I first saw this movie without "Hotel Chevalier" (the first 13 minute part with Jason Schwartzman and Natalie Portman in the hotel room) and I have to say I like it much better without it! "Hotel Chevalier" just doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the movie (except for the matching luggage of course). "The Darjeeling Limited" on it's own though I really adore. There's no complex storyline or real plot twists, so this is not a movie for everyone. I can understand how some people will dislike it and feel that it's unorganized or pointless. However, the real point of watching the movie is the interaction between the three brothers (Schwartzman, Owen Wilson, and Adrien Brody) and their efforts to shed their baggage, literally. They are brothers but don't really seem to know each other, they are on a train that is richly colored and exotic but ends up getting lost, lurking in the background is the never totally clarified death of their dad, and a mysterious mother who has gone MIA in her maternal role. It's not a complete story, more of an outline that the viewers are trusted to fill in themselves. Wilson's character has an itinerary for their spiritual awakening and mysterious bandages around his head. Schwartzman is the quite brother who writes short stories with characters no one believes are fictional. Brody (who gives a casually great performance) is wearing their dad's prescription sunglasses, carrying his car keys and believes that he was the father's 'favorite'. I've seen other Wes Anderson movies, but I have never liked one as much as the "Darjeeling Limited". I knew as soon as I saw the opening sequence with Bill Murray running for the train and being overtaken by Brody (with music by the Kinks playing) that I was going to love watching this film. It's not only beautiful to watch because of the vivid colors, settings and music, but also because of the lack of storyline to keep track of. This movie deals with loss and how different people cope in a darkly deadpan comedic way, it's not trying to tackle any world problems. It's best to just sit back and enjoy the ride on the "Darjeeling Limited".