Asteroid City (2023)
Time: 1h 45mins
Director: Wes Anderson
Quick Summary: Following a writer on his world-famous fictional play about a grieving father who travels with his tech-obsessed family to a small rural Asteroid City to compete in a junior stargazing event, only to have his worldview disrupted forever.
Oh, I loved this. It was so fun though I don't think it will be to everyone's taste.
There are so many wonderful characters thrown into this, and each and every one individual. But the problem is, it was hard to tell who the actual lead character was, and then in hand made it hard to follow at times. Along with this, the delivery of the lines was also sometimes too quick to follow, with frantic shots panning to various characters and things making more harder to follow.
Stylistically it's very much what we expect from Anderson and I loved it. Cinematography is more interesting than usual with lots of focus on the set pieces and costume designs. The camera movement doesn't feel as rigid as usual but they are full of perfect symmetry which is always appealing to watch.
Something I found interesting even if it was a bit too harsh of a contrast sometimes was that it would jump between black and white and then colour scenes. Ultimately this was to show the change between "the play about the play" and the "reality" scenes, which took a while for me to pick up but in the end I liked it. I also really liked the pastel overtone to this whole film.
Really there is one thing you need to think about when watching this. You are watching a movie about the play based on the play Asteroid City. It can get really confusing especially since the plot is sort of non-existent. There isn't much to it. But this film is more about the characters and how they're interacting with this world and events. Granted, they're pretty hard to follow at times, but it didn't make it less of an enjoyable time for me.
This film is for fun. Actors are thrown into this for laughs, now I won't spoil who this person plays but I found it so funny. Jeff Goldblum plays the most throwaway character that you would never have guessed was him, but it is perfect. It's one of my favourite scenes from this. The overtone changes to a neon green, and barely anything is said, but it is just so funny to watch this unfold. The humour within this film is so subtle and won't hit everyone, but I loved how funny this was.
Sadly because of how quirky this is and overblown with characters, there isn't much to this so it can get incredibly boring at times. There are moments when I was left incredibly confused because it feels like too much useless information is chucked at you and you're not entirely sure what is going on. I think this one focused too much on world-building. I understand this is supposed to be a parody of quarantining during COVID-19, but there could have been more things added to this.
You're not going to have many of your questions answered. This could have done better if they dialled down the number of characters. There are plenty of things to love about this film and It is definitely worth watching again. This is a fun film, so honestly just treat it that way and don't expect a massive story to unfold.
6/10
"In my loneliness, or perhaps because of it, I learned not to judge people. To take people as I find them, not as others find them. And most of all, to give complete and unquestioning faith to the people I love."
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