Asteroid City. I was mostly just bored. I didn't think the trailer looked good, but I wanted to give it a chance because I generally like Wes Anderson. I didn't like The French Dispatch either. Is Wes Anderson getting worse, or am I just losing my patience with his filmmaking style? What does it say about me that his first film is my favorite?
I love
Bottle Rocket! It's for sure very different than Anderson's later films though. Ironically, I just watched...
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
A refreshing film from Wes Anderson, still providing all the kitsch and twee that his fans love, but with actually likeable, sympathetic characters. I loved seeing Bruce Willis and Ed Norton take major roles in this,
giving it a fresh feeling compared to Anderson mainstays like the Wilsons, Murray, or Schwartzman.
Metal Lords (2022)
Consider this 'metal for beginners', in terms of both the songs and bands represented, and also how it puts you in the shoes of the main character as his best friend sells him on the things that are so great about the world of heavy metal. This is essentially
School of Rock Metal with teens, and I heartily enjoyed it!
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006)
Spike Lee's 4-hour plus doc series was an endurance test too great for me to finish, and I don't mean that in a good way. I typically find that Lee has a lot of good points, but articulates them poorly,
focusing on generating outrage over digging deep or providing solutions. All that is true here, but it's also 3 times as long as most of his other works.