Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, F. Murray Abraham, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody.
The Grand Budapest Hotel is the latest of films to be added to the Wes Anderson collection. The film is based on the adventures of a young concierge. Written in a non-linear format the great Mr. Mustafa (F. Murray Abraham) recounts his earlier life, being formally known as concierge 'Zero' (Tony Revolori) and tells the story of his gaining of The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Set in the 1920's, when frequent hotel guest Madame. D (Tilda Swinton) suspiciously dies everyone becomes a suspect. This however is not a crime or detective genre'd film. Leading on from her sudden death, no family member is away to miss the claiming of her fortune but to their surprise she had left it to Mr. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes), owner of The Grand Budapest Hotel.
As expected this fuelled the left out family members and they prevented Mr. Gustave from gaining his fair share of the fortune. In a, not so elaborate, heist Mr. Gustave and Zero take back what is rightfully theirs. Stemming from this leads to a momentous amount of roller-coaster situations and mishaps that will leave you not knowing what to think for the next hour or so of the duration.
The film itself is very fast paced and you have to have your undivided attention, I feel, whilst watching this as to not miss anything, although I have no idea how you could want to miss anything.
Being one of the more artsy kind of films you can never be to sure if the film itself, despite having amazing cinematography, framing and colouring, will actually have a at the most decent story-line. The Grand Budapest Hotel however does not have this problem. The story-line, inspired by the writings of Stefan Zweig, is impeccable, both witty and humorous; although perhaps not to the younger people; this just added the immensity of this great production.
The film, being directed by Wes Anderson, does not fall short of letting you know that. In true Wes Anderson style not only are the colouring, locations and camera shots extraordinary and in their own league... he does not stop there. The film features the common cameos such as Edward Norton, Owen Wilson, Bill Murray and Adrien Brody. The film has everything you would expect from a Wes Anderson film and more.
The acting in the film is not one to be dismissed. In true Anderson fashion, the scripting is very snappy and very much personalised and I fell that the actors, all of the actors, did a great job. As you may know Anderson films are also very much about the body movements as well as the filming and speech, I cannot imagine that this is an easy thing to teach or either to learn, so once again the actors did a tremendous job doing this.
Whilst watching this film I could not contain myself, from the cast to the production and the shots and angles to the colouring, I was left squealing in my cinema seat from being constantly wowed. The cinematography, done by Robert Yeoman, was once again outstanding. Not only that but the locations and sets used were, I feel, flawless, for the type of image he commonly produces. Everything down to the mere detailing and choice of clothing, props and decor is unreal and looks as if it is extremely thought-out. This is definitely a must watch film for any visually creative people.
After having watched The Grand Budapest Hotel, I personally feel that it was defiantly one of Wes Andersons top 5. Overall this is another great success, having already won an award at the Berlin Film Festival, I am almost positive that The Grand Budapest Hotel will go on to win many more.
The film itself is very fast paced and you have to have your undivided attention, I feel, whilst watching this as to not miss anything, although I have no idea how you could want to miss anything.
Being one of the more artsy kind of films you can never be to sure if the film itself, despite having amazing cinematography, framing and colouring, will actually have a at the most decent story-line. The Grand Budapest Hotel however does not have this problem. The story-line, inspired by the writings of Stefan Zweig, is impeccable, both witty and humorous; although perhaps not to the younger people; this just added the immensity of this great production.
The film, being directed by Wes Anderson, does not fall short of letting you know that. In true Wes Anderson style not only are the colouring, locations and camera shots extraordinary and in their own league... he does not stop there. The film features the common cameos such as Edward Norton, Owen Wilson, Bill Murray and Adrien Brody. The film has everything you would expect from a Wes Anderson film and more.
The acting in the film is not one to be dismissed. In true Anderson fashion, the scripting is very snappy and very much personalised and I fell that the actors, all of the actors, did a great job. As you may know Anderson films are also very much about the body movements as well as the filming and speech, I cannot imagine that this is an easy thing to teach or either to learn, so once again the actors did a tremendous job doing this.
Whilst watching this film I could not contain myself, from the cast to the production and the shots and angles to the colouring, I was left squealing in my cinema seat from being constantly wowed. The cinematography, done by Robert Yeoman, was once again outstanding. Not only that but the locations and sets used were, I feel, flawless, for the type of image he commonly produces. Everything down to the mere detailing and choice of clothing, props and decor is unreal and looks as if it is extremely thought-out. This is definitely a must watch film for any visually creative people.
After having watched The Grand Budapest Hotel, I personally feel that it was defiantly one of Wes Andersons top 5. Overall this is another great success, having already won an award at the Berlin Film Festival, I am almost positive that The Grand Budapest Hotel will go on to win many more.
