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    Image of Motoko Kusanagi Motoko Kusanagi
    10/15/09

    In reply to Wes Anderson and Mr. Fox Face the Critics
    Tweedy fashion + family of misfits + Kinks-y soundtrack + daddy issues + Angelica Huston + liberal captioning + elaborate set pieces + reverence for childish innocence + primacy of accoutrements + one jarring scene of violence = Wes Anderson film #wesanderson
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    10/15/09

    In reply to Wes Anderson and Mr. Fox Face the Critics
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    Image of wattwatt wattwatt
    10/15/09

    @britneyspearstears: this whole blog post appears to have been written in an obsolete vernacular...
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    Image of britneyspearstears britneyspearstears
    10/15/09

    cookieness or kookiness?
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    10/14/09

    In reply to Wes Anderson and Mr. Fox Face the Critics
    What's the one element that has kept Wes Anderson's more recent movies from being great?

    Owen Wilson as a principle writer.

    He's more than a pretty-ish face and a fucked up nose. He is apparently the key to making WA movies more than a sum of its quirks. I think he brings an ease, a sense of humor, and the heart that mitigate the jarring nature of WA quirky film-making. Movies like Rushmore and Tenenbaums and Shanghai Noon are great because Owen Wilson has contributed to the script.
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    MissNormaDesmond approved this comment taritac000001002003004 was starred taritac000001002003004 was unstarred
    Image of MyNameIsChris MyNameIsChris
    10/14/09

    In reply to Wes Anderson and Mr. Fox Face the Critics
    OK... the guy has made the same movie a few too many times now. Here's hoping he breaks out of it and finds a new direction to go. Maybe this film is even it. But I don't really understand the absolute hatred going on with this post. I mean... is he really the worst problem with American cinema these days?

    Unearned gravitas? What kind of bullshit first day of NYC film school garbage is this? Is music no longer an acceptable part of a film? Was a tear inducing score in The Bicycle Thief a cheap trick to cultivate unearned gravitas. Or is it only cheap when you use Nico? I'm confused about the logistics here... The guy makes nostalgia laced comedies. Gasp! Is there a problem with this? I know he surely has kool aid drinking fans that know nothing about great films from decades past, but it's not his fault. So he's a stylist and not a heavy filmmaker. You know what... I have room for that once every few years. If nothing else it's a change of pace from the typical four releases we get every week.

    Granted, I'll watch fucking Nic Cage crap just as happily as I'll watch Haneke or PT Anderson or whoever we're deciding is good now. At least until we decide they are crap a couple years from now and disregard any love we had of their previous work.

    Or was this just an opportunity to say hoodie? Funny how it has a different meaning on deadspin.
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    Edited by MyNameIsChris at 10/14/09 9:22 PM MyNameIsChris was starred MyNameIsChris was unstarred
    Image of Beatcamel Beatcamel
    10/14/09

    In reply to Wes Anderson and Mr. Fox Face the Critics
    Life Aquatic was hardly a flop. It's in the Criterion Collection so apparently there are at least some people out there who can recognize it for the master piece it is. Hating on The Life Aquatic is just one of those convenient go to opinions people have without really thinking about, everyone else does it, so why actually give the film a fair shake when it's cool to shit on it.
    See also Ralph Nader and M. Night Shymalan.
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    MyNameIsChris promoted this comment Beatcamel was starred Beatcamel was unstarred
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    10/14/09

    @Beatcamel: I sort of like Aquatic too, but it should be noted Anderson had a deal for that film to be released in Criterion before it was even made.
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    Image of ShawnP ShawnP
    10/14/09

    @Beatcamel: I loved Life Aquatic. Can't say I'm a big fan of Ralph Nader's directing, though.
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    MissNormaDesmond promoted this comment ShawnP was starred ShawnP was unstarred
    Image of PrincessKashmir PrincessKashmir
    10/14/09

    In reply to Wes Anderson and Mr. Fox Face the Critics
    Goodbye, Gawker. I'm surprised but only mildly so that this was my last straw.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    10/14/09

    @PrincessKashmir: What did we do now? Why are you leaving us?
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    Image of Al_Pastor Al_Pastor
    10/14/09

    @PrincessKashmir:

    i haven't visited this site much since Gawker took over. i should have stuck to that program
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    snugbug promoted this comment Al_Pastor was starred Al_Pastor was unstarred
    Image of snugbug snugbug
    10/14/09

    @Al_Pastor: What do you mean "since Gawker took over"? Were you ever laboring under the impression that Defamer was NOT a site owned by Gawker Media's Nick Denton?
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    Image of PrincessKashmir PrincessKashmir
    10/14/09

    @snugbug: Not you, bug. It's just the sad, mean, pointless tone here. It used to be fun and constructively critical, right?

    Maybe it's just me, and I'm that horrible old person who hates everything about the next generation. I accept that might be part of it, and I'm as annoyed as anyone by that hypocrisy. But picking on Wes Anderson -- and not the stuff he may have deserved it for -- makes my black little heart hurt. (Dude earns a lifetime pass for Rushmore, Bottle Rocket and Tenenbaums.)

    That and I miss the WN/FN/SNFF, I miss Ian, I miss Emily, I miss the Commies, I miss the camaraderie of us commenters.
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    10/14/09

    @PrincessKashmir: Dear PrincessKashmir, I completely sympathize with your qualms, but all the same beseech you not to leave. I agree that Gawker of yore seemed to attract a somewhat more enlightened quality of commenters. These days, I often find myself being Miss Contrarian on most threads. I don't even mean to, but it's as if I know too much, or something. If you and your ilk leave us, the quality of the site will further devolve. I only defend this because, like you, I got a taste of intellectual camaraderie here, and I relish it. It's fun. So, again: Please don't leave.
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    Image of Al_Pastor Al_Pastor
    10/14/09

    @snugbug:

    i guess i should have said "since they fired all the cool people and replaced them with sucky ones".

    all i know is ever since the website says defamer.gawker it has sucked my balls
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    Image of Balsa Wood Balsa Wood
    10/14/09

    @PrincessKashmir: I'd understand this if you hadn't lumped "Emily" and "constructively critical" into the same comment.

    Please tell me how the following was constructive, or even vaguely sophisticated:
    [gawker.com]
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    RollsRoyceRevenge promoted this comment Edited by Balsa Wood at 10/14/09 9:22 PM Balsa Wood was starred Balsa Wood was unstarred
    Image of Kakapo Kakapo
    10/15/09

    @PrincessKashmir: Hearted, but you're being overly sentimental. There are plenty of us old gawkers still here. And he does get a pass for RUSHMORE certainly and I actually look forward to seeing this. I think he's a more interesting match for Roald Dahl than someone more obvious like Tim Burton. I'd love to see a Jan Svankmajer version, though.
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    Image of RollsRoyceRevenge RollsRoyceRevenge
    10/15/09

    @Balsa Wood: It's true that Emily has acid-trip forearms and a sense of self-entitlement the size of the Con Edison Building, but on the other hand I can't recall her ever making four major typos in a single post. #wesanderson
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    Image of Balsa Wood Balsa Wood
    10/15/09

    @RollsRoyceRevenge: Point taken. On the other hand, Rushfield never goes after Wes Anderson's looks... #wesanderson
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    Image of lafleur lafleur
    10/14/09

    In reply to Wes Anderson and Mr. Fox Face the Critics
    If being quirky is wrong, I don't wanna be right. Anderson is extremely talented and there's nothing wrong with having a "style" of filmmaking-- it must be annoying if you don't like that style, but I personally love his movies.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    10/14/09

    @lafleur: Me too! I adore the fact that he's a filmmaker that cobbles together his stories from surface/style details, but somehow still manages to achieve emotional depth. I'm a little disappointed that he seems to have been making the same movie over and over again since "Rushmore," but maybe "Mr. Fox" will break that spell. Also, Anderson gets all his suits custom-made by an old-school NYC tailor. It's VERY HARD not to love a man who does that.
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    Edited by snugbug at 10/14/09 8:22 PM snugbug was starred snugbug was unstarred
    Image of lafleur lafleur
    10/14/09

    @snugbug: I was always a bit of a groupie: I passed him on the street in Paris a few years ago and nearly had a stroke. His uber perfect trenchcoat was straight out of a dream.
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    Image of disinterested 3rd party disinterested 3rd party
    10/14/09

    In reply to Wes Anderson and Mr. Fox Face the Critics
    I loved Rushmore and Bottle Rocket too. I think that WA is a great stylist, but his films seem just seem lean too heavily on great costume design and british invasion music for any trace of emotion. He's obviously talented, but without a good script, what's it all for?
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    snugbug promoted this comment disinterested 3rd party was starred disinterested 3rd party was unstarred
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    10/14/09

    @disinterested 3rd party: I can't believe how much we think alike. "Stylist" is a brilliantly descriptive qualifier for Wes Anderson. He and Sofia Coppola are like two peas in a pod. I adore their work, but I do not confuse it with substance. I am convinced they have no "stories" per se to tell, they're just collectors of wonderful artifacts that they want to share with the world. And making movies is a vehicle to do so. Luckily, they have good taste.

    Here's "Making Time" from the Creation, from "Rushmore"..
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    10/14/09

    @snugbug: I've posted a similar "rant" about him here before. I've actually run out of steam on this subject. I'm only posting again because of Princess Kashmir's defection. I think she doesn't realizes that she's the personification of what the post is explicating. Somehow Wes is untouchable because his appropriation of other people's skills is unimpeachable? He's a great pop cultural editor, not unlike Tarantino or even Paul Thomas Anderson. But those guys have something to say. Wes doesn't seem to. His earliest films are his best in my opinion because they were personal, not exercises in style. Everybody has that great story in them about themselves, growing up. The truly great ones are the people that can move on from that and tell another story and tell it well. I understand he knows where to put the camera. I love where he puts the camera, but being a Kubrick devotee isn't enough.
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    Image of piminnowcheez piminnowcheez
    10/14/09

    In reply to Wes Anderson and Mr. Fox Face the Critics
    repatoire
    This typo appearing in the same sentence as "unearned sense of gravitas" made an ugly little part of me smile.
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    skahammer promoted this comment piminnowcheez was starred piminnowcheez was unstarred
    Image of DorothyBarker DorothyBarker
    10/14/09

    @piminnowcheez: Seriously. I don't understand. Is the Gawker media empire unable to engage spellcheck?
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    MissNormaDesmond promoted this comment DorothyBarker was starred DorothyBarker was unstarred
    Image of skahammer skahammer
    10/14/09

    @piminnowcheez: Agreed, and I'd go even further: This misspelling of "repertoire" appeared in something that is ostensibly a piece of film criticism. What do you do with cognitive dissonance like that?

    And the error is not a typo. To come up with "repatoire," one actually has to think the word is spelled that way. Actual typos are trivial by comparison.
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    Image of Balsa Wood Balsa Wood
    10/14/09

    @skahammer: Okay, but come now, let's not fight spite with spite. We're starting to sound a little TOO nasty.
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    skahammer promoted this comment Balsa Wood was starred Balsa Wood was unstarred
    Image of levari levari
    10/15/09

    @skahammer: amen, and a notable distinction. i just barely caught it, as sadly, i seem to have developed a sort of snow blindness to gawker's burgeoning illiteracy problem. it's why i used to have to read all my sudents' papers twice--but this did not seem to warrant such treatment.
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    MissNormaDesmond promoted this comment levari was starred levari was unstarred
    Image of Kakapo Kakapo
    10/15/09

    @skahammer: "Repetoire" is definitely unacceptable. Let's give Mr. Rushfield a smack in the face for that and hope he learns his lesson and move on.
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    Edited by Kakapo at 10/15/09 3:35 AM Kakapo was starred Kakapo was unstarred
    Image of Richard Rushfield Richard Rushfield
    10/15/09

    @Kakapo: Smack accepted. Upside the head.
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    10/15/09

    @Balsa Wood: You're right, Balsa. I overreached. God help me when my own blunders are subjected to such unforgiving scrutiny.

    And I'm not sure if I'm remembering this correctly, but some instinct of mine formed by long months of Gawker scanning wants to trust you on the topic of nastiness....
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    Edited by skahammer at 10/15/09 7:22 AM skahammer was starred skahammer was unstarred
    Image of Balsa Wood Balsa Wood
    10/15/09

    @skahammer: Yes...?

    I lost it on a recent Gus Van Sant post, if that's what you're referring to. Lost it entirely. I still have flashbacks.

    Interestingly enough, the Van Sant post was not written by Richard Rushfield, but ANOTHER writer. Gawker has a deep, deep distaste for fancy-pants directors, apparently.
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    Edited by Balsa Wood at 10/15/09 6:03 PM Balsa Wood was starred Balsa Wood was unstarred
    Image of Kakapo Kakapo
    10/15/09

    @Richard Rushfield: Did you unstar me for that? I was kinda defending you, sir. #wesanderson
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    Image of phlox✔ phlox✔
    10/14/09

    In reply to Wes Anderson and Mr. Fox Face the Critics
    ;~/
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    Image of Airvault Airvault
    10/14/09

    @phlox✔: Loverly.
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    Image of pufflehuff pufflehuff
    10/14/09

    In reply to The Media Does London, Courtesy of The Fantastic Mr. Fox
    Hey, the seats reserved for the "20th Century Fox" crew were in front of mine and got in the way of me seeing Bill Murray's facial expressions. They should be glad I let them leave the Ballroom without experiencing my polite British rage.
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    Image of thisiswhatweknow thisiswhatweknow
    10/14/09

    In reply to Wes Anderson and Mr. Fox Face the Critics
    The Life Aquatic and (especially) The Darjeeling Ltd both have huge followings. It's not like Tenenbaums was box office gold.
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    Trulymadlyme promoted this comment Airvault approved this comment thisiswhatweknow was starred thisiswhatweknow was unstarred
    Image of the_lerpa the_lerpa
    10/14/09

    In reply to Wes Anderson and Mr. Fox Face the Critics
    cookiness?
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    Image of Balsa Wood Balsa Wood
    10/14/09

    @the_lerpa: goes perfect with milkiness.
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    Calraigh promoted this comment Balsa Wood was starred Balsa Wood was unstarred
    Image of fakefakejazz fakefakejazz
    10/14/09

    @Balsa Wood: It's the Pharoh's choice!
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    Calraigh promoted this comment Edited by fakefakejazz at 10/14/09 8:36 PM fakefakejazz was starred fakefakejazz was unstarred
    Image of Calraigh Calraigh
    10/14/09

    @Balsa Wood: For some reason, I just love this. It's one of those days.
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    Image of Balsa Wood Balsa Wood
    10/14/09

    @Calraigh: Well then, I shall give you a heart.
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    Balsa Wood was starred Balsa Wood was unstarred
    Image of Balsa Wood Balsa Wood
    10/14/09

    In reply to Wes Anderson and Mr. Fox Face the Critics
    Jesus, is there a young American director Gawker likes? Maybe I shouldn't be surprised, but the outright hostility towards Anderson, Jonze, Van Sant (not all that young, but still), et al, makes you sound like a bunch of cranks. (If it were backed up with more specific criticism, that might help...)

    I'm not much of a Wes Anderson fan myself, but the tone of this post is almost Limbaugh-esque. You really WANT him to fail.
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    Airvault promoted this comment Edited by Balsa Wood at 10/14/09 6:54 PM Balsa Wood was starred Balsa Wood was unstarred
    Image of Airvault Airvault
    10/14/09

    @Balsa Wood: It's the nature of the internet. Everybody wants everybody else to fail. Nature of life, really.
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    Image of Balsa Wood Balsa Wood
    10/14/09

    @Airvault: Good to see Michael Haneke finally registered on Gawker! Sup, Mike!
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    Image of Airvault Airvault
    10/14/09

    @Balsa Wood: Ha! I heart you.
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    Airvault was starred Airvault was unstarred
    Image of Balsa Wood Balsa Wood
    10/14/09

    @Airvault: Ditto!

    See? We don't want each other to fail!
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    Image of Airvault Airvault
    10/14/09

    @Balsa Wood: Well not to each others faces (avatars?)
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    Image of Flashman Flashman
    10/14/09

    @Airvault: I believe that the true nature of the internet is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder.
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    Image of Al_Pastor Al_Pastor
    10/14/09

    @Balsa Wood:

    It's pretty mind blowing the level of hostility towards these directors. makes me wonder why Richard Rushfeld is so bitter.

    i would hardly call Anderson's last two films "flops". yet more pointless hyperbole and another piece of shit journalism
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    lafleur promoted this comment Al_Pastor was starred Al_Pastor was unstarred
    Image of LeeroySpitzer LeeroySpitzer
    10/14/09

    @Flashman: Good for Werner Herzog to show up!
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    10/15/09

    @LeeroySpitzer: Are you kidding? Once he arrives, the guy never leaves. And he always bogarts the onion dip. #wesanderson
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    Image of dixieday dixieday
    10/14/09

    In reply to Wes Anderson and Mr. Fox Face the Critics
    Hello, copy editors! It's kookiness, not cookiness. And gravitas, not gravity. Repertoire, not repatoire. And America, not Americ. Surely there are enough out-of-work copyeditors willing to lend a hand at Gawker HQ?
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    flossy promoted this comment Airvault approved this comment dixieday was starred dixieday was unstarred
    Image of Richard Rushfield Richard Rushfield
    10/15/09

    @dixieday: I applaud all my noble commenters on their spelling fabulousness and assure you I strive to acheive your heights some day soon.
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