The Grand Budapest Hotel - 歡迎來到布達佩斯大飯店

The Grand Budapest Hotel (歡迎來到布達佩斯大飯店) is an 2014 film. The movie stars Ralph Fiennes. After that, there's a huge list of supporting people. The film is directed and written by Wes Anderson




Ralph Riennes plays the head concierge of The Grand Budapest Hotel. The story is told through the eyes of a writer in 1985 of a 1968 trip. On that 1968, he finds out about how The Grand Budapest Hotel was in 1932 and how it is what it is now. Back in 1932, The Grand Budapest Hotel was popular destination in the fictional European country is it in. The plight for which how current owner came to own The Grand Budapest Hotel is quite an extraordinary one at that.

This movie is pretty awesome. I first caught it via Blu-ray and at various other times when it was shown on HBO. I must admit that I almost always watch a few segments here and there. No matter the place in the film, I get caught up in it. The story is super hard to describe or even lay out. They are in a fictional country and other fictional type elements, but it is based in Europe in 1932 so it has a very familiar feel. Yet it looks like a bygone era just out of reach.

If you want a quarky movie with lots of interesting elements and a intriguing story, look no further than The Grand Budapest Hotel.

Skyfall - 007 空降危機

Skyfall (007 空降危機) is an 2012 film. The movie stars Daniel Craig. The supporting cast include Javier Bardem, Judi Dench, Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes, Bérénice Marlohe, and Albert Finney. The movie is based on James Bond by Ian Fleming. This is the 23rd installment of the film franchise. The film was an joint UK/US production.

Daniel Craig plays James Bond for the third time. The movie starts in Istanbul where Bond is in pursuit of hard drive of all MI6 agents. The chase leads to the top of an train. When the supporting MI6 agent has to take a shot. That agent misses the terrorist and hits Bond. Bond falls into the river and is presumed to be dead. Fast forward ahead a few months ahead, we see that Bond has survived and has picked up some nasty vices. While watching the TV, Bond sees that the MI6 headquarters have been bomb and the list he falled to secure is now slowly being released via the internet. The exposed agents start to show up executed. Bond decides it time to head back to MI6 and catch the person behead this. When he comes back, MI6 has gone through some scrutiny and Bond fails the agent "test". M however still puts Bond back on duty. Bond now pursues there only lead, the terrorist that first obtained the list. From their, the bad guy, played by Javier Bardem, rears its ugly head. Let the fun begin!

The movie was pretty long, clocking in at over 2 hours and 20 minutes. But I barely noticed the length. The movie was non stop in the beginning and from the middle on. Sam Mendes does a good job of keeping the essential elements of Bond, but for an audience based in 2012/2013. Movies continue to evolve and the bond series shows you very much how the trends have been for the last 50 years. The long Bond marathons on Spike show me how movies of the 1960s are so different than the decades proceed it. All the way to Skyfall.

From the box office side, Skyfall is most successful film of the franchise and it has truly captured the worldwide market as well. I have to say that I like this film just slightly more than Casino Royale.