tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post3013457051463693262..comments2024-03-09T07:19:46.311-05:00Comments on The Short Films Blog: Hotel ChevalierMiddentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13829095129849712488noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post-40978881682338651642008-12-14T15:01:00.000-05:002008-12-14T15:01:00.000-05:00I agree with ceceila, this most certainly function...I agree with ceceila, this most certainly functions as a visual display of what Wes Anderson does with almost all of his films (also life aquatic kicks ass)Steve Erdmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07143395773012696879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post-48618408075222610052008-12-13T21:24:00.000-05:002008-12-13T21:24:00.000-05:00I don't like Hotel Chevalier. I agree with eve...I don't like Hotel Chevalier. I agree with everyone so far that it doesn't work as a stand-alone film OR as a supplement to Darjeeling Limited. Whoever said Hotel Chevalier made everything make sense is wrong: nothing is elaborated on enough to give you a full sense of what happened Nat&Jas, which wouldn't really be necessary, but I think the allusions to their relationship/break-up in the feature didn't need Hotel Chevalier for them to be meaningful. I'm pretty sure I would've been able to deduce this without Hotel Chevalier. Fuck this movie, seriously. I love Wes Anderson (HOW DARE YOU BASH THE LIFE AQUATIC!), but this definitely just seems more like a Wes Anderson aesthetics advertisement.Cecilia C-Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05558609901449856336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post-37206002393727782392008-12-13T20:13:00.000-05:002008-12-13T20:13:00.000-05:00I have to agree with Lindsay, as I saw "Hotel Chev...I have to agree with Lindsay, as I saw "Hotel Chevalier" online when "The Darjeeling Limited" came out last fall, but didn't get to see the film until spring of this year. When I did watch it, I remembered only trace amounts of "Hotel Chevalier," but it didn't really affect my understanding of the film. Sure, it makes the Natalie Portman glimpse near the end less random, but it doesn't accentuate the emotional impact either. <BR/><BR/>I think the best way to look at this film is to see it as consistent with the feature it's tied to, as they both feature countless examples of Anderson's worst dialogue. That exchange between Portman and Schwartzman where she tells him if they fuck, she'll feel awful about it after, to which he replies "I don't care," is cringeworthy.Drew Rosensweighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152855437864024643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post-73431482591655466892008-12-13T19:49:00.000-05:002008-12-13T19:49:00.000-05:00Hotel Chevalier doesn't really work as a stand-alo...Hotel Chevalier doesn't really work as a stand-alone piece for me either. I saw the Darjeeling Limited without the short, and I don't think the effect was diminished at all. Some of my friends who really liked the movie were like, "Oh my God, I saw Hotel Chevalier and then IT ALL MADE SENSE." But Darjeeling pretty straightforward, there's really not that much more to "get." To me Hotel Chevalier kind of just seems like an extended advertisement for the feature.Lindsay Z.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01695363052543546907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post-15824442432780038422008-12-11T11:03:00.000-05:002008-12-11T11:03:00.000-05:00my cat's breath smells like cat foodmy cat's breath smells like cat foodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com