text: what do you think?  rushmore was not the "first" movie wes anderson made, it set the precedent for his others. whether you were nuts about rushmore or not the other films were similar in many ways to it. perhaps rushmore was an original and best in many ways.  i liked all of them, especially the life aquatic.    personally i believe the first film an actor or director makes is frequently the best.  it just gets worse and more commercial after that. his first movie was 'bottle rocket' in 1994.