Three brothers who haven't spoken in years and still don't trust each other get on a train in an attempt to go on a "spiritual journey" through India. Standard rules of Wes Anderson films apply (flawed characters, dysfunctional family, humor in sad situations, sadness in funny situations, Rolling Stones music, slo-mo, Owen Wilson, dead relatives)
I love every Wes Anderson movie, but the first time I saw this one in the theater I was kind of disappointed. However after recently viewing it a second time I enjoyed it more, but still not as much as Anderson's previous films. With the story primarily being three brothers on a train, making a few stops here and there, the story just seems really fragmented. It's kind of like a mix CD where you like the songs, but they don't really go together. It helped the second time watching because I knew that was how the movie started, and I knew where it ended up.
It ended up being my least favorite Wes Anderson film, but still one of the best of the year.
8.88/10
The Last Dragon dir. Michael Schultz (1985)
Leroy (real name Taimak. Just Taimak) is an aspiring black martial artist looking to complete his training. In his way are Sho'nuff, the Shogun of Harlem, and Eddie Arkadian, a video game mogul (I think) with a history of violence who resorts to kidnapping a VJ (Vanity is her one name) in order to get his girlfriends music video played. Leroy uses his kung-fu to thwart the kidnapping, so Arkadian hires a bunch of goons to fight him. I forget why Sho'nuff wants to fight Leroy, but it doesn't really matter.
This movie is pretty hilarious, if you like bad acting, bad music, a ridiculous plot and stuff that was probably really cool in 1985.
So I give it a special rating:
1985/10
moveee count: 20/150
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