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Spike Jonze wants to tell you exactly what that 'WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE' clip was!
Hey folks, Harry here with the end of intrigue regarding that clip that has been going around online. Here is what the man, THE MAN... SPIKE JONZE has to say about it all...
“that was a very early test with the sole purpose of just getting some footage to Ben our vfx (visual effects) supervisor to see if our vfx plan for the faces would work. The clip doesn’t look or feel anything like the movie, the Wild Thing suit is a very early cringy prototype, and the boy is a friend of ours Griffin who we had used in a Yeah Yeah Yeahs video we shot a few weeks before. We love him, but he is not in the actually film...Oh and that is not a wolf suit, its a lamb suit we bought on the internet. Talk to you later...“ - Spike Jonze
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I just hope the movie's as good or better.
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First!!!!
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Yeah, im an idiot with no life.
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Just what we like to hear!
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You're right. :)
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No really...he did. I apologize for the judgement.
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...is either doing major reshoots - or having major reshoots done for him and taking his name off the project??
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I mean except for the 50 people who insisted on bitching no matter what?
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nuff said
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and if you were one of the people who said that your childhood was raped, does this make it unraped? Can you unrape something?
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nuff said
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I really liked the sombre tone of it. Can't wait for the movie, seeing Bernard is going to give me a boner. I'm serious, I'm going to be sexually aroused.
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a WHOLE lot better. I mean really, that looked like shit.
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Feb 20, 2008 2:21:23 AM CST
"Yea that was a test shot with Halloween USA costumes, just to s
by mike_d
..where our visual fx is at. Anybody find this frightening?
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Feb 20, 2008 2:21:25 AM CST
"Yea that was a test shot with Halloween USA costumes, just to s
by mike_d
..where our visual fx is at. Anybody find this frightening?
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Feb 20, 2008 2:28:05 AM CST
I might even take a trip when i see this
by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks
I hope I don't just start screaming in the theatre.
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cant really judge the clip at this point seeing only one "thing" and a lamb boy. im sure it'll look more true to the book after all the wild things are in the are introduced. but the kid needs to mean as hell. is mike dolan in here??
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If I say so myself
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I can only repeat the link to actual stills from the movie...
http://tinyurl.com/2au7m6
and it has a boy in a wolf suit...
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Feb 20, 2008 4:58:03 AM CST
Jonze is a major talent, this is going to be something special
by killakane
I loved the use of that natural 'magic hour' light and a real environment in the test clip. Jonze unique vision will no doubt conjure up something offbeat and special. Looking forward to seeing more of this as it nears release.
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That was the most unprofessional, poorly written official statement I've ever read. I expected more coming from someone named Spike.
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1) In many ways, the clip DOES have the tone of the film (sombre-sweet, very fresh, very natural)
2) Everybody knows Griffin, in this clip, is much better for the role than the poor sod who got it in the end. Including Spike. Notice just how carefully he worded his e-mail... -
...it was still pretty good.
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Sounds like it's gonna be a great flick.
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http://tinyurl.com/34rldn
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I kept waiting for the raping . . . but, no. Dang. Don't let us down, Spike! Rape Max! He has it coming.
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Spike just boughtt himself some more slack.
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I have total faith in you- screw these assholes
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to end all that CRAZY speculation
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...hope the final keeps some of that strange mood... If it was just a test, can we have it back?
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I loved that the VOICE acting was so casual and REAL, and that it was an unknown actor. I'm kind of bummed that it'll be gandolfini in the final, but I can't wait to see what Jonze does with Sendak/Eggers words.
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totally loved that clip. the dialogue gets me. grab...grab that stick...
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Feb 20, 2008 10:39:48 AM CST
no, you're right, ROBOTS are the best...
by lloyd bonafide the korean war veteran
...Robots are the best....
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people will listen next time?
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the kid from TWBB. I like the kid in the clip better.
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Fuck the naysayers. This movie is going to be the tits.
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@mike d:it was a test shot with a bad wild thing suit to see if the CG face/suit was a good idea (before basing the entire movie on it). I thought it was a good idea
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Let's see, so far he's directed two features, which are two of the freshest, funniest, moving, thrilling, and wonderful movies that I've seen in the last 10, maybe twenty, years. He's been working on this film, an incredible challenge, for years with Sendak's blessing. I have no doubt that it will be original, amazing, and not entirely what anyone was expecting. I only hope that the filmmakers take all the time they need to complete this masterpiece as it should be.
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I have a novel idea.........(wait for it)........... if you want Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, preserved in your memory, exactly like it was as a child...... then don't see the movie- read the book! There you go, you're childhood's cherry is still intact!
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...was already fed a Snickers bar and fondled in a darkened theater by Michael Bay and Optimus Prime. Must go shower/cry again now...
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Where's your retractions, oh ye mightily angry morons from yesterday.
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and thank god it was just a test!
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"That was the most unprofessional, poorly written official statement I've ever read." Good thing Jonze is a director and not, I don't know, a fucking lawyer. Who cares how professional his response is.
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The kid's suit was pathetic, and the pacing of the lines was terrible. I knew it had to be test footage.
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It's kinda strange but when you take the effect of that facial cgi and drop it into the very humble frame of a mundane scene with zero gloss and polish, unimpressive camerawork and no sound . . . something very magical and authentic comes through.
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....Please...?
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I had a strong feeling it was just a test.
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