The Royal Tenenbaums is one of my favorite movies, I think. It bums me the hell out, though.

I think it has something to deal with the fact that watching The Royal Tenenbaums involves watching Luke Wilson cut his hair, shave his beard, announce his impending suicide to his reflection, and then open his wrists in a bathroom while listening to Elliott Smith sing Needle in the Hay. Also, the subsequent sequence where he escapes from the hospital he is being held in while listening to Nick Drake play Fly on an acoustic guitar.

This is all speculation, of course.