The Grand Budapest Hotel may have been one of the best movies I have ever seen, not because it was absolutely hilarious, or because it had a fantastic cast, or made cool historical references that were also semi-made up or because it took the absurd and made it into something coherent and beautiful. Lots of movies do that. No, I think my favorite part of the whole movie was the ending, the culmination of events and silliness and laughter that lead to something really tragic and beautiful. I don't want to spoil it for those of you who haven't seen it, but as someone who saw it in a theatre that was completely packed full of an intensely reactive audience of indie film lovers, I don't think I've ever heard a room so silent as when... well... those of you who've seen it know. We all saw it coming, but we didn't at the same time. And wow you need to go see this movie, if you haven't already. Like, it's an absolute priority.
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