Wes Anderson is a fantastic director

Rating: 9/10 (21 September 2018)

I absolutely adore this film, and I am really starting to come around to Wes Anderson films. This is a film that I would recommend to anyone, from general audiences, to those who appreciate the craft behind film making. Wes Anderson is an absolute master of framing and setting up perfectly symmetrical shots, and this film really shows his technical capabilities. The story is fun, doesn't take itself too seriously and is told in almost a fairytale kind of fashion, but doesn't take the liberties that a usual fairytale would take (except maybe one part at the end, but I think it's earned considering everything else that was done so flawlessly in the film).
When you take a great story like Beauty and the Beast and turn it into a bad live adaptation, the creative liberties you had when it was a cartoon DO NOT translate well to live action. This film knows this and chooses not to do anything that's too ridiculous or requires too much suspension of disbelief.
It's also great to see good child actors, as well as knowing how to direct groups of people that behave and move in realistic ways and aren't just standing around being extras. Although I wasn't a big fan of Fantastic Mr Fox, I did thoroughly enjoy Grand Budapest Hotel (which I intend on rewatching at some point) and Isle of Dogs.