The quirky Wes Anderson rip-off is the Tarantino rip-off of the 2000s

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We've been dancing around the topic for days (see Garden State thread, I Heart Huckabees thread, etc.), but now we must address it head-on. What are the hallmarks of the genre? Are they really ripping off Anderson, or someone else? Did it all start with Rushmore? WHAT DO WE THINK?

― n.a. (Nick A.), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 13:15 (twenty-one years ago)

harold & maude to thread!

― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 13:19 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm sick of that napolean dude and i haven't even seen the movie.

― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 13:20 (twenty-one years ago)

It's all an emo world now.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 13:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Did Harold & Maude go to White Cas...er, forget it.

― Huck, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 13:36 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 13:36 (twenty-one years ago)

but wasn't tarantino a househoud name after pulp fiction, ( his second third film??, while Wes seems more of a twenty-something favorite

― kephm, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 13:38 (twenty-one years ago)

If by "twenty-something", you mean early 30s, yadda yadda yadda....

― Huck, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 13:39 (twenty-one years ago)

haha

― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 13:40 (twenty-one years ago)

― kephm, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 13:41 (twenty-one years ago)

God I hate movies

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 13:44 (twenty-one years ago)

i am reserving judgment on huckabee's! it looks more like a david o. russell film than a wes anderson film to me, jason schwartzman notwithstanding.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 13:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Royal Tennebaums reminded me of Goodfellas more than anything. Soundtrack, narrator, choppy scenes...

― kephm, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 13:56 (twenty-one years ago)

The preview for Huckabees was pretty Anderson-esque.

kephm, you are a looney tune.

― n.a. (Nick A.), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 13:57 (twenty-one years ago)

it WAS just a trailer, let us not judge yet!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:00 (twenty-one years ago)

(as trailers are often misleading)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:00 (twenty-one years ago)

someone should start a movie connections thread

also, quirky vs smirky

― kephm, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:02 (twenty-one years ago)

you know what was a big shitty w anderson ripoff? "napoleon dynamite"

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:05 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah i think russell has been his own man since whenever, i'm not worried. i haven't seen 'spanking the monkey,' but 'flirting with disaster' and 'three kings' are both ace, and neither andersonny nor tarantiny.

― g--ff (gcannon), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:06 (twenty-one years ago)

SLOCKI come get some HAM

― g--ff (gcannon), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:06 (twenty-one years ago)

and the hallmarks of the 'genre' go back to shakespeare but i don't think wes does coke

― kephm, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:08 (twenty-one years ago)

huh?

― g--ff (gcannon), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:10 (twenty-one years ago)

willy shakes was deep in the snow, sure, but...

― g--ff (gcannon), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Spanking the Monkey is probably the only movie I've ever walked out of.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I walked out of Rounders, but it was probably more to do with the company than the movie.

― Huck, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:12 (twenty-one years ago)

haha - little too close to home huh stence?

― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Not the company that made the movie, the people I was with. They suck.

― Huck, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:13 (twenty-one years ago)

i walked out of naked lunch!

― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:13 (twenty-one years ago)

well, it was a free showing, but still.

xpost - blount, naw, it just is a shitty, shitty movie.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:13 (twenty-one years ago)

I couldn't bring myself to walk out of Crash because it cost like $7 or something!

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:14 (twenty-one years ago)

i went for a smoke break during armageddon

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:15 (twenty-one years ago)

usually i just go to sleep instead of walk out

― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I left the room during Crash. Usually I fall asleep.

― Huck, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I can never fall asleep in a movie theater, but I fall asleep watching movies at home all the damn time.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

i wanted so badly to fall asleep in the theatre yesterday where i was watching this terrible argentinean telefilm

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I fell asleep when I took my nephew to a matinee of Star Wars in 1997. It was a good year for naps.

― Huck, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:20 (twenty-one years ago)

i fell asleep during big fish and the second matrix and i think the second star wars.

― AaronK (AaronK), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:21 (twenty-one years ago)

did the large bunny monster leave before you woke up?

― kephm, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:23 (twenty-one years ago)

the trailer for the new WA, The Life Aquatic, is out, and it looks (hopefully) less Tenenbaum emo and more of a slapstick Bill Murray showcase. he needs more Bottle Rocket-style wackiness while all these biters are honing in on the dry humor and quiet longing shit.

― Al (sitcom), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:26 (twenty-one years ago)

I fell asleep during Meet Joe Black. I had to have my coat over my head the whole time during 3rd Matrix, because they didn't warn about strobe lighting. The bunny monster kept me company under there.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:27 (twenty-one years ago)

isn't a slapstick Bill Murray showcase pretty emo though?

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:27 (twenty-one years ago)

al so otm

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:28 (twenty-one years ago)

stence do you find ghostbusters emo?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:28 (twenty-one years ago)

I fell asleep at Stomp. My date was sorta impressed, sorta not impressed.

― Huck, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Ghostbusters is totally emo! 3 nerds (one with granny glasses) who can't get laid!

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:28 (twenty-one years ago)

what worries me about life aquatic is that production still of everyone sitting in the underwater boat thingy looking forward, for some reason that shot really annoys me

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:29 (twenty-one years ago)

hahaha touche stencil, touche

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Ray Parker Jr. was the 80's Death Cab.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:29 (twenty-one years ago)

at least for me.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Wasn't Wes Anderson just copying the whole style of The Magnificent Ambersons anyway in The Royal Tenenbaums-I think he talks about it on the DVD stuff?
The preview for Huckabees made very little sense.
Is Groundhog Day emo?

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:30 (twenty-one years ago)

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naw, I only saw that shit once dude, and it sucked.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 15:23 (twenty-one years ago)

somebody tried to give me the DVD and I exchanged it!

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 15:23 (twenty-one years ago)

oh stencil you so crazy

― amateur!!st, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 15:24 (twenty-one years ago)

I got the Pavement DVD instead though, so I guess I'm no better.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 15:25 (twenty-one years ago)

oh jeez, meatballs is totally emo. all that awful wudy the wabbit shit. that kid needed a bath. also my bodyguard.

― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)

having just sat through the gigantic steaming pile of horseshit that is napoleon dynamite, i think i prefer the tarantino rip-offs. at least things to do in denver when you're dead had a plot and treat williams screaming "I AM GODZILLA! YOU ARE TOKYO!".

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 15:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Anyone who thinks Ghostbusters is emo needs to watch it again. They may have been nerds, but they were hardcore and totally pimped out, what with the ambulance car, Venkman crushing on Dana, Egon's jokes about his epididimus.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:00 (twenty-one years ago)

o come on - annie potts was too much woman for them = they emo

― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

has anyone seen 'love and a .45'? it's shitty!

― g--ff (gcannon), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Ackroyd's erotic ghost dream = totally emo.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)

ghostbusters were indie but not emo.

― g--ff (gcannon), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)

ackroyd on the rook angsting out over the stay-puft marshmallow man = totally emo

― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:04 (twenty-one years ago)

for some reason my stepmother is an alien just popped into my head.

― amateur!!st, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:06 (twenty-one years ago)

I mean, there can be degrees of emo, like how Venkman et al make fun of Dana's accountant down-the-hall dude with thick framed glasses (why am I blanking on duder's name? he's one of my favorite comic actors) (well at least in this movie) - reminds me of Death Cab fans making fun of Dashboard Confessional fans or something.

Zeul and Goser and all that crap is NOIZE - except the emodorks win.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:07 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, love and a .45 is pretty crappy. not as bad as n.d., though!

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:07 (twenty-one years ago)

You people now are just spinning this shit way too far; I'm out.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:10 (twenty-one years ago)

actually Venkman et al have to "cross the streams" to beat Zeul so I guess you gotta get a l'il bit noize to beat the noize. Like to beat the man you gotta be the man or something like that.

I am so productive today.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:10 (twenty-one years ago)

ancient mesopotamian gods? that's not noize, that's dub-metal!

― g--ff (gcannon), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:12 (twenty-one years ago)

hahaha NO man dub-metal didn't exist!

(here we go again)

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:12 (twenty-one years ago)

not that I was going to see it anyway, but if N.D. is worse than Love & A .45 I'll actually punch someone who tries to make me sit through it.

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:13 (twenty-one years ago)

ND is fucked but no way is it worse than love and a 45!

― g--ff (gcannon), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:14 (twenty-one years ago)

i gotta be honest - i laffed hard at least twice during n.d.

― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:14 (twenty-one years ago)

"these cows got into an onion patch"

― g--ff (gcannon), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:15 (twenty-one years ago)

at least love and a .45 has a plot and a good flaming lips song.

xpost - i had a few good laughs from n.d., totally. but i still hated it.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:15 (twenty-one years ago)

i mean it's a very very easy movie to hate - the premise is 'let create some dorky characters and then laff at how dorky they are' and it's borderline racist at times (at best) but at least twice i laffed hard.

― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Is the Bill Murray Hunter S. Thompson movie emo? (Or any good?)

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I remember seeing part of it on tv once and liking it but damn that was ages ago.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:20 (twenty-one years ago)

omg, the la fawnduh thing? who on earth thought that was a good idea??

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:21 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah the movie took a huge nosedive when that character showed up. and everything abt the ex jock was pretty lame too (apart from whipping a pork chop at nd's face, that's what i'm talkin about)

― g--ff (gcannon), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Lord of the Rings = Metal (except for frodo, totally emo)

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:24 (twenty-one years ago)

i was just moved to revive a napoleon dynamite thread to yell about how much i hated it.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:29 (twenty-one years ago)

love and a .45 has Kim Deal and Rob Pollard covering "Love Hurts" in it, which I'll admit is pretty cool

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:30 (twenty-one years ago)

the soundtrack was pretty good all around, if i remember correctly. i might have stolen it from the radio station.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:34 (twenty-one years ago)

tell me how Dangerfield rocking out to Journey is emo.

Steve Perry's vocals = proto-emo.

― j.lu (j.lu), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:37 (twenty-one years ago)

'Steve Perry's vocals = proto-emo'

OTM

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:39 (twenty-one years ago)

oh everything is proto-emo with you people.

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:43 (twenty-one years ago)

no, Miccio you're too young to be proto-emo. You're all emo.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:44 (twenty-one years ago)

wah.

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Anthonymo Miccimo

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:47 (twenty-one years ago)

sans machismo.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:47 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.hrono.ru/img/portrety/mussolini.jpg

― amateur!!st, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:51 (twenty-one years ago)

I was all set to start hating on this genre and stuff, after seeing the huckabee's trailer and all, but i just saw the life aquatic trailer and it looks great... doesn't look any less emo than his previous work, though. i guess this fits into the tarantino mold in that i like most of his movies but few of the knockoffs

― dave k, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:54 (twenty-one years ago)

CAN WE PLEASE STOP USING THE WORD "EMO" NOW AND FOREVER OK THX BYE

― amateur!!st, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:54 (twenty-one years ago)

wow, am, that's pretty, uh, okay I won't say it.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 16:55 (twenty-one years ago)

five years pass...

so the brothers bloom is the most obvious anderson rip this side of napoleon dynamite and garden state, no? are there others? (obviously this probably reached its height ca. 2002-4 when people cared a lot about wes anderson movies).

― by another name (amateurist), Sunday, 4 April 2010 23:26 (sixteen years ago)

the sad thing is that the more Anderson-y parts were the funnier bits, probably (like Weisz's hobbies montage)... ok, that's just one of many sad disappointments about that film

― Nhex, Sunday, 4 April 2010 23:34 (sixteen years ago)

also sad: it's 2010 and the word "emo" is still overused

― Nhex, Sunday, 4 April 2010 23:35 (sixteen years ago)

i've never found much use for that word.

― by another name (amateurist), Sunday, 4 April 2010 23:46 (sixteen years ago)

three years pass...

Yeah, I know it is shitty to make fun of this because it's my hometown, but hmmmmm.

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movie poster here:
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― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 27 April 2013 17:53 (thirteen years ago)

heres your squirrel census: theres too damn many of them.

― turds (Hungry4Ass), Saturday, 27 April 2013 18:13 (thirteen years ago)

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