Empire review i posted is contemporary. got 3 stars from Ebert back in the day too. Guardian '98 review was sniffy but positive.
― piscesx, Monday, 12 January 2015 23:12 (nine years ago) link
even though i saw it within the last six months, i have little recollection of GBH. ditto MK, though I recall loving it. Fox is imo really great and something i'm always happy to watch with someone that has never seen it before, it's kind of an autumn tradition for me now
― gbx, Monday, 12 January 2015 23:15 (nine years ago) link
never saw express, mostly because i was so disappointed by the life aquatic
― gbx, Monday, 12 January 2015 23:16 (nine years ago) link
I will stan for DE, it's better than Life Aquatic.
― Οὖτις, Monday, 12 January 2015 23:17 (nine years ago) link
Weird - Googling "Darjeeling Express" brings up the wiki page of the film, but I've not seen anything calling it by a name other than "The Darjeeling Limited"
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 12 January 2015 23:28 (nine years ago) link
That's how memorable it is.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 12 January 2015 23:29 (nine years ago) link
Oh sure, I was just struck that googling something in quotes usually only gets you exactly that phrase - even Google has forgotten what it's called.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 12 January 2015 23:35 (nine years ago) link
ok DL whatever
― Οὖτις, Monday, 12 January 2015 23:36 (nine years ago) link
I think it is great at capturing the entitled western tourist view of India, which tbf is probably a more realistic depiction of India than what you see in most Bollywood films
― Οὖτις, Monday, 12 January 2015 23:37 (nine years ago) link
though that could be the entitled western tourist view of Indian cinema
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Monday, 12 January 2015 23:43 (nine years ago) link
Bollywood doesn't do realism really, I don't think any of its most ardent fans would argue otherwise
― Οὖτις, Monday, 12 January 2015 23:47 (nine years ago) link
Don't think Limited captured much of anything, iirc. I like Wes Anderson, but all of his movies exhibit a similarly entitled Western tourist view, of sorts.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 01:59 (nine years ago) link
That said, I thought his last three had a more nuanced and complex view of relationships/perspectives. Between adults and children, children and the world, privilege and denial, entitlement and earned rewards, platonic and emotional love, etc..
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 02:03 (nine years ago) link
What is the opposite of entitlement?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 02:04 (nine years ago) link
Darjeeling was kind of his last daddy-issue-centered film, which he needed to stop doing. Still mining that a bit (both the kid in Moonrise and the bellhop in Budapest, with Willis and Fiennes respectively) but it's better integrated into the whole film.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 January 2015 22:23 (nine years ago) link
def daddy issues in Mr. Fox!
― Οὖτις, Friday, 16 January 2015 23:07 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/E42m0.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 16 January 2015 23:18 (nine years ago) link
yes, but dome more cleverly, not HERE ARE MY DADDY ISSUES
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 17 January 2015 17:52 (nine years ago) link
take that pic to the Teal & Orange thread.
― Aimless, Saturday, 17 January 2015 19:05 (nine years ago) link