#anyone if you like surreal 'artistic' stories about distraught filmmakers and the nature of life or whatever

[all-made-of-stardust]

Listen, I am a big fan of Wes Anderson's movies mostly bc I like the art style and the fun stories he tells. But this......this wasn't a good story. Dare I say I actually actively hate Asteroid City. Which is so cruel honestly because it has good performances and lovely directing. But the actual writing is just bad. He was basically trying to tell two stories at once with the weird framing device, and if he had stuck to ONE story I think it could have worked, but by the time the third act rolled around I felt like my brain was actively melting and I seriously considered leaving the theater entirely.

Call me traditionalist or unphilosophical or a buzzkill or whatever, but I really truly DESPISE films that actively encourage the concept of "OH WOW, THERE ISN'T ANY PAYOFF TO ANY OF THE NARRATIVES BC THERE IS NO MEANING TO LIFE ISN'T THAT WEIRD AND ZANY?????? 🤪🤪🤪" are dumb and stupid.

Like listen, I get that there can be a philosophical debate made of whether art ever truly has or needs to have "meaning" to be art. And I will actively engage in that debate, tbh! But watching a movie shove that debate down my throat when I just wanted to see a funky silly movie about aliens is just....bad. And kinda intolerable.

IDK, maybe I was just too dumb and stupid to understand the "amazingly deep metaphor that makes you think, mannnnn" but also maybe it's just because I'm sober.

2/10, had some potential, but absolutely and utterly failed to actually follow through with any of it, resulting in a ridiculous movie that felt less like an amazing discussion of the nature of art and more a massive jerkoff fest for lovers of Arthouse Surrealist Cinema™️ and no one else.

#asteroid city #wes anderson #stay tuned for more hot takes on other movies! #just kidding i usually don't give a fuck enough to share my opinion #I'm just bitter i not only wasted money on the ticket but also wasted my friends' valuable time #anyone if you like surreal 'artistic' stories about distraught filmmakers and the nature of life or whatever #but imo those types of stories need weight behind them #and this had nothing #about me