Charming, despite some story-telling issues

Rating: 7/10 (1 April 2014)

From the first few minutes of this movie, I knew I was going to have a problem with the way Wes Anderson decided to tell his charming story about The Grand Budapest Hotel.
It opens with a girl (presumably modern day) reading a book written by the Author who narrates, then goes to a younger version of the Author who takes over as narrator, and then for the rest of the movie switches narrators between the young Author and the old Zero. It may seem nit-picky of me, but I felt the movie would have had more focus if they cut out the girl and the older Author all together and instead focused the story on the young Author being told this story by the older Zero.
The end also felt a bit rushed, for me, and I didn't find it as satisfying as I had hoped. The deaths of both Gustave and Agatha in the end were upsetting, but felt almost like an afterthought.
Other than that, I enjoyed the actual story a lot. It was funny and had that typical Wes Anderson style that I love so much. Perhaps it may even be his most Wes Anderson-y film yet.