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The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) [Full Reaction] (Patreon)

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2026-03-21 03:00:07
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2026-03-21 17:52:31
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Thank you to Tyler for the request on Reactr. I don't want to say too much about my thoughts on this one, give it a watch! I'm looking forward to your thoughts on this movie. Thanks so much for watching! 😊

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The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) | Full-Length Watchalong Reaction

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HugoBoss435

Haven’t seen the reaction but I do remember you saying Wes Anderson movies aren’t for you awhile back.

Tyler Foster

More accurately, she said The Royal Tenenbaums (the first Anderson she had ever seen, which I also requested) wasn't for her and if the rest were the same, then she figured she wouldn't enjoy them. Makes me wonder: I'm sure it's possible, but I wonder how much one would have to hate a film for them to feel confident they would never like anything by that filmmaker, based on the one film alone?

Nathan Jasper

You might remember Tony Revolori from Tom Holland's Spider-Man movies as Flash - pretty awesome his first film was a Wes Anderson then got to be in Marvel!

Tyler Foster

It's funny, I actually don't know how much stabilization or adjustments the cinematography in Anderson's movies require. On the other hand, my guess is that he really does frame it "on the day," and any corrections are probably a type of correction that is routine for any film. He has always been known as such a meticulous filmmaker, it's hard to believe he wouldn't just want to get it right to begin with. I do know that they shot the film in a village where they built the massive interior Grand Budapest set, and they said it was like a community made up of the extended cast and crew. You've actually already seen Tony Revolori, who played Zero, in not one, not two, but three other movies. After his debut in this, he would go onto play Peter Parker's dedicated bully-turned-coattail-rider Flash Thompson in the Tom Holland MCU trilogy. The actor who plays his darling Agatha, Saoirse Ronan (I don't think this is 100% correct Irish pronunciation, but something like "Sersha") is also a very talented younger actor who you'll no doubt see in something else (possibly something I request). Harvey Keitel, who you recognized from Sister Act, has also appeared in several of Quentin Tarantino's films. In Pulp Fiction, he played Winston Wolf, the cool-as-ice problem-solver who steps into assist when John Travolta's Vincent Vega accidentally kills poor Marvin in the car. He also pops up again in Inglourious Basterds as Aldo Raine's point-of-contact when negotiating the villainous Hans Landa's surrender at the end of the movie. At the beginning of Basterds, when Landa visits a farm suspected to be sheltering Jews, one of the farmer's daughters is played by the famous French actress Lea Seydoux. Seydoux also appeared in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol as Sabine Moreau, the assassin who works for diamonds, and here as the maid at Madame D's house. I think it's sort of a magic trick how the film manages to weave in serious subjects, like the unfortunately familiar feel of living in a society slowly being infected by fascism, and the tragic ends of Agatha and M. Gustave, without taking away from the feeling of the movie being a brisk, delicately-crafted joy, a movie equivalent of one of Mendl's decadent-looking pastries. It strikes a tonal note that manages to evoke all the good parts of the word "melancholy" and none of the overly-sad ones. And of course, I think the highest compliment one could pay the film that it feels like the perfect version of what it is attempting to accomplish. I'm sure there are people who won't find this to be to their taste, but I think even they would have to admit the movie couldn't possibly do a better job of being what it is. Of the other Wes Anderson movies, I think the two that are most similar to this in tone and visual style are probably The French Dispatch (2021) and Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), and maybe his most recent effort, The Phoenician Scheme (2025). To be fair, though, I like almost all of his films, although I haven't decided how I feel about Asteroid City (2023) (I want to re-watch it); I haven't seen Isle of Dogs (2018) due to some mild controversies around its handling of Japanese culture at the time it was released (lazy, not necessarily insensitive); I never quite clicked with Moonrise Kingdom (2012) (I'm in the minority on this one); and if I were calling any of his work inessential, it'd be the anthology of Roald Dahl short stories he made for Netflix, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024).

Nathan Jasper

It would have to be A LOT. I despise two of Fincher's films but still love his other films. I'm not sure someone could accurately hate a director based solely on one film, unless that director has only ever made one film... Srdjan Spasojevic for example with A Serbian Film (not counting The ABCs of Death since he only directed a segment not the whole thing). Ed Wood made some truly eccentric and strange films and people made fun of him for most of his career, but they still kept going to see them whether out of morbid curiosity or just had nothing better to do. There may just not be one solid answer because everyone will respond differently.

Vincent Hollow

It's so crazy how this movie managed to look life-sized and miniature at the same time. Like every scene felt like a Polly Pocket playset. Really liked that style.

Movies with KL

Wow, that's a great way of describing this! Totally agree.

Movies with KL

I meant to add to this convo and then didn't. Robert Eggers is probably the one filmmaker that I don't vibe with that much. I didn't care for either The VVitch or The Lighthouse. I attempted to re-watch The VVitch last year sometime and only made it about 45 mins in before I was bored and not feeling it. I think Nosferatu will be my final chance with his films and if I don't like that either, then I think it's safe to say that his movies are just not for me at all and I won't bother with anything else. 😅

HugoBoss435

Oh I didn’t like The Witch or Nosferatu either. Haven’t seen The Lighthouse but never seemed interesting to me. Damn I guess I’m not a Robert Eggers guy either.