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Originally Posted by badradio
Very disappointed in Asteroid City… I mean the settings, colour pallets, cinematography are all very beautiful… but the deadpan acting is annoying and the story is just boring. The dialogue is just verbal vomit that doesn’t move the story in any way. I know it’s a “Wes Anderson film” I get it… he has a schtick… but it’s worn out in my book, and he doesn’t get a pass because of it. I really wanted to like it, but the story is weak, the acting is atrocious (I’m aware it’s intentional, but it wasn’t necessary.) Visually it would get a 8/10, but it fails everywhere else… 3/10… it was a chore to get through…
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Yup, fully agree. See my previous review. It was awful, and I don't think I've ever said that about one of his films. I haven't absolutely loved everything he's done, but most of it has been endearing and enjoyable to watch. This last one was god awful. It hurts to see.
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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
I'm as big of a Wes Anderson fan as you get and I thought this was a HUGE miss. A few cute scenes and characters, and yes, production design is great as always, but it was ultimately the most meaningless story he's ever done. Nothing happened, nothing changed, nothing mattered. Nobody was interesting or likable, and I didn't care about anything that happened. It's like he tried to give a 5 minute movie to every character instead of just executing a story about 2 or 3 of them. Extensive plot devices to break the 4th wall that amounted to nothing and just confused the narrative. Not even great score or soundtrack this time.
It's the first time I've ever seen one of his films and simply did not care for it at all. Others have had flaws but were ultimately redeeming, but this one was a hot mess. I hate to say it since he's one of my favorite filmmakers, but this was just a bad film.
It could be intentional on Anderson's part since much of the film discussed the process of writing and creating a show, but it didn't come across clearly that it was intentional. Perhaps the best quote I read in a review came from O'Sullivan of WaPo:
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*The gist of the quote was he doesn't know what to say anymore as an artist, hence the senselessness of the film*