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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE featurette is pretty damn great!
Hey folks, Harry here - back in Austin, and still coming down from my Comic Con high. Seriously great time. I'll be writing up the rest of my adventures in Comic Con shortly, but I have my DVD column to get out first. But as I've been surfing around, I found this awesome WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE featurette - and figured that all you fans and eager to be fans - would like to check this out. Here ya go...
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and I can not wait for this movie!
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this is gonna be a fun movie to watch. even if it's more flawed than I think it's gonna be, it's still gonna be good times.
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The writer giving his blessing will hopefully erase any memory the audience may have of studio unease with the film, and Maurice's anecdote about how the book wasn't received well at first helps smooth the way. Well done, PR men. Well done. But seriously, it
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...it looks good.
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i have absolutely loved his first two movies and now he's making my favourite kids book right at the time when i read it to my 1 and half year old boy.
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Jul 27, 2009 11:33:45 PM CDT
I thought he was going to make out with Spike in the end
by murdermostfowl
No, but seriously I thin kit's really cool for the author to be so excited with the vision of this movie. I hope it does great. Even the people in suits without any effects somehow seem OK when I see this. It's almost like it's saying, come on kid, have an imagination.
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I am beyond excited as Hell for this. I will never forget the first time I got to read this book as a kid and it sparked my imagination.
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Jul 27, 2009 11:49:56 PM CDT
definitely ready for the wild rumpus to start.
by jackknifed_juggernaut
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Hearing a lot of reports of grown men crying at the Where the Wild Things Are screening.
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This will be his 3rd movie. His 3rd movie in a 10 year period, by the way. The man may be a lot of things-- imaginative, clever, well-connected-- but prolific, he is not.
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This looks so great...I LOVED the book as a kid, and the visuals are so true to it...yet I have a feeling the story will expand beyond the book and live on its own...and it will be awesome.
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His feature work is not prolific....his music video work IS....and since that is simply another way of telling a story visually....I think that makes him a pretty prolific director, as a whole. Plus, why are "imaginative" and "clever" reasons to be overrated?
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Since when does whether or not someone is prolific determine whether their work is quality. A film every three years doesn't seem a bad rate of productivity to me. Michael Bay is prolific. Is *he* some kind of great talent?
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Hopefully it won't suck like all of the recent Dr. Seuss movies. SHAT IN THE HAT, anyone?
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Every single shot of the Wild Things, even behind the scenes, makes me feel all giggly. That shot of max chopping into the tree and then he looks inside and sees the silhouette of the wild thing bathed in fire light lookin all sad and with a wet nose. I WANT ONE!!!! I want to chase it and ride it and have it throw me and hug me and put me on a boat and push me out into the scary, scary sea and I will cry tears because you can’t hug water! ……. ahem. …. I mean, my nephew is going to really like this.
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Does this not make Maurice Sendak an incredibly cool dude? How refreshing is that? I love it.
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Michael Bay sucks giant robot balls.
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3 movies in 10 years is pretty damn good.
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I believe they are using CGI to articulate the creature's faces. Otherwise the wild things are all Henson creations. That alone is worth buying a ticket for.
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So by your poor standards, does that mean that Terrence Malick is overrated because he's only made 4 films over his 30+ year career? Jonze continues to be a breath of fresh air even though he's been around for a little bit. If you seriously think Jonze is overrated, that's fine but have better reasons for it.
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I really don't care for featurettes, like Scott Pilgrim vs the World. A thousand fucken featurettes and no trailer.
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Spike's other movies have been great, and the source material is classic! heh
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Thanks for posting here and know u guys busy at the moment. But AICN should really try keep up with the pace of the web in 2009.
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One of the first books that really meant something to me when I was a kid... very excited!
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This is going to be a very loved and treasured film for children and parents and grown children alike. Wow.
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What she said.
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I guess that's considered retro now.
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I will be first in line.
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Not to pile on, but who cares if he's only made 3 movies. Let me know when he makes a BAD one. From the looks of this he's 3 for 3. And he also produced other people's projects, including SYNECDOCHE, NY while he was putting this together.Charles Laughton only directed ONE movie. Most directors would give their left nut to make something as good as NIGHT OF THE HUNTER.And James Cameron hasn't been very prolific lately. Aren't you still looking forward to AVATAR?
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I did just fall in love. Ill be there oppening night
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Ever since I realized that the guy who played the redneck douchebag in Three Kings was the also the guy who directed Fatboy Slim's crazy-ass "Praise You" video (and played the lead dancer character) I've been following Jonze out of pure curiosity. All along I've considered that WTWTA might end up too weird to be watchable but have followed production none the less just because I know that it'll at least be interesting. But Spike having Maurice Sendak's endorsement has pushed me into the realm of optimism. I'm officially psyched for this movie. Though I expect parents who bring children who are too young to the movie to bitch about their kids getting bored, just like with Wall-e.
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im sure your face looks like Jack blacks crap from never ending story 3 or whatever that one is...so stfu
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I can't wait. Treasured this book as a child. This featurette got me all giggly and excited.
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The trailer almost made my cry. Incidentally, the trailer for Transformers 2 did as well, albeit for different reasons.
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stay for the Arcade Fire soundtrack.
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The screenplay is incredible. Have a feeling that this film is going to be massssive.
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and although the Star Wars dude was dumb, he wasn't truly "hating"...that award goes to BoRock_A_Boomer...
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LOVE it!!
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Ain't it cool news. Sure as fuck. I've been steadily anticipating this, but that just shot me through the ceiling. Because Maurice Sendak has seen it and loved it, I have no qualms at all. It's a scientific certainty now that it will be good. Yes.
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about growing up a sad yuppie hipster. but whatever. i hope i like it.
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"Aquateenhungerbomb". Where does it show Max growing up into a sad yuppie hipster? Or are you referring to Spike Jonze himself, sort-of looking hipster-ish (mainly the Vespa)? Cause he doesn't look too sad. It looks like he's having a lot of fun filming a movie that stands a chance of being pretty damned good.
I read your post picturing a pale kid wearing all black sulking on a couch with his arms folded up tightly.
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- you know, it was Atlanta and it was about the only place it was playing. I was surrounded by people, and giddy. I mean, what were we expecting. The trailer is one of the best I've ever seen, and the use of Queen's "Under Pressure" is used so well. So there we are. And then came the shootout and chase, the death of Donald. "Well, obviously, this isn't true... what is happening? Why did this movie just kill off a character who is obviously not a real person? So we are trying to get sold on a complete fictionalization. What about the real characters? WHAT IS HAPPENING!?" I was laughing incrediously. I was baffled - but I was looking at this movie, and I was angry in a way: why kill off Donald? Why should we feel sorry about a character who isn't real? Why did Donal have to die? It is pointless. And there it is, in that reaction: Kaufman and Jonze, with complete abandon, are challanging the way we see film. Suddenly, we aren't part of the joke anymore - this is both true and false. I didn't watch that film for over six years. I didn't know how to feel about it, and that bothered me. What was the point of Donald? And when I finally returned to it last year, I felt the greatest sadness for these characters, all of them. They all were searching so desperately for a fulfilling life, for life itself. And Charlie, he had it at his fingertips the whole time. His life was merely waiting for him. And in his search, he was finally forced to lose something, something vital: his dreams, the part of him that admired something unattainable, but hated it for its very nature. And in losing the dream, in accepting the loss, in acquiescing, he returned to himself. He saw his life not as how he wanted it, but how it was: flawed. Beautiful even. He had to give in to something heartbreaking, but not nearly as frightening as he believed it to be - before losing himself completely. It is a film about fear and the necessity to live, to fail and to experience. Finding the reasons to be brave. About giving away part of yourself. Acceptance. And we end with daisies blooming, blooming and withering and folding and unfolding - in the middle of a Los Angeles median. Maybe it is our nature to try and to fail. Maybe by failing we are completing something essential. And that's just a surface examination, cause I'm tired. What a wonderful and profound film. It really is a magnum opus, the type of film you don't expect of a director's second try. It is a humbling film in how much genious is in it. A complete and perfect synthesis of writer and director (as much as I love Clooney, and Gondry, and Kaufman's adapations of Kaufman's scripts). Faith and doubt, and renewal and courage. Of finding the strand of yourself that desires to continue on, even when your mind belittles you, when your existence itself seems a great and cosmic joke. And we come to love Donald as Charlie does: the person he feels he could never be, but in actuality is. They are closer than brothers. Their experience and pain the same, but thier hopes are upon shifting gradients. Charlie looks up, and sees what he has missed. It is epiphany within the writing itself, not a contrived one. Kaufman's film, especially this one, are like looking inside him. And Jonze allowed us that intimacy, almost as if he slips out the door and directs the action from down the street, offering us the privacy we need. An ambitious cat, folks. One motherfuckin' ambitious and highly gifted individual.
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to San Diego Movie Con.
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Jul 28, 2009 3:18:31 AM CDT
the word is "incredulously," "I was laughing incredulously"
by chaunceygardiner
Apologies.
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...likes this sort of shit?
You have got to be fucking kidding me?
People are going to pay to watch some dolts, walk around in a giant lummox costume for two hours?
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oh grow up.
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Every (new) scene i see from this movie, the words from maurice about how he looks at the film and his own struggeling (very clever PR by the way like mentioned above) makes me switch my background wallpaper (later back again) from avatar to wtwta. Incredible and a great example how much heart you can pump through an single moving frame when your own imagination and world of emotions meets the (filmed) reality at this highest peak. Reminds me somehow of some great moments in my good old hongkong fantasy tales.
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But I'm sure Faraci has a set visit in the works. That's the only reason why he gives anything praise. Or if Seth Rogen is in it. Fuck Chud.
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The criticisms around here are as stale and predictable as the announcements of remakes. Hope my comment wasn't too EMO. I gotta run, I'm behind in my political opinion formation. I have a half a season of South Park to catch up with and take far too seriously. Hey have you guys heard that nu-metal is coming back bigtime? Totally makes my daddy stop thinking I'm gay when I wear a tattered Slayer shirt(but really only listen to Slipknot on my ipod and when no-one is looking, Coldplay and Stone Sour). *pats you on back* It's ok...
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just goes to show that CGI effects work best when it's used to enhance practical effects
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Thank God someone else is in the same boat as me. I CAN'T STAND CHUD! Bunch of pretentious assholes.
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both his films released are better than above average--they're Grrr-reat!
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Seriously. This looks like an art film. With Muppets. Hurl.
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...then saw the trailer over the weekend and damn near cried. Looks amazing. Watched 5 or 6 times. Glad I read this to my daughter when she was about 3. She's 6 now and we will be there opening day. I'm looking forward to this one as much as Iron Man or Avatar.
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Looks like the Matrix
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Could not have said it better myself.
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... for this movie to send kids screaming in mortal terror out of the theater, demanding to go home, demanding never to see a movie again for the Hell it's going to put them through. The crying, the breakage - it's going to be a psychological sh*tstorm in every theater where it plays. The idea that this could EVER - EVER be a hit is ludicrous, the way they've played it. "Poop in his hand! Poop in his hand!" That's what the modern kid has been raised to find funny and interesting through parents sabotaging and stifling and strangling every thought of curiosity about the world that any child has ever had. Don't believe me? Just get on a crowded bus and listen to how parents treat their kids now: "Mommy, how does the bus move?" "Shhhhhh." "But, mommy? I'm trying to learn about the w-" "Shhhhhhhh." "I'm just asking qu-" "SHUT UP RIGHT NOW! HERE, EAT SOMETHING!" It's the new world in which we live. Parents are too busy with their own ipods to worry about their kids' minds. This will do horrible business after the first week. I'm thinking this, combined with AVATAR may be a one-two punch to moviegoing that may result in some of the lowest box-office versus budget in HISTORY.
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He likes people and trusts people. Alan Moore hates anyone who would ever consider adapting one of his books.
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We read the book twice a day. They aren't scared of this kind of stuff. 'Course they're not allowed to watch NickToons, because there is nothing of any value in those.
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..especially when I saw the boy in his rabbit suit. Wow, so many childhood memories came flooding back, being mesmerized, moved and terrified all at the same time. Cannot wait for this.
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The trailer for this film is extremely well done. But the reason why people are choking up is because of the near perfect match-up between image and music. In this case, it's the big group sing-along, "Wake Up", provided by Arcade Fire. So, in essense, your emotions are......BEING MANIPULATED!
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That's the whole point of movies isn't it? We're entertained because ALLOW our emotions are "manipulated" in some way...you make it sound sinister. We suspend disbelief and make an emotional committment to fictitious characters and stories. Don't act as if you're above it all.
Some of us here have a special connection to that book so we're already half way ther to loving what we are seeing. Spike actually looks like he is capturing some of that magic. If you didn't read the book at a ceratin age you have no idea what I'm talking about.
I am however very wary of a brilliantly cut trailer raising expectations thru the roof. We've all been there. I am trying to temper my excitement.
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Do you let them watch The Dark Crystal? Please...Going back to that film as an adult is an incredibly strange experience after remembering it a certain way for so many years.
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to get manipulated. with the perfect match-up between image and music.
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Jul 28, 2009 10:40:15 AM CDT
that image looks like owen wilson in a hat and seth rogen
by ironic_name
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Absolutely, I agree. Like I said, it's a near perfect match of sound and image, a really great synergy working there. And I wasn't trying to act above it all; I was just goofin'.
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what an open minded guy....its his where the wild things are...I can see where the great story came out of his peace of mind.
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...I haven't looked at the book in many, many years. If memory serves, there isn't a whole lot of dialog contained in the story. Aren't there only like 10-12 sentences in the whole thing?
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I don't know why, but that movie's trailer just puts a big ol' lump in my throat...
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My son said that he didn't like The Dark Crystal. That's normal to me. I didn't like it until I was an adult. He wasn't scared, just didn't like it. He loves Labyrinth, Jim Henson's Storyteller, and E.T. (which is what the tone of this somewhat reminds me of).
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I mean really. I think him saying that is a bit much. a few conservative christian groups might protest, saying that it glorifies rebellion and unruliness among children. but then again, they hate everything. if harry potter is mainstream and widely accepted, than this thing won't being creating any controversy outside a bunch of mean-spirited backwards thinking nutjobs.
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I am way more excited for this then anything else coming right now. CAN NOT WAIT!
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It is refreshing to see an author of a truly amazing piece of work supporting the efforts of a filmmaker, who is trying to interpret the piece for the big screen. Maybe Alan Moore can learn a little artistic humility from Maurice Sendak.
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What a great take on the themes of Adaptation. I find myself thinking often of that movie --ideas, lines and brief scenes from time to time, but have never thought of it in those exact terms. Amazing how a film can be so many things to so many different people. Makes me want to watch it again right now. Also, I cant wait for the wild things, looks really great -- I love to have my emotions manipulated by great directors.
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(1) Sorry, he can direct all the music videos he wants, but in a 10 year period, the fact that he's only now directed 3 actual features makes him somewhat less than impressive for me. I believe Mallick's reputation is similarly overblown, as is Laughton's, as a director. My basic opinion is: the more work a filmmaker creates, the more idea you have of their consistent level of talent. If they've only done a handful of films, or less, they could very well be flukes. It doesn't give you a good idea of their real range as an artist. Especially because...
(2) "Where the Wild Things Are" represents the first feature Jonze has directed that WASN'T written by Charles Kaufman. That alone pretty much drains any interest for me in the project. "Being John Malkovich" and "Adpatation" were smart and entertaining films, but the lion's share of the quality resided in Kaufman's scripts. They could've been directed by others-- Michel Gondry, Kaufman himself-- and still turned out just as good. Jonze himself was not the vital element of either film.
Anyway. I never gave a damn about the Maurice Sendak book growing up, and Jonze isn't enough to make me give a damn about this. The only things that ever really impressed me about his films were their scripts, so I really have no reason to see this in a theater, or on cable, even. It could be the best movie of the year, but it just ain't my thing. -
Just hearing Cameron try to explain the plot of the movie is absolutely cringe-inducing and embarassing. It sounds like an amateurish hodge-podge of childish fairy-tales, adoslescant wish-fulfilment and Tolkien-esque bullshit in a flimsily constructed sci-fi context. Could it be stunning to watch? Sure. But the more I hear about the "Navi'i" or whatever they're called, the more I wish that my local Imax theater would come equipped with a mute-button.
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Sorry...I thought I was detecting jaded cynicism. A little self-projection on my part most likely. :)
Yes, the book is only like 45 pages or so...it's why I rolled my eyes when I heard a movie was being made of it. Why? What more could you add to a simple tale? Based on the trailer it looks like many different character beats are hit and expanded upon. Hopefully this will be a perfect example of a film deepening and expanding the basic idea and not just exploiting a recognizeable name...which I doubt is the case with such high praise from Maurice. -
hey I didn't know this thing (Tron Legacy trailer) was even released! Why didn't anyone tell me? :(
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This will spawn a whole new generation of FURRIES!
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Watchmen, if he'd been given the chance.
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Everyone knows that when a particular type of movie does well subsequent moviemakers try to emulate not only the formula of the film, but also its success. Just as movies like Christopher Nolans Batman Begins reinvented the comic book movie genre and created numerous failed imitators, this movie will do the same and there will be a shitstorm of bad childrens book adaptations for years to come. I can almost guarantee it.
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gives me (dare I say?) hope that Hollywood isn't COMPLETELY devoid of interesting things to watch.
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although I can't wait to see Michael Bay's Are You There God? It's Me Margaret...
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Sad news on the Dark Crystal front, but if he rediscovers it later then great. I have fantasticly nostalgic memories of all those films you mention, so its good to hear about kids enjoying them. Why not more like this instead of the lifeless fluff developed now. G-force?Man, I want a kid...
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What the hell are you talking about? 3 movies in 10 years is a movie every three years. Not everyone can crap out a piece of junk every year. Name one good director that puts out a film every year. The only ones that do that are usually bad filmmakers stuck in the studio system. Speilberg puts out tons of work that is fairly consistent and even he has only made a handful of films in the last ten years. You can't hate on a guy for taking his time with projects and making sure he isn't producing garbage. And you're gonna rip Malick for making only a couple movies, when those movies he makes, aside from the New World, are some of the best pieces of American film? What are you talking about?
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I'm going to have to wear some kind of hardware to catch the moisture the first time I see this movie, like in the old Miles Cowperthwaite sketches on Saturday Night Live.
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Jul 28, 2009 1:49:26 PM CDT
i'm I the only one that thinks movies like this create....
by spiceybiscuit
Elmo generation?
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This might be too good for today's superhero-loving audience.
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Elmo generation? I'm not sure I follow.
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Maurice Sendak is a genius. This was my favorite book as a kid (as I'm sure it was for generations of Wild Things), and the first book I bought my daughter. Hope the movie helps widen the audience even more.
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Over the better part of 4 decades, he's only made 4 films, and only 2 of those films are any good. Sorry, but that's a reputation you have to adjust for inflation. Same thing with Jonze.
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I am so excited for this movie, and everything released by the studio thus far has been better than what preceded it. I'm not even a huge fan of the book, but I've loved all of Spike Jonze's work and am very glad to hear that Maurice is so enthusiastic about the film's artistic approach. This looks like the best movie of the year.
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Jul 28, 2009 4:26:07 PM CDT
Womb2dooM, "I'm getting an erection in my heart!" is funny as he
by gordosan#1
I've probably got most of you guys beat. I remember Spike Jonze's trademark photos in Thrasher skateboard mag back in the mid 80s. Most people don't know, but he basically started that fish-eye look so common in skateboarding photos. Next thing I know about the guy, he is directing Weezer videos. (Buddy Holly) I think that he turned out to be a fine storyteller. The look of Wild Things reminds me much of Gilliam's Time Bandits. I don't have a problem with that one bit.
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Especially on camera. The last time he spoke was to NPR in 2005, and before that to NPR in 2003. He's very private, but he never holds back his opinion. He's a "childhood isn't for sissies" kind of guy. The fact that he believes in this so much that he was willing to do this gives me great faith.
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Read Sendak's "Outside Over There" to them. Much of Jim Henson's "Labyrinth" is taken from it, only this book is scary. "Now Ida in a hurry /
snatched her Mama's yellow rain cloak,
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The metric you're using to measure the quality of a director's work makes no sense ~ a director's level of output has no bearing on his level of skill. As has been mentioned, Stanly Kubrick was notoriously glacial in pace, but he is held up consistently as one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema. How can this be, if your yardstick is the one to be used? If a director makes three films in twenty years, and one of the films is a misstep while the other two are brilliant, you CANNOT predict his next film to be a failure with ANY degree of accuracy: he's already directed two BRILLIANT films, remember? Here's where you make your mistake: you're expecting the arithmetic of percentages to play into a subjective art, like film. Doesn't work that way.
Which brings me to my next point: You claim that Jonze is "overrated". Fine -- you're entitled to your own opinion. But WHY is he overrated? Both of his films to date have been almost universally acclaimed for their brilliance. Just because Jonez aired up with Charlie Kaufman on both outings doesn't mean it was Kaufman who was solely responsible for the artistic successes of the films. Film is the pairing of words AND pictures, as you may be aware. Jonze's skills as a director include some fantastic shot composition, engaging camera work and meticulous collaboration with his actors (for example: having Cameron Diaz, John Cusack and Nic Cage all portraying people outside the bounds of the Hollywood glamor that was in their comfort zones) that took Kaufman's (admittedly transcendent) screenplays to a place exclusively Jonze's. You would have to have no eye whatsoever for the nuts and bolts of film to fail to see Jonze's contribution.
Never mind the fact that making three films in ten years is a perfectly rapid pace, mirrored by many (if not most) skilled directors. Demanding faster output simply shows that you don't understand the basics of film production. Guess what: MOVIES TAKE A WHILE TO WRITE AND DIRECT. Shocking, I know. But there it is. -
Avatar.
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Jonze is talented, but frankly not nearly talented enough for me to place him on the same podium everybody else does. As far as his pace-- "Being John Malkovich" and "Adaptation" were both fairly brisk productions, as far as Jonze's involvement as a director goes. Neither has taken as long as "Where the Wild Things Are", and you can only excuse that several-year long development lag on studio-interference for so long. I'd honestly forgotten that the film was even still being made, let alone released.
But again, this is all peanuts compared to the ambivalence I have towards Jonze's work itself outside of his collaboration with Kaufman. Are his videos entertaining? Yeah, but that's pretty much it. "Malkovich" and "Adaptation" are wonders, but Jonze isn't really the man most directly responsible for them-- Kaufman is. If you want an example of a director who is capable of working with Kaufman while at the same time placing his own creative stamp on the project, look to Michel Gondry, a man who's written and directed enough films of his own ("Science of Sleep" and "Be Kind Rewind") for us to really identify his sensibilities in the Kaufman-scripted works he directed ("Human Nature" and "Eternal Sunshine").
Now, granted, part of the reason a picture of Gondry's influence is far clearer than Jonze's is because, unlike Gondry, we've yet to see any feature films Jonze has directed without Kaufman. "Where the Wild Things Are" will be the first, and frankly, it could go either way. It could very well prove to be a classic of children's storytelling. It could also be a complete waste of time. At this moment, Jonze is a bit of a wild-card-- his work in the past simply doesn't give any real indication of what this new work will be like, for good or ill.
Has he been talented in the past? Sure. But I cringe when people praise him in the same breath as Fincher, Anderson or Soderbergh. His body of work just isn't substantial enough to even merit the comparison, and it won't be until he completes a few more solo-projects. -
Movie looks delicious. I can't wait to be manipulated. Also, I love real effects in films, including puppets.
I wonder if Sendak will consent to a re-release of his book with photography from the film instead of his illustrations...
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But Gondry's best movies are Kaufman-scripted. Does that mean he is overrated too?
Brilliant movies don't come out in a year and fit happily within your irrelevant time frame that you are using to judge a filmmaker.
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(I usually wait for disc). Would like to see a preview of Fantastic Mr. Fox, and the Fraggle Rock movie, as well.
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Sure the trailer is manipulative, but at least it's stirring on it's own merits and just tintillating enough to make you damn well want see the whole thing.
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"Human Nature" is decent, but pretty dull, as is "Be Kind Rewind". "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "Science of Sleep", however, are both inspired and moving, each in their own way. That puts it half-and-half, in terms of Kaufman's involvement. I'd also point out that, unlike Jonze, Gondry also had a hand in all of the scripts for those films, save "Human Nature". Hell, he won an Oscar for "Eternal Sunshine", so even in his best pairing with Kaufman, the script was a true collaboration.
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Keep in mind we would have seen this movie sooner but the execs were afraid the cut they got wasn't commercial enough. Lets hope they didn't insist on more fart jokes or something. Hey, maybe one of them will rap. That's what the kids are "down" with these days, right?
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...just like Gibbons loved the Watchmen movie. Forget about them being on the payroll, btw...
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This is going to be one of those films that all you geeks rave about...but no-one actually sees....and then which dies a death at box office...come on people, this looks bad! And this is not hate...this is an opinion, but I am just not moved by Sesame Street characters.
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how can anyone say this looks bad ? Not moved by "sesam street characters" is an sad thing in general but ok its a point ... but looks bad ? Maybe different as imagined ... but bad. Come on.
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Assuming when you mentioned those three directors you meant Paul Thomas Anderson, please consider the fact that he has only directed 3 films in the past 10 years and only 2 after 2000, and David Fincher has also only directed 3 since Fight Club came out in 1999. Neither have been very prolific in the last decade, yet you hold them to a higher degree than Jonze, who was just as busy during the 90's as those two but it was only in the Music Video form and not the cinematic. Yeah they're great film-makers, but the basis of your argument is that a large body of work better formulates an opinion of an artist's talent and giving those two directors as examples of exemplary talents based on your argument is a stretch. They aren't great because they make the most films, it's because they have a unique view of how films should be made and Jonze has that too, whether you like his style or not. The biggest reason Being John Malkovich worked so well was because he was behind the lens conducting the work, and anyone will tell you a good script is nothing without the right direction. If anything he is under-rated because of Kaufman's scripts being so good.
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1) The Wild Things are supposed to be scary monsters, not friendly, cuddly creatures. 2) They live in a jungle, not a desert and rather sparse forest.
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"herd mentality" is in full effect at AICN...
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Wow, I really dig this bizarre strategy of making your movie the simple visual of fonts spelling out "This video has been removed due to terms of use violation"
What does it mean?!!! Can't wait! -
It would be great if this site hosted it's own videos.
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...ah well, I guess I can just nip over to do a search for any WHERE THE WILD ONES ARE clips or trailers at YouTube if I need a quick fix of this. I sure hope the atmospheric 'jungle'-like backgrounds of the original source material haven't been totally thrown out as bingo the clown has suggested though...as that production design 'creative decision' would totally transform the look of this...and not in a good way...
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