Beautiful. Emotionally. Wonderful. Dream.... dream... dreams and of the youth. (The Grand Budapest Hotel II in a serious way.)

Rating: 8/10 (21 May 2016)

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This is a review made by StoneDraim... and that means that if you want to read a probably different kind of review, keep reading....
This is my personal experience, my personal point of view/perspective and my personal opinion... and my opinion is just one of like 7 billions in this world.
The opening scene in this movie has something special in it. You hear a band tuning up and then they start to play. Suddenly they cut to visual and the singer sings, the drummer plays.... only the singer is in focus, and they play on a rotating stage. One take and the tune continues in one take. Straight on, straight up, right on. And then cutting to Mick Boyle (Harvey Keitel) listening to the same tune that the band played. He seems little troubled over something... Cutting to Fred Ballinger (Sir Michael Caine) sitting in a garden being interviewed by somebody that apparently comes from the Royal Highness in Great Britain. Mr. Ballinger shows a little arrogance and fatigue with a high integrity and solid character directly. Very amusing! At the same time they focus in on a young man, Jimmy Tree (Paul Dano), sitting at a table listening to the conversation between Fred Ballinger and the Queen's Emissary. A few cuts back and forth. And then suddenly a cut showing the whole garden and the young mans table is exactly centered and hiding the table between Mr. Caine and the interviewer. The whole scenery is just about perfect and my mind fly over to the movie The Grand Budapest Hotel. Fred Ballinger refuses to the Queen's desire and starts to play with a piece of plastic paper from a candy. Just by playing with the paper and the sounds from the paper you can hear the expertise from the conductor and the subtle music coming from a highly experienced conductor; the rhythm of drums and the rhythm of the whole orchestra. Mr. Ballinger's fatigue and his finished career and arrogance of the subject being brought up again and again is perfectly displayed by this simple manner... The Queen's Emissary says "Gooday Maestro!" and leaves. Mr. Ballinger remains silent and continues to read his paper and playing with the candy paper. Jimmy Tree gives a little nonchalant salute to the conductor (as in "Good work, there!") and Fred waves a little back... perfectly executed! There is so much going on directly in this movie that I just had to write this. These opening minutes is well planned, well produced, well directed, well acted and well accomplished... plain and simple great! The title of the the movie comes in after 14 minutes in a sequence that is true art. This movie is a piece of art. This movie has special moments. This movie is beautiful. You will love it, or you will hate it. And now the words will be left out for you to experience the movie.
Instant classic line from the movie (Jimmy Tree, Fred Ballinger, a boy and Diego Maradona speaks to each other. They talk about the fact that the boy is left handed.) Diego Maradona: "I am also left handed!" (instant silent moment) Jimmy Tree: "Christ! The whole world knows you're left handed!" Diego Maradona: "Thank you."
Over to the movie as a product: - The production : Wonderful cinematography! Very well written day to day dialogue. Sound recording with high class. The clarity of the picture deliver the sense of art that this movie has to offer. Sometimes a little bad sound editing where you can hear the in and out fadings before and after the characters lines. (Especially about 34 minutes into the movie between Michael Caine and Rachel Weisz.) The music is magic... Academy Award Nominee! Astonishing! - The actors : Competent with depth. Mr. Keitel and Mr. Caine together brings solid performances to the screen. - The story : Interesting. Exploring a hotel little like the motion picture Grand Budapest Hotel. Two friends having reflections over life and other things such as careers. - Entertainment : Great! Piece of art speaking of cinematography and picture recording blended with quite the interesting story... and Diego Maradona! - Age : Due to nudity, I will give this opinion to parental guidance.
7,8 out of 10. (The final rate is based most on my own entertainment of the movie. Short elucidation of the rating: 8 Excellent movie and a solid production 7 Well made movie. Proper entertainment.)