Rushmore

http://www.ram.org/ramblings/movies/rushmore.html _ Link to review

I thought Wes Anderson did a great job producing Rushmore and Max Fisher was a very well developed character. The review I read talks about how Wes Anderson creates characters that have many good qualities but also bad ones. Max Fisher obviously has many problems, but to some people he is a very charismatic character. He has the type of attitude that never quits and never gives up. The photo at the top shows one of the many extracurricular activities Max led. He is able to do what he loves, but it seems like he is doing this to cover up the fact that he has no friends. Wes Anderson's characters seem to always have a noticable flaw and in this movie, it is Max's social presence. He is an outcast at the school's he goes to, but overcomes this for the most part by taking control of whatever he can. This movie relates to Bottle Rocket because in bottle rocket, Dignand was a charismatic character and his flaw was his lacking intelligence. People might argue that he was smart in a way, but the bottom line is that he just wasn't a very smart guy. Wes Anderson in my opinion produces very, very average movie. Low-budget comedies like this usually never make as much money as major movies such as Lord of the Rings, but they produce enough. I do not like Wes Anderson's movies overall because they are to unrealistic combined with being touchy at the ends.