Who doesn't love Wes Anderson movies?

OK, if you don't like his movies, then you might be old and have lost your sense of wonderous humor.  Or you are young and too careful and worried about laughing out loud.  Wes Anderson makes movies that have a serious premise but are not really serious.  They're funny but also goofy and charming and a tiny bit mean and evil and they always have a cast that we all love.  Even in small, cameo performances, his regular stable of thoroughbreds is amazing:  Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Edward Norton, Jude Law, Willem DeFoe, and on and on.  His credits include "Rushmore" from years ago, "Life Aquatic (with Steve Zuzou)" and the recent "Moonrise Kingdom" which is such a sweet love story and yet laugh out loud funny at the same time and a little off balanced. 

His latest movie is "The Grand Budapest Hotel" which you must see.  It's perfect.  A simple tale of love, betrayal, trust, power, deceit, death and snow.  Whenever it seems to be getting a tiny bit slow, something outrageous happens.  Whenever you think it is getting a little too over the top, it gets more over that same top but at the same time it seems almost .... normal. Things speed up, they slow down, they make sense and then they don't.  It is very, very good.

Wes Anderson's movies always have things moving in them,  trains or cars or people on skis. People walk in single file down a hallway or across a field, and they walk quickly. There are probably recurring themes like death and taxes and betrayal but I never delve too deeply into those esoteric realms.  I just laugh out loud and sometimes cringe a little and often, especially at the end, I sometimes get a little teary.

His sets are amazing.  Old buildings, old hotels in this case, wood paneled rooms, boats, trains. The attention to detail is so precise as to seem 100% authentic but it's a movie so you know it isn't. The music is always perfect, lots of odd instrumentals and symphonic sounds but also simple banjo music when necessary.

"The Grand Budapest Hotel" is about a hotel concierge who is a liar and a lady's man, a bit of a con man and a trusted friend. Ralph Finnes is perfect as is his cast of supporting characters.  Seriously, for a good time, go see this movie.  See it on the big screen.  When the theater darkens, as the movie begins, suspend belief in the mundane, in the practical and the pragmatic.  Let it take you along.  It's a very fun ride.