By Nadia Ranaputri
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, Tilda Swinton, Saoirse Ronan, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum
Do titles Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise
Kingdom, and The Grand Budapest Hotel ring any bells? They have
several things in common: good story, unique cinematography, luscious
acting, and are all directed by Wes Anderson. Wes Anderson is known for his unique ways of telling his stories. While his films serve quite the same tone, his films never really fail to serve the audience in many fascinating ways.
The Grand Budapest Hotel is a movie set in the 1930s, where a luxurious hotel stands in the midst of war. This hotel is run by the charming Monsieur Gustave H (played ever more charmingly by Ralph Fiennes), who manages the guests and the hotel like a champ. He's then accompanied by Zero Moustafa (played by Tony Revolori), a lobby boy in Gustave's hotel.
What sets the story up is the sudden death of Madame D (played by Tilda Swinton), who Gustave had been close with. Her death causes plenty of wondrous whirls that include the inheritance of a certain painting, angry relatives, and false accusations.
Ralph Fiennes leads the film as Monsieur
Gustave with effortless charm and wit. His performance of wild proportions
carries the film, and his chemistry with Tony Revolori is spectacular to watch.
Many other cast performances are fun to watch, with a list of well-known actors
in cinema such as Jeff Goldblum, Edward Norton, Tilda Swinton, and Willem
Dafoe. But in all, it's the leading charm of Ralph Fiennes and Tony Revolori
that are the true stars of the movie.
What drew me to this movie at first was neither the story line, nor the actors. It was the cinematography. While The Grand Budapest Hotel boasts a long list of well-known actors, its use of unique imagery in their story was the aspect that drew me in. The cinematography completes the setting of the movie, and it's visually stunning. The use of a smaller screen is brilliant, and the vibrant colors are a showstopper that fits right with the other stunning aspects on screen.
In terms of the story, it is a well-brewed story with plenty of humor that never feels out of place. The story brims with unique ideas that flow through the film's dialogues and acts. The Grand Budapest Hotel is more than just eye candy for all its vibrant colors. Its brilliant script takes us as the audience to a much more flamboyant and stunning story. The pacing makes it all the more remarkable, and the film never seems to lose its footing.
With that, The Grand Budapest Hotel is stunning both visual-wise and story-wise. As big-budget movies become more hyped for all its eye candy-goodness, The Grand Budapest Hotel does a much greater job at telling their story while serving all the more goodness to its visual aspects.
Stars: 5/5
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| Source: Baltimore Magazine |
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, Tilda Swinton, Saoirse Ronan, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum
The Grand Budapest Hotel is a movie set in the 1930s, where a luxurious hotel stands in the midst of war. This hotel is run by the charming Monsieur Gustave H (played ever more charmingly by Ralph Fiennes), who manages the guests and the hotel like a champ. He's then accompanied by Zero Moustafa (played by Tony Revolori), a lobby boy in Gustave's hotel.
What sets the story up is the sudden death of Madame D (played by Tilda Swinton), who Gustave had been close with. Her death causes plenty of wondrous whirls that include the inheritance of a certain painting, angry relatives, and false accusations.
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| Source: The Athena Cinema |
What drew me to this movie at first was neither the story line, nor the actors. It was the cinematography. While The Grand Budapest Hotel boasts a long list of well-known actors, its use of unique imagery in their story was the aspect that drew me in. The cinematography completes the setting of the movie, and it's visually stunning. The use of a smaller screen is brilliant, and the vibrant colors are a showstopper that fits right with the other stunning aspects on screen.
In terms of the story, it is a well-brewed story with plenty of humor that never feels out of place. The story brims with unique ideas that flow through the film's dialogues and acts. The Grand Budapest Hotel is more than just eye candy for all its vibrant colors. Its brilliant script takes us as the audience to a much more flamboyant and stunning story. The pacing makes it all the more remarkable, and the film never seems to lose its footing.
With that, The Grand Budapest Hotel is stunning both visual-wise and story-wise. As big-budget movies become more hyped for all its eye candy-goodness, The Grand Budapest Hotel does a much greater job at telling their story while serving all the more goodness to its visual aspects.
Stars: 5/5
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