Posts by Michelle Wells3

I haven't actually sat down to watch the movie yet, but I have seen Hotel Chevalier. What did you guys think of it? Personally, it didn't really do much for me; I get the feeling it's mostly just for the die-hard Wes Anderson fans. As for Natalie Portman, I honestly think she’s one of the worst actresses Wes has ever worked with, so maybe that's why I wasn't feeling it.

Amanda Nguyen5 said:Cut the nonsense.

Look.

That's just how I experienced the movie. Your fatalistic take is just as valid a perspective. It’s very... Coelho-esque, I guess.

Amanda Nguyen5 said:Just go all in on the betting.
2. There aren't any options here. Once she decided to take that path at the start, she had to see it through to the bitter end. No choice. Just like their little fish (or fishes, whatever), sitting there alone after they all left—it wasn't by choice, but now that she's stuck, there’s nothing left to do but sit tight and starve for two days.
And just pray someone doesn't come along and fill her up.
Some kind of gust of wind.

Honestly, there are very few moments in life where you truly have zero options, and I don't think this was one of them. Usually, when people say they have no choice, it’s just because they can't see the alternatives right in front of them.

I feel like you missed the actual point here. It's about how we're constantly making decisions—some good, some pretty terrible—that end up shaping our lives and everyone else's too. And honestly, the movie is great mainly because it captures that reality so well.

By the way, I walked out of the theater thinking how incredibly glad I am that I made it through my own sensitive, formative twenties without dealing with situations quite that insane (or at least, not on screen). When you're twenty, it feels like there are zero options, whereas when you're ten, you actually have a better sense of just how many choices were really there.

I guess Maaaaalkice might have trimmed those long shots while following the lead actress—especially that sequence on the stairs—but honestly, all in all, it’s a seriously, seriously good movie. It never falls into those tired clichés, and the way it handles human nature is just spot on.