[Daniel from Montréal]

I thought it was pretentious and unfunny, with the director using "quirky" characters and situations to hide the fact that the movie is pretentious and unfunny.

Am I the ONLY ONE who thought this?

[Dyvel]

Originally posted by Daniel from Montréal
I thought it was pretentious and unfunny, with the director using "quirky" characters and situations to hide the fact that the movie is pretentious and unfunny.

Am I the ONLY ONE who thought this?

No, it was a crap movie.

[GringoTex]

It's a Texas movie, so obviously you Yankees and Yankee-in-laws (that's you, montreal) won't "get it."

[oman]

I will admit it pettered out at the end. But all Wes' films are great.

I must grudgingly give it but four stars.

[hangthadj]

Originally posted by Daniel from Montréal
I thought it was pretentious and unfunny, with the director using "quirky" characters and situations to hide the fact that the movie is pretentious and unfunny.

Am I the ONLY ONE who thought this?

I loved the hell outta this movie. I read interviews with Anderson afterwards where he was talking about JD Salingers Glass family. Watching it in that context makes me like it even more.
Now David Lynch, there is a pretentious director.

[GringoTex]

Originally posted by hangthadj

Now David Lynch, there is a pretentious director.

So he stumbled a bit with "Firewalk with My Ego."

Give the guy a break.

[Dolemite]

Royal Tenenbaums is great. just watched BottleRocket (wes anderson's first movie) again today, and man that thing is funny

[DoctorJones24]

Lots of people felt similarly about "The Royal Tenenbaums" being subpar from Mr. Wes. It had some moments, but the whole thing felt episodic and contrived. Way too many characters and quirks to care about any of them. "Rushmore" and "Bottle Rocket" are both superior.

At least "The Royal Ts" is a flawed early work from a young and impressive director. He'll have more hits than misses I think.

[phats_away]

tenenbaums was one of the best movies on 2001

[FulhamRev]

Originally posted by DoctorJones24
Lots of people felt similarly about "The Royal Tenenbaums" being subpar from Mr. Wes. It had some moments, but the whole thing felt episodic and contrived. Way too many characters and quirks to care about any of them. "Rushmore" and "Bottle Rocket" are both superior.

At least "The Royal Ts" is a flawed early work from a young and impressive director. He'll have more hits than misses I think.

Pretty dead on. "Rushmore" is my favorite movie. But Royal Tenenbaums didn't really do it for me. There was just something a bit smug about the whole thing...