Wes Anderson discussion

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by doctorsteve

It is definitely an acquired taste. I saw bits of Rushmore - thought it was dumb. You're totally right that it feels scripted... if only it were a movie

MST3K's Mike Nelson made a quote in a Cracked.com column that summed it up perfectly:
"Rushmore feels like it been made with an entire cast who'd been brought back to life at an evil Pet Sematary."
And when Nelson calls a movie too unwatchably mean-spirited....be afraid.

(Which is why Wes's hip-for-the-sake-of-hip rubs normal viewers like nails on chalkboard:
It gets old fast, and you start wondering "Imagine a world where people actually DID talk like that...")