It's hard not to recognise Wes Anderson's work. From that first shot of the girl and the statue, you know it's Anderson.
What I really liked seeing, not more than once a year, mind you; is Anderson's well-placed camera shots. Sometimes it boasts perspective, other times it boasts almost perfect symmetries with just a couple of things on the side to create that imperfection.
And his use of bright colours always have such great effect. Anderson brings out this certain joy from his movies that is hard to replicate.
As usual, a brilliant and talented cast. Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham and Tony Revolori were the shining stars to me. They embodied their characters so well that I couldn't keep my eyes off them.
And Anderson is also so great in creating the supporting characters embodied by another great set of casts, from bigger role holders like Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Saoirse Ronan, to smaller ones like Tilda Swinton, Jeff Goldblum, Edward Norton, Jude Law, Mathieu Amalric and Jason Schwartzman.
Then he went and gotten some big names just to come in for cameos with a few lines like Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Tom Wilkinson, Harvey Keitel and Bob Balaban. Everyone in the movie acted so well that none of them looked out of place no matter how big their names are. I was even impressed with the maid played by the lesser known Lea Seydoux that barely had two lines.
The adventure was captivating. The quiet and subtle humour sometimes burst into loud visual stunts. The cinematography plus all that art were created meticulously.
I'm surprised how good this movie was and how much I enjoyed it.
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