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Gerald

03-25-2009, 10:19 AM

razorboy

03-25-2009, 10:23 AM

I'll see it.

Gerald

03-25-2009, 10:26 AM

What song is that?

razorboy

03-25-2009, 10:31 AM

What song is that?

Arcade Fire - Wake Up

nate1000

03-25-2009, 10:34 AM

OMFG
I am there day one, with a small hand in each one of mine. My kids love that book.

Gerald

03-25-2009, 10:41 AM

Arcade Fire - Wake Up

Thanks.

It's good to see that Spike got to actualize his real vision of a faithful adaptation since at one point it was rumored the studio, after viewing a rough cut, was so turned off by the absence of cgi monsters, pop culture references and fart jokes that they were going to scrap everything he shot and start over with some bootlicker hack.

hammersavage

03-25-2009, 11:13 AM

Arcade Fire - Wake Up

A different version than the album. I like it.

I'm glad we get to see his vision too. Spike is 2 for 2 with great movies, I think this will be the ever elusive 3rd in a row.

JerseyRich

03-25-2009, 11:15 AM

I'm pretty sure MMJ will be on this soundtrack as well.

razorboy

03-25-2009, 11:19 AM

I'm pretty sure MMJ will be on this soundtrack as well.

I heard Karen O did a large part of the soundtrack. I don't know if she gets the soundtrack credit or not.

MisterSmith

03-25-2009, 11:21 AM

Cool - it's my favorite kids book. If they do it justice I will be very happy.

hammersavage

03-25-2009, 11:22 AM

I heard Karen O did a large part of the soundtrack. I don't know if she gets the soundtrack credit or not.

I'm pretty sure MMJ will be on this soundtrack as well.

Well then I await the soundtrack as well. Spike has a great history with music.

Whiskeyportal

03-25-2009, 11:25 AM

wow, that look really good. i can't wait

TheMojoPin

03-25-2009, 11:31 AM

Good ol' Spike Jonze.

Will he ever let us down?

KingGeno

03-25-2009, 11:31 AM

Wow. :D Great trailer! Can't wait.

hammersavage

03-25-2009, 11:33 AM

Good ol' Spike Jonze.

Will he ever let us down?

If he takes his time and fights for his projects, I don't know if he will.

topless_mike

03-25-2009, 12:07 PM

so there.
should make an rf.net family trip to see the movie.
pick a theatre. convene amongst one another. enjoy movie. go home.

~Katja~

03-25-2009, 01:44 PM

so there.
should make an rf.net family trip to see the movie.
pick a theatre. convene amongst one another. enjoy movie. go home.

wonder if my kid would sit through this one... looks like a movie I would love to watch

GreatAmericanZero

03-25-2009, 02:11 PM

will be the first childrens film i'll see in theaters in YEARS. seriously, can't remember the last one.

Contra

03-25-2009, 03:03 PM

Shrek the turd?

jforce

03-25-2009, 05:28 PM

Damn. Looks good.

Spike knows how to pick'em.

Slumbag

03-25-2009, 09:09 PM

This was my favorite book when I was growing up. The movie also looks fantastic, so I'll probably go to the theater for this one.

Gerald

03-25-2009, 11:40 PM

will be the first childrens film i'll see in theaters in YEARS. seriously, can't remember the last one.

The last kid movie I really liked was The Iron Giant. Coraline was pretty good too. I'm hoping since Jonze is at the helm WTWTA will transcend age demographics and appeal to anyone aged 8-80.

I know the Pixar movies get all the praise that would normally be reserved for stuff like Casablanca but I just can't get into that type of computer animation. I walked out of Wall.E even though I love sci-fi.

AKA

03-26-2009, 05:18 AM

Reminds me of the Banana Splits.

No...seriously, it does.

Ok...that was pretty damn awesome.

happytypinggirl

03-26-2009, 05:56 AM

wow, that actually looks pretty good.

Furtherman

03-26-2009, 08:01 AM

Reminds me of the Banana Splits.

I would so go see a Banana Splits movie. Five bananas make a bunch and seven many more!

This also looks like a movie I would check out. I wouldn't even steal a kid to go with me.

AKA

03-26-2009, 09:12 AM

I would so go see a Banana Splits movie. Five bananas make a bunch and seven many more!

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mikeyboy

03-26-2009, 09:31 AM

Furtherman

03-26-2009, 09:47 AM

Spike Jonze's "Where The Wild Things Are" Trailer Gets Tamed (http://io9.com/5184251/)

Slashfilm reported back in February of 2008 that test audience reviews, such as the one below, forced Warner Brothers to push back release date to Jonze's film so he could make it a little less intimidating:

"And some kids at my screening began to cry and asked their parents to leave, so that should give you an idea." "The things are not cute. Max comes off a bit weird and off-putting ‘He slaps his mom!' and he seems confused and not charming at all." "No rumpus, no big set pieces, no 'state-of-the-art' lucrative sequences just some running around on some desert place and thats that."

This breaks my heart a little, because I would love to see a dark take on this book about freakishly large but gentle monsters, from inside a wild kids imagination. Hopefully it still has a Jonze edge, and what was cut will be released in a directors cut DVD, optimistically speaking. But apparently the test audience wasn't the only problem, rumors were circulating that the studio had issues with the main little boy as well, so it's been a long road from then until now. Still, after watching the trailer, you have to admit, what is shown is undeniably beautiful, plus using the Arcade Fire as a trailer soundtrack is a big fat indie fan pleaser, it should be fun if not something new.

AKA

03-26-2009, 09:53 AM

flipping like a pancake
popping like a cork
Fleagle, Bingo, Drooper and Snork

Someone was raised by "Captain 20!"

mikeyboy

03-26-2009, 09:59 AM

Someone was raised by "Captain 20!"

You know it.

http://kidshow.dcmemories.com/DDC20-3i_620.jpg

AKA

03-26-2009, 10:11 AM

You know it.

http://kidshow.dcmemories.com/DDC20-3i_620.jpg

Well, make plans to be back in DC on Saturday, June 27 - something big is coming...!

Gerald

03-26-2009, 10:31 AM

Glorious HD:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/wherethewildthingsare/

Whiskeyportal

03-26-2009, 10:36 AM

Glorious HD:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/wherethewildthingsare/

dig the Art Bell avatar sir

drusilla

03-26-2009, 10:42 AM

wow that looks so good. hopefully i'll get to take my nieces to it or something.

hammersavage

05-12-2009, 08:13 AM

Gerald

08-08-2009, 07:28 PM

New one:

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So much gloriousness.

yojimbo7248

08-08-2009, 07:34 PM

The last kid movie I really liked was The Iron Giant. Coraline was pretty good too. I'm hoping since Jonze is at the helm WTWTA will transcend age demographics and appeal to anyone aged 8-80.

I know the Pixar movies get all the praise that would normally be reserved for stuff like Casablanca but I just can't get into that type of computer animation. I walked out of Wall.E even though I love sci-fi.

I loved Coraline too. This Jonze take on "Where Wild Things Are" looks great. Can't wait.

TheMojoPin

08-08-2009, 08:26 PM

stinkbud

08-10-2009, 08:00 AM

This is one of those movie trailers that just gives me chills. I have to see this one.

Gerald

10-10-2009, 09:21 PM

The early reviews are pretty much all raves across the board. I caught At the Movies with Phillips & Scott yesterday evening and they lauded it as one of the year's best. Jonze toiled on it for over a half decade so it's good to know that his valuable time and effort has apparently paid off. It's reportedly very dark and radical and it explores a great deal of emotional terrain associated with childhood so we can perhaps breathe a sigh of relief and put to bed all worry that studio interference watered down the spirit of the source material.

strawberrypop

10-13-2009, 06:37 AM

I love this.

Maurice Sendak tells parents to go to hell

This Friday, October 16, the movie adaptation of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are opens in theaters.

The poignant 10-sentence book about an angry boy who is sent to bed without supper and sails to a magical land overrun by wild creatures has been made into a full-length feature film with a script by director Spike Jonze (recently interviewed by the Chronicle) and local boy Dave Eggers.

Ever since the media got word of the film, reporters have hounded Sendak, Eggers, and Jonze. One of the main questions reporters are asking is, Will this film based on one of the best children's books of all-time be appropriate for children?

The creative minds behind this film have seemed to dance around this question in most interviews, but Sendak freely spoke his mind for a Newsweek story, appearing in the October 19 magazine. Sendak, Jonze, and Eggers were all interviewed for the story.

Reporter: "What do you say to parents who think the Wild Things film may be too scary?"

Sendak: "I would tell them to go to hell. That's a question I will not tolerate."

Reporter: "Because kids can handle it?"

Sendak: "If they can't handle it, go home. Or wet your pants. Do whatever you like. But it's not a question that can be answered."

Jonze: "Dave, you want to field that one?"

Eggers: "The part about kids wetting their pants? Should kids wear diapers when they go to the movies? I think adults should wear diapers going to it, too. I think everyone should be prepared for any eventuality."

Sendak: "I think you're right. This concentration on kids being scared, as though we as adults can't be scared. Of course we're scared. I'm scared of watching a TV show about vampires. I can't fall asleep. It never stops. We're grown-ups; we know better, but we're afraid."

Reporter: "Why is that important in art?"

Sendak: "Because it's truth. You don't want to do something that's all terrifying. I saw the most horrendous movies that were unfit for child's eyes. So what? I managed to survive."

thepaulo

10-13-2009, 07:23 AM

Jonez take is very instictual....lots of handheld camera to reinforce an intimate feel...often the cinematography is gorgeous.....the creatures all have strong defined characters with a degree of method acting and Freudian underpinnings. This is probably more for adults who want to unleash a child trapped inside than the average kid raised on more routine kids fare. The boy is full of unfocused anxiety and half formed flights of imagination.
I enjoyed it but you do have to have an open mind.

strawberrypop

10-13-2009, 07:45 AM

Did you piss yourself?

thepaulo

10-13-2009, 08:23 AM

Did you piss yourself?

It had nothing to do with the movie.

AKA

10-13-2009, 01:22 PM

Did you piss yourself?

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Contra

10-13-2009, 02:59 PM

That interview is great, make me want to see it even more!

Gerald

10-15-2009, 11:46 PM

Bob Impact

10-17-2009, 07:49 PM

The initial tide has turned and now the reviews are all over the map. In a way this makes me more intrigued to see it. Unanimous praise is always nice since it unites people together in joyous celebration of the medium, but something with a wide divergence of opinion is usually more interesting to see and discuss.

Just got back from it, I personally loved it but a lot of that may be nostalgia and the fact that I really dig Spike Jones' stuff as a whole. That said, it was good, probably wouldn't bring a kid to it as its a bit dark but overall really good stuff.