I finally got the opportunity to watch Asteroid City. I am a long-time fan of Wes Anderson, but none of the people around me share my joy in his movies so I have to gush about it online.
Something about this film hit me really hard while watching, something in the way that the film uses multiple layers of storytelling about telling a story and how that highlights the real emotions being shown. I’m definitely going to have to find the time to watch it again.
Those who have seen it, what are your thoughts on the movie? Aside from whether you enjoyed it, did you get anything deeper out of it beyond the offbeat comedy?
I loved it! I felt it was a wonderful meditation on the experience of the Pandemic. The intensity, the confusion, the life happening in spite of quarantine, and even how everything got so ridiculous that we all stopped being shocked. In a lot of ways, I found it cathartic that somebody had managed to talk about the struggle of COVID without ever mentioning a disease. Like, I’ve had quite enough of ‘contagion movies’ now for a lifetime, so, I think that will help it hold up over time.
Imo, his finest.