Wehhhhzz!
I promptly went off to see “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” and I obviously enjoyed it. It’s right behind “The Darjeeling Limited” on my list of Wes Anderson’s works, and even that is probably due in large part to the lesser presence of Owen Wilson. Honestly, if the whole movie had just been about Owen Wilson’s dealings with the Nazis in his occupied hotel, I would’ve been fine. I’d see that spinoff. Does Wes Anderson make franchises? He should. Damn it, Wes Anderson! Why won’t you run your intellectual properties into the ground like everyone else? Johnny Depp’s going to play Jack Sparrow until he dies, and we love him for it! Actually, he’ll probably steal the plot of his new computer movie and come back from death mainly to play Jack Sparrow for eternity. And to hang out with Tim Burton. Which is also great. They make a good team. Like you and Owen Wilson! Who will hopefully be returning in “Darjeeling 2: Unlimited”.
Bonus Question!
Best movie of a play?
"A Midsummer Night's Dream". Stanley Tucci's Puck? I might not have been fully supportive when I first saw the little bald dude in the role 10 years ago, but I was an idiot in a lot of other ways then too. By contrast, I went to see the second "Percy Jackson" movie mainly to see the Tooch play Dionysus. There's a nice bit of symmetry in that somewhere.