The Kinks, Boys In Suits, So Much Preciousness

I keep watching the trailer for Darjeeling Limited (the new Wes Anderson movie, co-written by Roman Coppola and Jason Schwartzman, out this September) and waiting for my excitement to transcend the "Yay, a new Wes Anderson movie!" phase and arrive at something like "Yay, a new movie I might actually want to see even if it weren't directed by Wes Anderson!" but it's just not happening. But maybe I'll dig the movie anyway. As I am a pretty much a total cliche, I generally always love Wes Anderson's movies (although there's none that I've ever enjoyed upon first viewing, for some reason). And this one's got three of those classic Wes Anderson's ingredients, now equally endearing and annoying in their consistency: highly emotive songs by The Kinks (the trailer uses "This Time Tomorrow" & "Strangers," both of which can be downloaded at The Playlist); smartly dressed boys that we sort of wish we could pretend not to be intrigued by, but there you go; and a whole lot of precious dialogue spoken by precious people at precious moments. At first I'm kind of like, "C'mon dudes, knock if off already!" but then I start to feel really fond of Jason Schwartzman in that fantastic yellow robe and crazy mustache.

Posted by Liz in Film
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