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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9692254" data-attributes="member: 7023840">Just jumping in to briefly talk about Asteroid City.*First, when it comes to Wes Anderson movies, ranking the movies from #8 up is hard, because they are all really good. I might put forth a strong case about #1 (The Grand Budapest Hotel) just because ... that might be one of the few perfect movies I have ever seen. But all of them from #2-#8 are easily arguable in terms of where, exactly, they should place. IMO.But I would say this about Asteroid City. I think it's similar to Barton Fink, a movie that I ranked <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/coen-brothers-the-movies-and-the-ranking.702116/" target="_blank">as the second-best Coen Brothers' movie</a>. But I also understand why both movies aren't appealing to a lot of people. Both of them (IMO) are difficult in certain ways, but also incredibly rewarding. They lack surface pleasures, but they reward deeper thought. Moonrise Kingdom (to use one example) is a "better watch" than Asteroid City. But Asteroid City has incredibly deep layers that resist easy analysis, and because of that (like Barton Fink) it both rewards and resists analytical resolution. In other words, it is both rich and frustrating, and that can be wonderful ... or a barrier to enjoyment.*For reasons in RL, I have not been able to see The Phoenician Scheme yet.</blockquote>