I think I might be outgrowing Wes Anderson.
How is it that this movie touches on themes of fear mongering, media manipulation, treatment of immigrants, and environmental crisis and yet still seems completely disconnected from anything actually happening in the real world? It's like Anderson makes movies for the sole purpose of existing inside his own head. And I'm tiring of his stylistic quirks -- the toneless line deliveries, the dead pan mugging directly at the camera, the awkward pauses as if the characters in the film are waiting for a laugh track that the audience watching the movie can't hear.
The animation in "Isle of Dogs" is breathtaking, but I couldn't get into it at all.
Grade: B-
How is it that this movie touches on themes of fear mongering, media manipulation, treatment of immigrants, and environmental crisis and yet still seems completely disconnected from anything actually happening in the real world? It's like Anderson makes movies for the sole purpose of existing inside his own head. And I'm tiring of his stylistic quirks -- the toneless line deliveries, the dead pan mugging directly at the camera, the awkward pauses as if the characters in the film are waiting for a laugh track that the audience watching the movie can't hear.
The animation in "Isle of Dogs" is breathtaking, but I couldn't get into it at all.
Grade: B-