8 Films that Seemed Good When We Were Young and Impressionable
I happened upon Requiem for a Dream at the local video store, and I'm pretty sure I was filled with tears by the end. It was so damn sad the way heroin fucked up all the characters lives, and the editing seemed so awesome. The score by the Kronos Quartet really tugged my heart strings.…
By Dan Hoffman
The Darjeeling Limited
(2007) dir. Wes Anderson
There’s no doubt that Wes Anderson is a great writer who creates idiosyncratic, quirky characters that are oddly likeable. But when I saw his latest (live action) film, I was beginning to get suspicious. Was there really any difference between his other films and this? Had he done anything new? I remember thinking to myself at the time, this is OK, but it’s not as good as it thinks it is. I kind of felt like saying, Come on, Wes, do something new. Luckily, Fantastic Mr. Fox was a refreshing change of pace. Admittedly, Wes is more on this list because The Darjeeling Limited is a film that would have left an impression on me, if I had been younger. But I’m sure some of you out there are thinking, I really loved that movie, but now it kinda annoys me. 
