A WES ANDERSON CLASSIC - The Grand Budapest Hotel - Group Reaction

[@Thenormies]

What's your favorite Wes Anderson movie?

[@0okamino]

This one. As many others do, I consider it Anderson’s masterpiece among masterpieces.

[@deonaustin9575]

Marketa you look beautiful. You guys have to react to Agatha All Along.

[@ianr5055]

How have the normies never watched GET OUT

[@deonaustin9575]

@@Thenormies Marketa you look beautiful. 😍 Are you guys going to react to Agatha All Along? When are you guys going to react to the next seasons of the Dragon Prince. Have you guys never reacted to Get Out?

[@deonaustin9575]

@@Thenormies For Halloween 🎃 month you have to react to Justice League Dark The Supernatural hero team. And Werewolf By Night. Also React to Silver Bullet by Stephen King.

[@andrewdunn8778]

I always forget that this movie is like three layers deep. We're watching a girl reading a book about a guy recounting the times of another guy.

[@o-henry]

Which also is a fantastic detail. It's a nod to certain books that you don't just casually enjoy but ones that teach you important things about life. Books that convey wisdom and experience. And you always carry those in your heart. And it's so relatable too, I still annually visit Remarques grave in Ascona.

[@xKagryx]

And they’re watching her read, and we’re watching them watch.

[@rana1561]

​@@o-henry the story within a story within a story is a lovely idea, from Arabian nights to Grand Budapest, such a great variety of well done application of the idea.

[@chiefaberach]

It's the least reliable narrator I know of. There's also the vast time difference between whenever the girl is reading it at the authors grave, the author recounting his meeting the old Hotel owner when he was 20 years younger & the owner recounting his youth, so watch we arr watching is the girl's imagination of events from 60 or 70 years earlier.

[@neonoires]

This was my comfort movie for such a long time. I love The Grand Budapest Hotel.

[@bighuge1060]

It's a beautiful movie. During a very stressful time in both our lives, a friend suggested seeing this in the cinema and it was a wonderful remedy. I often return to this movie not to relive that time but to enjoy it's unique charm, humor and melancholy. It's a quaint treasure.

[@wjgo6925]

Still mine

[@ReXtion88]

I love this film so fucking much. It's absolutely sublime, and one of the best performances in Ralph Fiennes' incredible career

[@o-henry]

I feel like this is one of those movies that got carried immensely by the main performance. Everyone and everything else was fantastic too, no question, but IMO Anderson's other movies never reached this level. Fiennes just added a touch that can't be replicated.

[@Samaelthekind]

This is one of the great movies of its time. Wes Anderson movies all have a certain panache that doesn't exist anywhere else...but this one transcends all of them, perfectly scored, with an ensemble cast that continually astonishes you. For me, the elderly Zero is my most beloved character...a man who has experienced loss and yet retained a sense of grace and contentment, wise without any arrogance. So perfect. A story, within a story, within a story, read by a modern girl...also an inception-esque rabbithole that the watcher finds themselves gently sliding down. Side note: The Society of Crossed Keys does actually exist...although under a slightly different name. Originally a loose association of French concierges and hoteliers...it eventually became an international organization that, while not exactly secret, is quite exclusive and not well known. It is reserved for proven excellence in the field of hospitality, its members have access to remarkable and often scarce luxuries...not for themselves, but so that they can provide the highest level of service even under surprising or difficult circumstances. To be inducted into their ranks is still an honor. If you ever happen to be in a very fine hotel...keep an eye on the lapels of the concierge...if you see a pair of crossed keys...you will know that the person serving you intends to do their best. My youngest brother spent years in various hospitality fields, in America and in Europe...and for a time he was a head chef for a Zagat's guide rated restaurant...and during that time he came to know a few unusual people, including a couple of members of that esteemed agency.

[@jackevans6200]

'Willem Dafoe looks like a vampire!' Funny that he played Max Schreck (aka the actor who played Count Orlok in Nosferatu) in Shadow of the Vampire; a role that apparently landed him playing the Green Goblin!

[@xKagryx]

Pretty exciting that he gets to play a part in Nosferatu coming up!

[@AshrafAnam]

Christopher Walken's character from Batman Returns?

[@LobsterSpecial]

'The Grand Budapest Hotel' has rapidly risen up my list of favorite films. Wes Anderson's best in my opinion

[@movietimeateds69]

I've seen it many many times, and I love it more with each viewing. A truly beautiful movie.

[@s.solhaug]

Kunst means art in many european languages

[@1199kat]

It's "Rafe" Fiennes. That's just how his name is pronounced, not a nickname or anything

[@cents2mp]

Thats some how more confusing now lol

[@1199kat]

@@cents2mp Well I could have written that more clearly, haha. His name is Ralph (pronounced "Rafe") Fiennes. Hope that makes more sense now.

[@DanteRU0312]

@@cents2mp It's not, just need to keep in mind that language and names evolved over time.

[@Anna-zi7sx]

Oh. Ralph is a German name so I’ve always pronounced it German (my dad is called Ralph)

U sure there’s an e at the end? 👀

[@patrickthemango756]

Whenever life feels too much i watch a wes anderson movie

[@Chasejones2004]

Yes, we getting started on Wes Anderson movies!!!😎 Y’all gotta to react to The French Dispatch (2021) Asteroid City (2023) Moonrise Kingdom (2012) Isle of Dogs (2018)

[@seth4376]

I hope for moonrise kingdom for sure!! But honestly they should do all his movies 🎉🎉

[@shrekbaby33]

fantastic mr fox should def be one of the first ones they watch after this

[@eragon400]

Don't forget The Royal Tenebaums

[@owalterluan]

​@@eragon400 rushmore is underrated as well

[@legendaccount3247]

Asteroid City would go right over their heads lol

[@nigelseawell4986]

Grand Budapest is in my top 3 of all of Wes Anderson’s movies. If I had to put the 3 in order it’d be Fantastic Mr fox, Grand Budapest, and French Dispatch.

[@edgarmoule9825]

Bro French dispatch suck why tf do people like it

[@rg3388]

I highly recommend the YT video titled "The Strange Reality of The Grand Budapest Hotel." Having Zero's beloved’s name be Agatha allows him to inscribe the dedication “from Z to A” in the book of poetry that he gives to her. Later, bilateral, palindromic symmetry is established by a mirror-image bookend when Henkels orders a search to be carried out “from Augenzburg to Zilchbruck.” The name of Jeff Goldblum’s Vilmos Kovacs seems to derive from those of cinematographers Vilmos Zsigmond and László Kovács just as the name Madame D. could be taken as a Max Ophuls reference. Also note the 2 former Khaki Scouts from "Moonrise Kingdom."

[@KSweets23]

NORMIES REACT TO MY FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME I TAKE IT BACK MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING WORTH LIVING FOR

[@naynay3710]

Ralph Fiennes: It is pronounced Rafe. It is an old British variant of the name. He comes from an illustrious family with other Ralphs who pronounced their names that way in the past.

[@effortmsimelelo5059]

Peak Wes Anderson right here, the oscars are clueless.😂

[@o-henry]

Man, when I watched this movie for the first time, I was BAFFLED by how an American director was capable of understanding and conveying so much Eastern European, Austro-Hungarian and Jewish culture. Aside from all the fantastic visuals and acting, there's so much in the subtleties.

[@DomR1997]

America has a lot of ties to both eastern europe and european Jews. If an American isn't familiar with either, they can go outside, throw a stone, and find someone who's probably a direct immigrant from one of those locations. Even without those close ties, though, Anderson always puts so much research into his films. If anyone was going to be able to pull it off, it was going to be him. Even the music was made to feel traditional and authentic.

[@o-henry]

@@DomR1997 Definitely. It's just that anyone can do research with enough resources. Anderson on the other hand **felt** lots of things that most people wouldn't get. It takes a certain wisdom to feel these things ..

[@SorchaSublime]

I imagine it's mostly a result of his being well read. He is able to communicate things through atmosphere which he could not know of first hand, and I believe that the only way to get that intimate of an account is to read it, and to read much more on top of that. I think this is intonated by the framing device of the movie, ie a girl reading a book. It goes beyond what you would get from purely academic research

[@yun12-09]

Really enjoy the visual style of Wes Anderson's works! The humorous narrative style is also fascinating.❤

[@biocapsule7311]

Yeah... 'Grave of the Fireflies' is a movie most people only ever watch once. I certainly have never wanted to watch it a second time.

[@macuna1995]

Wes Anderson really is his own genre, can't really compare with others, I would love to work with him. Maybe he would make a great Jimmy Olsen film.

[@xmtryanx]

This and The Royal Tenenbaums are my fave Wes Anderson stories!

[@chrisguadalupe264]

'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' is my personal favorite :)

[@JohnDoe-bz4yl]

Every re-watch of that movie moved it up on my Wes Anderson movie list and it finally knocked the grand Budapest hotel off the number 1 position

[@madfox58]

You guys HAVE to watch Fantastic Mr. Fox and Isle of Dogs next!

[@Janina-z6u]

"Kunstmuseum" is German and means Art Museum. Kunst = Art

[@CraigWelchans]

I love the line and the delivery of the line, "get your hands off my lobby boy!" Always cracks me up 😂

[@blackblake3658]

It's Ralph (British upper crust pronunciation Rafe). His full name is Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes. The Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes family is steeped in aristocracy with the family name having its own Wiki page. His cousin still lives in the family castle. Another cousin, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, is considered the world's greatest living explorer and is a personal friend of King Charles.

[@TCrimson05t]

I love this movie so much. This is my favorite Wes Anderson movie. It's not the first one I ever saw but this is the one that made the way he does things click. It made be look forward to asteroid City.

[@brettbaumler754]

I genuinely think this is a perfect film. I love it so much

[@travisspazz1624]

Fun fact. This movie did indeed deserve to win the original score Oscar over Interstellar.

[@Lightsephiroth]

I would've given Best Picture to this movie, but not the score

[@lucasdolding6924]

@@Lightsephiroth Yeah it deserved to win an Oscar but not for score over Interstellar even if this film's music is really good too

[@nickpang]

If you compare both scores without watching either film, I think most would agree that Interstellar deserves to win and I remember thinking Interstellar should've won too after listening to the TGBH score by itself. But after watching the TGBH and hearing it in the context of the film, I changed my mind and agree that it deserved to win best score. There is just something really unique about the score which conveys the emotions and tempo of the scenes in the movie perfectly

[@abrarabeer1620]

As there was a reference to it. Requesting “IN BRUGES” reaction!!! One of the best dark comedies ever.

[@DDPK]

oh my god i never thought yall would react to this, my fav movie

[@Justwalks]

MORE FUCKING WES YA SLAGS

[@nyuszicsib]

HOLY SHIT! Chris just pronounced Budapest correctly. I did not expect that as a Hungarian.

[@DomR1997]

Im so happy youre watching this. So so happy. You should watch all his films.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

Wes Anderson is one of the few filmmakers who can make a movie where every damn second is pleasure.

[@kenadapope1420]

Now ya'll need to watch 2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox 2012 Moonrise Kingdom 2018 Isle of Dogs 2021 The French Dispatch

[@TCHC85]

"Holy fuck! What's the meaning of this shit??" Dimtri not realizing the painting has been taken until the movie is like 2/3 over always gets me.

[@T8run]

6:40 So Chris has watched In Bruges 😂

[@h4ll1k]

royal tenenbaums is also very worth a watch

[@Chasejones2004]

I find it so cool 😎 to see Ralph Fiennes and Edward Norton in a Wes Anderson movie after Red Dragon

[@gerbenvanessen]

Kunst = art ( in Dutch and many other languages) kunst museum = art museum.

[@studioboring]

Fun Fact - Travis Scott actually sampled the song played when M.Gustav and Zero arrive at Schluss Lutz for his unreleased song Left Cheek Right Cheek

[@sevilnatas]

You all ain't seen nothin' yet. You gotta watch his older films, forthwith !!! As great as Grand Budapest is, Royal Tannenbaum, Life Aquatic, etc etc are priceless !!

[@_Katzenberg]

One of the greatest movies ever made, it magic made cinema.

[@oscarcardenas4113]

Other great Anderson films that y'all would like are Rushmore, Moonrise Kingdom, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Isle of Dogs.

[@angelagraves865]

This movie is very nearly perfect, imo. I love everything about it.

[@crtmojo2705]

A personal favorite. Wes Andersons style really came together on this one.

[@TheJerbol]

This doesn't take place in Budapest or Hungary. It's a fictional country

[@0okamino]

That is true. This country does not exist… but perhaps it should.

[@johnvarner9089]

I could be wrong but I've heard that the hotel itself was sort of inspired by the Grandhotel Pupp in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.

[@TheJerbol]

Never clicked anything so fast

[@alexkull24]

NOW YOU HAVE TO SEE FANTASTIC MR FOX!!! O.O FANTASTIC MR FOX - FANTASTIC MR FOX - FANTASTIC MR FOX - FANTASTIC MR FOX - FANTASTIC MR FOX - FANTASTIC MR FOX!!!

[@panfanwithaplan]

19:50 is my favorite part in the whole movie, zero hesitation he just immediately starts booking it lmao

[@JuanCarrillo-Nava]

He had the Joestar technique on LOCK.

[@Strider91]

Staring. . .the Wes Anderson players! Lol. My man always uses the same crew in all his films.

[@SilvershotStudios]

And here I thought I'd be spending Saturday Night alone, love this movie!

[@DDPK]

tied with asteroid city for your fav is certainly different!

[@maxdon2001]

Great reaction! Such a good movie!

[@shirleyjest8838]

Indian Paintbrush is a flower

[@DavidVazquezzz]

The soundtrack is amazing as well.

[@mawortz]

Wes Anderson is a genius

[@dungeonmaster16]

33:50 thats actually accruate on multiple hotel managers/concierge regardless if from same company owned hotel or not stay in contact mainly for major events. i forgot which con was it but they literally blacklisted a con from ever using any hotels within set distance aka almost the entire city because of their rep. this is not to pick a bone (mostly) but to taylor swift fans i need to ask: when you book a hotel to any taylor swift concert events do you know if any of the hotels acrively try to sway you away to farther/lesser hotels from the concert location even if they have space open?

[@littlefoxglove276]

okay but now you guys gotta watch paddington 2 to catch the references

[@dwnxx4974]

well now they def have to watch Fantastic Mr Fox

[@annewoodard6803]

The Royal Tenenbaums is Wes Anderson's finest imo. If you haven't seen it, go no further.

[@valentinegeorge2259]

This is in my top 5 best movies of all time

[@richardsanchez9073]

Wes Anderson? I'm here for it. More? And thank you.

[@theinstructor3626]

I absolutely love the glasses Navi...Great reaction as well.

[@jnasko666]

27:40 kunst is actaully just Art in German so its an Artmuseum xb

[@TheJerbol]

Hands off my lobby boy!

[@crtmojo2705]

The cat out the window kills me. 😅

[@ManicReactions]

Desert uprising: See Lawrence of Arabia (1962).

[@fuegoboi5562]

Hope y'all watch life aquatic if it's not already on the wes Anderson watch list

[@jazwaz112]

this one, Rushmore (1998), and Moonrise Kingdom (2012) are my favorites but he has no bad movies (though French Dispatch was a bit tiring to me)

[@barrettcloyd3951]

Jonny Depp was originally cast as M. Gustave. Please react to The Royal Tenenbaums.

[@jaives]

this and moonrise kingdom. they share the most "doll house" aesthetic. Asteroid City felt very contrived.

[@BeldansFire]

Fantastic Mr.Fix FTW.

[@hitachiuchihamagicwand2776]

Please watch Rushmore next!

[@dupersuper1938]

Yaaaay! All the Wes Anderson!

[@regalpinguino]

Wes Anderson is legend. Rushmore would be a great reaction.

[@shrektheeloquentork1924]

Navi lookin' hot!!!💯🔥

[@Anna-zi7sx]

This is my favourite movie of all time

[@ratfey]

omgg you should watch wes’s animation toooo

[@brettteply1207]

The only movies of his I am most familiar with are Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Royal Tenanbaums

[@ssjvegito2661]

In case no one else tells you guys lol, Voldemort's name-though it's spelled "Ralph Fiennes"-it's pronounced "Rafe" 😅 I love him as an actor and Gustave is one of his absolute BEST roles.

[@dennisdimambrojr2375]

They pronounce it correct.

[@alexjr28]

Oh shit, haven't watched the channel recently, future baby on board? Moonrise Kingdom is still my favorite.

[@luciaarnaotorrego6852]

You should definitely check out society of the snow. It's a great movie and I would love to hear what you have to say about that. If you do watch it I recommend the original language with subtitles, ,the acting was amazing.Loved your reaction as always. You should check out society of the snow. It's a great movie and I would love to hear what you have to say about that one. If you do watch it I recommend the original language with subtitles, the acting was amazing

[@TylerClear]

This movie is hilarious, but that ending is really sad and poignant.

[@mattyoung7415]

I'm about to start watching. This is my favourite movie of all time. Please be kind.

[@ishaan863]

"Holy fuck!"

[@ZackyDaley]

I felt it was ww1 armies or pre ww2 armies portrayed by Edward Norton then the escalation in fascism that occurred between the 20s-30s is demonstrated when the army has progressed from nationalism to fascism. It’s a motif that is true of many nations in Europe and the world. Pre fascism nationalism into fascism.

[@Serryy]

Not as good as Asteroid City, still fun

[@SkeleTonHammer]

This movie is a great gateway drug to get people into Wes Anderson. It's a bit more of a digestible adventure. Still has Wes Anderson weirdness, but it's not as niche as some of his other stuff.

[@Atrii-uc3li]

What a pleasant surprise!! (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)

[@TheAndroidBishop]

1. This is my favorite Wes Anderson film, out of many incredible films that I rank among my general favorites of all time. 2. Wes Anderson also holds the title for WORST movies I've ever seen, the French dispatch and asteroid City. 3. Indian paintbrush is the name of a North American native wildflower 4. This movie will make a lot more sense if you read Stephan zweig, like Beware of Pity

[@sawyerputput]

I love how much Pat laughed

[@johnmichaelstrader7495]

Gotta watch Rushmore

[@tayl0rbear391]

Can you guys react to Interview With A Vampire. Its stars Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.

[@LilGamez21]

I love this movie.

[@kevinrogers8249]

Can you guys react Agatha All Along? I think it’s pretty good for marvel

[@nomology6482]

isle of dogs next please

[@tanyahudson2156]

Do more please! Wes movies!