justeleblanc wrote:even a silly signature (like his credit fonts) and its no longer interesting.
Dare I also mention the now annoying understated characters and dry humor?
You've just described every Woody Allen movie. I guess he's a hispter filmmaker as well? Also, that is first time I've ever heard someone call out dry, understated humor as a problem. Somewhere Adam Sandler is thanking you.
Also, the film happens to be set in India, a country hardly known for its understated color scheme. As for the other films,
Rushmore's color scheme was very much in line with it's prep school setting, the "frosting" look to the
Royal Tenenbaums was in keeping with it's fairy-tale like vibe and obviously the blue tones to
The Life Aquatic don't need to be explained.
I guess we'll have to disagree with the music. As far as I know, he's never used a Nick Drake song, and only one Elliot Smith song. I see what you're driving at, but I would argue that his pop music selections are far more effective any current modern filmmaker and thankfully avoid using current popular bands (*ahem* Michael Mann). And he's certainly added a unique dimension to his films with the scores by Mark Mothersbaugh which sound like no other.
So are Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, The Zombies, The Kinks, Cat Stevens, The Ramones and David Bowie are insufferably hipster? Yes, there are people who wear the t-shirts for nothing more than "cool factor" but I don't Anderson uses those songs for that factor. The moments and placement are very carefully selected and in my opinion, usually quite effective.
But again, calling some a "hipster" as a critique is fairly empty and frankly, means nothing. Even most Anderson detractors wouldn't call him a charlatan. He certainly knows about film and is an assured hand behind the camera.
So would you only take Anderson seriously if he used traditional film scores, shot his films in black & white and released them completely outside the studio system? It seems to me your dislike of him is more based on his popularity or audience than anything else.
