Wes.

The Grand Budapest Hotel!

Today the trailer for Wes Anderson's next film was released.  I have to admit that, while I used to claim that I loved ALL Wes Anderson's movies, I have decided that they are more hit or miss for me.  For the sake of time I will simply state that the only movies of his that I can say I TRULY love are: The Darjeeling Limited (2007) and Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009).  The rest of his films I can say, easily and without regret, that I like them but definitely don't love them.

Last year when Moonrise Kingdom (2012) was released I was feeling a little weary of Anderson and his trademark style.  Kingdom offered imagery that was so clean cut and so exactly put together that at times it felt like a children's storybook, a handful of jokes that simply fell flat, and a youngster-love-scene that seemed a bit too awkward for its own good.  My response to the film was that I felt that Wes Anderson was a great filmmaker but I wanted to see something great from him that didn't feel so distinctly Andersonian; which I felt that he was quite capable of.

But now this.  I know it is just a trailer, and it still feels a little Andersonian, but wow!  We are seeing some new and exciting faces added to the usual Wes Anderson cast, and the humor looks a little more straightforward than Anderson's usual use of straight faced buffoonery.  This trailer really excites me and gives me hope that Anderson will be giving us something that does not feel like a run of the mil Wes Anderson film.... Which I feel is the corner he often paints himself into.  While this still looks distinctly Andersonian, I feel that it could be a big push towards Anderson proving that he is not a two or even three trick pony.