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# Here's What It Would Look Like If Wes Anderson Directed an X-Men Movie

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## Melissa Locker


Mar 4, 2015 4:39 PM UTC

by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Mar 4, 2015 4:39 PM UTC

Have you ever found yourself wondering what it would look like if the X-Men trained at Royal Tenenbaum’s Harlem mansion? Or if Max Fischer was expelled from Rushmore and enrolled in Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters? Have you secretly hoped that Wes Anderson would take the reins of _The Avengers_ franchise? Then this video is for you.

Patrick Willems just debuted a new fan film on his[ YouTube channel, ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF1fG3gT44nGTPU2sVLoFWg)and it attempts to answer the burning question on every _Grand Budapest Hotel_ fan’s lips: What would it be like if Wes Anderson directed an X-Men movie? (That’s the question, because we already know what it would look like if [Anderson directed _Star Wars_.)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EJ6AmplD8g)

The result is a very symmetrical, [red-and-gold-filled film](http://time.com/3720256/grand-budapest-hotel-wes-anderson-colors-supercut/) that plunks the Marvel mutants into a world of privileged prodigies with poor social skills. In short, it’s pretty great, if a little rough around the edges.

(h/t [Bleeding Cool](http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/03/03/wes-anderson-directed-x-men/))

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