F#@*ing Great

I like Wes Anderson well enough, but I wouldn't say I seek him out. He has a cult like following for his movies, and although always interesting they don't keep me yearning for the next film. For my regular readers you will notice that this blog is already different; its Thursday. Although Fridays are much lighter, allowing me to apply a generally larger amount of time to this blog, I just had to get this one out. I watched The Grand Budapest Hotel last night with my lady (a huge Wes fan) and I was mesmerized; this film is fucking great. It has many of the regular actors he uses, as well as the standard storybook style almost low budget look special effects and cut scenes. The characters are always very strong and diverse (one reason I enjoy many of his films), but this one really floored me. This movie is a story book come to life. Its more than that though; its a story of action, deceit, love, trickery, life, loss; it has it all. The big sets and vibrant colors are like they're plucked right out of children's book. Not just a children's book, but a book written by a child. A child with a sick,dark sense of humor and strong language. The script is absolutely hilarious, the characters are much too over the top, and the story jumps from mystery to action to romance; and its perfect. It works. The movie is fast paced, but the characters are well fleshed out. The movie is itself a story telling which pieces it together flawlessly. It allows them to jump around at times, but also granting the characters to go into a story and then to literally say 'Fuck it' and just move on. Brilliant. It really does keep you glued to your seat until the end. And then you still don't want to get up; you're just smiling the whole way round your head cuz you can't believe you just had such a great time. I strongly recommend this film to anyone looking for a good, smart, intriguing time. I give this film 7/7 Fox Tails for its fun story, great scenes, excellent acting ( Ralph Fiennes and Tony Revolori nail it), and amazing characters.
Hopefully I'll have some time tomorrow to write up my review of Captain America 2, as well as some mentions of the amazing biking brewery tour last Saturday, and the recent tasting I had at Chow Girls (spoiler alert: super delicious). Almost Friday!