the back with lefty scissors
he’s my life now congratulations number
3 convoluted but captivating well it’s
real simple basically there’s three
grabbers three taggers five twig runners
and the player at whack-bat the plot of
most Wes Anderson films cannot be summed
up adequately in a sentence or two even
those films which
very first glance have a seemingly
simple premise our sue revealed to be
carefully constructed exercises in
storytelling the plot usually driven by
the characters themselves this is part
of the appeal of Wes Anderson films he
crafts character driven narratives in
which seemingly random events are acted
upon by our characters rather than the
reverse as a result those plots get
undeniably convoluted they are no less
engaging ensuring that you remain
engrossed throughout the film and walk
away feeling satisfied any questions
lazy eye
what’s your real job sir Matthew Boyd
great lady I know but you know what
we’re actually in the middle of
something here in case you didn’t notice
one of our scouts is missing and that’s
a crisis
number two nostalgia and as long as you
maintain your ability to look and to
carefully listen these stories will
continue – stop it stop it don’t don’t
do it every wes anderson film is
dripping with nostalgia be it his
historical setting or the use of dated
technology and fashion they are love
letters to the past this highly
nostalgic element helps to remove the
audience from the immediate action in a
way that is not too jarring showing them
a world that is familiar but
simultaneously surreal this quality of
unreality gives the director of the
ability to move around the world more
freely with the viewers disbelief
properly suspended by loosening the
grips of time the films are given a
timeless quality of course the heart at
the core of every film plays into
another thematic element frequently
present the timelessness of love you see
I never speak of Agatha because even as
the sort of her name I’m unable to
control my emotions well I suppose
there’s no way around it
number one quirky characters and quirky
places let me tell you about my boat
you can’t have an oddball and vaguely
surreal film without oddball and vaguely
surreal characters every character in a
Wes Anderson movie would be in real life
probably one of the most interesting
people you have ever met even the boring
ones are a hundred percent on-brand a
hundred percent of the time and when put
into the hands of talented character
actors giving serious deadpan delivery
to odd behavior the whole thing comes
alive while there is never any literal
magic in an Anderson film grounded as
they are in human hopes struggles fears
and joys with their quirkiness whimsy
and charm they are nonetheless enchant
I’ll be safe in here I doubt it you
still want to blow him up
no we’re out of dynamite anyway do you
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