"The Grand Budapest Hotel" Topic

Ok, I know it's been out a while but I hadn't got round to seeing it until tonight.

Awesome. This is what cinema was invented for. If you don't like this, you probably don't like film as a story telling medium.

I've seen it twice in the theater, and intend to own it on DVD as soon as it's available. Just a great movie, and inspirational for Interwar, Pulp, and Imagi-nation gamers.

I'd like to see it, but it isn't showing anywhere near my area. Maybe I'll get it on DVD when it's available.

I do want to see it, but will have to wait till it comes out on DVD.

Another recommend from me.

I liked it, it was funny a lot of the way through. I'm pretty sure that saying it is what film was invented for is over the top. There are better movies. I would give it an 8 out of 10.

A great, very funny movie with an incredible cast. I agree that it is great inspiration for interwar/pulp gaming. Zubrowka may have to be a neighbor to my Ruritania.

@pictors – of course such a statement could be seen as excessive, but I'm willing to try and justify it. It was not meant to say "this is the best film ever" more "this is the kind of artwork that needs the medium of cinema". If I take the last film I saw before this – Captain America – then that would work as a comic book, or a TV show. It didn't have to be film.

Grand Budapest Hotel has a great cast, and despite the extraodinary twists of the story is acted in a very natural way. Just the way that people moved or entered scenes had obviously been carefully thought about. It is more than a theatre piece though – clever as stage effects can be there are things in this which require film technique. The blend of real life and stop frame animation, for me, harked back to the early days of cinema. The model work is well executed as well, and its use felt far more filmic than the CGI that one might expect nowadays.

A lot of films rely on flash-bang fireworks and fight/sex scenes to carry the day. Grand Budapest Hotel created a whole world for the characters to inhabit, and within its constraints the Magic Realism used to drive the story feels natural rather than forced. There were fights…sort of…and sex was alluded to…sort of, but were handled with a very light touch. It seemed believable.

I would imagine that the actors in the cameo sequence about 2/3rds in were telling their agents "get me a part or I get a new agent" – this was a film that has lasting qualities.

Better movies – well, yes, but I can't offhand think of one in the last year or two.

I have yet to see a Wes Anderson movie that I did not love, and I expect this one to be no different. Thanks for all th positive reviews to get me even more stoked about it!

It was a fun movie – I have generally liked his work (except Life Aquatic) and felt this was definitely one of Wes Anderson's better films, maybe even his best.

When the movie ended, I thought it was "okay". Then I started thinking about it and thinking about it. The film is rich with subtle nuances and details that keep popping to mind. Not one inch of film is a waste. It's like appreciating art after the first viewing. I am looking forward to seeing it again.

Loved it. TGBH is whimsical, imaginative and fun. The tale of M. Gustave and Zero is engrossing and nuanced, and the movie's an homage to old fashioned filmmaking. Be prepared to lose yourself in the narrative.

I didnt like life acuatic. I have seen the great… today with my girlfriend. I think it was ok, and althoug i like the pulp/ interwar setting, and i really wanted to like it, i still dont share mr. Wes anderson sense o humour

I have yet to see a Wes Anderson movie that I did not love, and I expect this one to be no different.

Can't wait to see it, but I'm so busy, it'll probably be next week. I've been a big fan of Wes Anderson movies for years.

I see what you are saying then 20thmaine. I didn't understand what you meant the first time. I think there are other movies, mostly action movies, that require the movie format to be what they are. Certainly Captain America doesn't fit into that genre, but it started as a comic book.

One of the problems I had with it was that it took a lot of the stuff the director has done in his other films and amplified it to a degree that I didn't like as much as the more toned down approach he had in films like The Royal Tannenbaums.

The scenes of the characters running may have been an homage to a previous age of movie production but it is an age that has passed and for good reason. It seemed cartoony and while I found the movie overall very entertaining and funny these parts took a bit away from that.

Overall I'd say that it was good but not as good as TRT but much better than the Darjeeling Limited.

New territory for me. The trailer didn't grab me….

Saw it opening weekend. Much anticipated, not disappointed.

I think his masterpieces are "Rushmore" and "Moonrise Kingdom", and this was not quite at that level, but "The Grand Budapest Hotel" is still a wonderful quirky immersive narrative filled with memorable sequences.

My wife and I saw it Friday night-- the theater was packed and we enjoyed it a lot. Not up there with The Royal Tennenbaums but still great!