RE: the latest of Wes Anderson
Critics smell blood and keep going after Wes Anderson. People keep saying Anderson should change something -- story, style, soundtrack, whatever -- as though change for change's sake will somehow reinvigorate Wes Anderson artistically. I just don't see it. Anderson's films are a series of views into the same world full of Kinks songs, outdated but quaint technology (even the iPod in Darjeeling was an older model), and dysfunctional relationships. There's nothing wrong with that. The guy's not repeating himself; he's showing different aspects of the same world he's created, and we learn new things about new characters in new settings each time. I don't expect him to completely change his world view every time out. That wouldn't be Wes Anderson. That would be selling out.
Maybe five directors in the world can successfully reinvent themselves every time out to satisfy audiences who want change for change's sake (and then, ultimately, end up complaining when it's "too different"). Anderson isn't one of those directors. I don't see the problem.

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