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Almost A Half Dozen Incredibly Premature looks at WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE - which was directed by Spike Jonze!

first by furious1	Dec 1st, 2007 10:44:39 PM
yes.
IT WAS AWESOME! by The Dude Abides	Dec 1st, 2007 10:45:49 PM
First posters suck!
FIRST by SeXX ED	Dec 1st, 2007 10:45:58 PM
... awww yeah.
and... by furious1	Dec 1st, 2007 10:49:21 PM
I'm awesome. I dont know about this. spike jonez is kind of hit or miss for me. Loved the book as a kid, scared the shit outta me. little shit max chased the dog down the stairs with a fork.
sexx ed by furious1	Dec 1st, 2007 10:51:18 PM
aww no, yo. and by suck you mean I'm awesome. found the 8 track dude.
damn.... by deaddonjon	Dec 1st, 2007 10:53:43 PM
i got here and noone was commenting. thought id be first. oh well. this movie sounds like its gonna be cool. i kinda see it being like labarynth, dark crystal muppets, where people are with puppets. itl be awesome!
fuck by furious1	Dec 1st, 2007 10:55:06 PM
screwed up the quote. "found the credence".
deaddonjon by furious1	Dec 1st, 2007 10:56:37 PM
yeah, I thought I'd be a rock star and/or dead by 27. guess we wuz both wrong cuz!
DeadDonJon by shmu65	Dec 1st, 2007 11:10:31 PM
I too wanted this to be like dark crystal and labyrinth, but this film is/will be a far cry from it. Still worth a look though.
Yeah, but... by ct4buddy	Dec 1st, 2007 11:18:58 PM
Is it the next Star Wars?
I did get over its unfinished state by thecoldisnofun	Dec 1st, 2007 11:22:20 PM
Guys I suck at writing. The shear fact I put this sentence together should warrant some special Retards Guild of America Award. That being said I "might" have been the second poster. Even with all the CGI and movie magic in the world I just felt this movie was way immature to deal with. Imagine a kid whose 9 writing a big budget flick. You can edit the hell out of some juvenile dialogue with some interim funny moments, thank you Joke polish writers, but I was still not into it. This movie will do well with kids if its polished up, I just wasn't into it. Kaufman made the other Jonze movies, he isn't a credible force yet to call him an autuer in capable hands with the subject matter.
Why would a non plant by INWOsuxRED	Dec 1st, 2007 11:22:40 PM
not tell us the names of the famous people, even if they might not make it into the movie? Not to mention the whole idea that you can tell the effects work will be good before they do the effects work?
See!!!???? Can't spell sheer right by thecoldisnofun	Dec 1st, 2007 11:25:15 PM
WGA you need to hire me this very moment!!!!!!!!!!
has anyone else gotten the army ad by INWOsuxRED	Dec 1st, 2007 11:26:52 PM
that trys to get people to join the army so they can play guitar? Is that a joke? Some sort of virual ad for a re-issue of Idiocracy?
That headline... by MaxTheSilent	Dec 1st, 2007 11:49:25 PM
...is one of the grossest affronts to the written word ever composed.
Man by Magnum Opus	Dec 2nd, 2007 12:06:03 AM
I kind of wish I had decided to go to this screening, but I kept thinking of just the vast amount of crying, screaming, kicking children in the audience . . . and I could feel my will to live slipping away.
What the frack?!?! by loonigrrl	Dec 2nd, 2007 12:07:57 AM
How did I just comment as "Magnum Opus?" Is it just my computer? Am I seeing things? Weird.
No loongirl you got the Magnums????? by thecoldisnofun	Dec 2nd, 2007 12:14:22 AM
Be glad you didn't see the screening. It needed a small group of editors picking at it, not the general audience consensus. This was like looking at a 3 month old fetus and asking all of us if it was good enough to be a swimsuit model.
Will this movie ever be done? by Stormwatcher	Dec 2nd, 2007 12:41:15 AM
Seems like its been in production for years. I remember the book being like 12 pages so I can't see it being a betrayal of our youths as its not like anyone can say it's cannon or something. By the time it comes out my daughter will be 1 and a half so maybe she'll like it.
The movie just isn't done by thecoldisnofun	Dec 2nd, 2007 12:50:27 AM
It wrapped principal photography less than 3 months ago. I hate BS plants that defend a piece of shit. This screener, and I have seen over 200 since locating to the Valley, was way too soon an incarnation to judge. Max, the lead, was good. The dialogue and script was thread-bare and immature. The final product could make it worth your while. BUT I AM TELLING you it will not be a "Oh my God experience." I still think while Spike took this screening for feedback on pacing that it was dual-fold win for the WB because this will be a bitch to market in the end.
from wikipedia: by robamenta	Dec 2nd, 2007 01:27:11 AM
In 1983, Walt Disney Pictures tried to start a CGI make of this but never got past the preview/test. The preview/test can be seen here at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =LvIDRoO8KnM
Agreed - how fucking STUPID is the headline?! by JimCurry	Dec 2nd, 2007 01:48:03 AM
"Couple of Incredibly Premature looks at WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE by Spike Jonze reviews!" You morons! Take TWO seconds to concentrate on what you're writing! If it wasn't written while drunk, there's no excuse.
As bad as the Cloverfield reviews... by conspiracy	Dec 2nd, 2007 01:48:07 AM
Hey I went and saw a movie that was 50% done..the voices were not right and the fx were non-existent..but this movie sucks/is the next Star Wars!
Just saw Where the Wild Things Are Part 2 by JimCurry	Dec 2nd, 2007 01:58:23 AM
it was an incredibly premature look by Spike Jonze review.
Just promise "NO SINGING" please by Mace Tofu	Dec 2nd, 2007 02:07:03 AM
"I'm looooost in the woooods..."
Halfway through the book now by BenBraddock	Dec 2nd, 2007 02:19:11 AM
So far so good, hope they don't blow the ending
This film seems... by Tourist	Dec 2nd, 2007 03:01:47 AM
...To be going through some kind of production hell. Kid actors not up to the task (according minor crew members) actors being replaced bit by bit. Then again, Malick worked like that on The Thin Red Line...yeah, doesn't really relate, does it. Man, this has all the portents of sucking major dick, but its goddamn giant puppets, Jonez and Eggars, so it better, better work.
can't wait for this one by HEADGEEK	Dec 2nd, 2007 03:02:43 AM
I am anticipating genius
don't be hatin on my drunk postin' by HEADGEEK	Dec 2nd, 2007 03:42:05 AM
beeeyotch
Sabotage! by hamslime	Dec 2nd, 2007 03:44:09 AM
Has it gotten to the point on this talkback where we start calling Spike Jonze a hack yet? No? JESUS! It's about time talent is recognized.
Spike is like a prodigal child by TheDohDoh	Dec 2nd, 2007 03:51:34 AM
the guy needs a lot of reassurance to do great things, but this is going to be great. what a book! fuck you haters, "sabotage" is better than most movies.
ok who knows a chick that has a WTWTA tattoo... by TheRealSeveren	Dec 2nd, 2007 03:51:35 AM
mmm... so sexy.
Wild thing...I think I love you! by IAmMrMonkey!	Dec 2nd, 2007 04:02:46 AM
That song BETTER be in the movie.
I had to give my tickets to this to some friends by IndustryKiller!	Dec 2nd, 2007 04:11:10 AM
Unfortunately I couldn't make it personally otherwise you would definitely have had another review. My friend who I gave it to is a massive fan of the book and when I offered him the chance to see it he lit up and ran and got his original printing copy of it out of his room. Unfortunately he didn't like the film. And not odd for a film this early he said the pacing was very back and forth. He said Gandolfini does an admirable job as the lead monster but that he had no idea why they cast Billy bob Thornton. When you get down to it it just seems that it's simply too early to judge this one effectively. With that said you also can't necessarily trust the claims of greatness since testing audiences are often some of the dumbest motherfuckers you could possibly come across.
TheDohDoh by hamslime	Dec 2nd, 2007 04:12:32 AM
I hope you didn't mistake my post as being hateful. I'm just suprised that everyone hasn't turned on Spike Jonze yet. That seems par for the course on this site everytime there's news of a talented film maker's new movie pre or post release. See: Lynch, Tarantino, Aronofsky ect. It's actually quite sickening. On second thought maybe my post was hateful, it just wasn't aimed at Jonze.
Oh, he also said that the kid who plays Max by IndustryKiller!	Dec 2nd, 2007 04:18:36 AM
Is the single best part of the movie, brilliant casting apparently.
Drunk posting? by Spifftacular Squirrel Girl	Dec 2nd, 2007 04:25:22 AM
That's always fun. Also I find it hard to not like Spike Jonze if only for his part in "Three Kings".
Last Review sounds fishy? by Redfive!	Dec 2nd, 2007 04:28:13 AM
Sounds exactly like a studio exec would like there reviews to sound. However im really hoping this movie is what he says it is.I love WTWTA and have loved it for over 30 years.
We also know Harry has decided he loves this movie by IndustryKiller!	Dec 2nd, 2007 04:37:21 AM
It's pretty clear that Harry has already decide that this movie is going to be brilliant and nothing is going to keep him from thinking it. He does everything he can to dismantle any argument against it. So in about 10 months or whenever the film comes out you can expect the requisite glowing review, no matter the quality of the final product and no matter what his real feelings are for it.
It's hard to imagine Dave Eggers writing something by eraser_x	Dec 2nd, 2007 05:31:22 AM
that a kid or a person with a life would like. I base that rush judgment on my trying but failing to finish his "Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" abomination of a book. That book (what I managed to read of it) is so self-indulgent and navel-gazing and self-conscious and just plain boring that it is the very opposite of the "Wild Things" book which is free and energetic and, um, wild. By the way, the "American Splendor" comic is also, in a sense, self-absorbed, but I like "American Splendor" quite a bit. The difference is in the sincerity and purpose. "American Splendor" seems to be written by a person who is sincerely interested in what he's writing about and thinking through and he's not writing it to impress anybody. In contrast "..Staggering Genius" (the first 60 or 80 pages, which is what I managed to read) seems to be written by a guy who is writing his own life story that he himself doesn't think is interesting, and it actually is not interesting, and yet he desperately wants the reader to like it. Eggers' book is just bizarre, in a bad, insipid way.
My friend said the movie is an hour and a half by IndustryKiller!	Dec 2nd, 2007 05:33:39 AM
Which is sort of disturbing, considering that Jonze isn't really going to have a whole lot of room for editing. Anyone who was there wanna give us a better read on the run time?
Actually... by Tourist	Dec 2nd, 2007 05:53:04 AM
...American Splendor seems sincere the same way Wesley Willis does. It's not some literary Michael Jordan attempting to channel the world view or a simple minded sad sack failure. It IS the world view of a simple minded sad sack failure. While I enjoyed the movies, Pekars actual books are the monumentally dull chronicles of a monumentally dull person. Perhaps its some sort of ironic protest performance art type thing. I liked Eggers book alot. When you have a hard luck story as Oprahfied and cliched as his, you may aswell have a laugh with it.
new form of plant... by vadakinX	Dec 2nd, 2007 06:46:08 AM
Those weeds have gotten smart....and I'm not talking about the reviewers, I'm talking about the studio...why would a studio say not to leak any info to this specific site? Because it's exactly what they want. They wanted people to put reviews up here, but they can't be seen to encourage leaking info, so they say not to, but they give the web address of aintitcool, hoping that people WILL post reviews. Call it reverse psychology, call it a new form of planting seeds, call it a risky but potentially profitable move, but these guys have found a way to promote the movie without the use of plants and they have done it by telling the audience not to do something, knowing full well that some of them will dsregard that order. So they quitely encourage the audience to spill the beans to Aintitcool.com, while maintaining a public face of anger at leaked info. genius.
Spike's a true visionary , this will prove to be a quintessentia by KillaKane	Dec 2nd, 2007 07:26:17 AM
What I've heard and seen so far of this Sendak adaptation has been extremely positive (the rough cut is simply a means to hone and reign elements for a more effective edit, foolish to judge at this juncture) Jonze is being afforded time to finess and craft this, not because the Studio is worried, but because they see immense potential in what has been assembled in rough cut. I'm sure they'll be a cross generational audience that will flock in droves to see this film, precipitated by a wave of publicity and positive advance word. To my mind Jonze is an uber-mensch capable of delivering truly unique imagery with a directorial nouse that will assure WTWTA of a 'children's classic' status. I can feel it in my yarbles, this is going to be something special.
and Timeless Children's classic by KillaKane	Dec 2nd, 2007 07:27:45 AM
Give us more header room dammit Harry! ;-)
Glad I saw these reviews now. by NoahTall	Dec 2nd, 2007 12:09:47 PM
I'm glad I stumbled on these reviews and the Cloverfield ones now. Undoubtedly within a couple days all that will exist are statements that "My best friend JJ/My next door neighbor Spike asked me to take down the reviews so I did-Love Harry" but both movies seem to hold promise.
leobloom by Bone-In Foray	Dec 2nd, 2007 12:13:21 PM
Sorry, but you're wrong. In fact, and I say this as an ardent supporter of Mr. Kaufman, what would Charlie be with Spike? 'Human Nature' anyone? Your assertion is a lame one.
Sorry... by Bone-In Foray	Dec 2nd, 2007 12:14:26 PM
I meant 'without' Spike. The result is the same...
You know where Kaufman would be without Spike, Bone? by IndustryKiller!	Dec 2nd, 2007 01:11:31 PM
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, one of the best movies of the last decade. That's where. I love SPike Jonze and both Being John Malkovitch and Adaptation, but Kaufman's success is not contingent upon one director and i hope Jonzes' isn't contingent on one writer.
They've turned out some good movies based on short children's st by Yeti	Dec 2nd, 2007 02:45:45 PM
How the Grinch Stole Christmas, um..uh..oh dear.
Yeti!? by ironic_name	Dec 2nd, 2007 04:47:13 PM
http://tinyurl.com/yoc8hn http://tinyurl.com/279fc8 http://tinyurl.com/24uyks
RE: ARCADE FIRE by afacewithaview	Dec 2nd, 2007 05:12:53 PM
Spike Joze, please keep Arcade Fire's music in the movie. They are the best band around today and it would complete this movie being the closest to my heart. A) the book that I loved and was slightly spooked by when I was a kid B) Muppets- always had a soft spot for them C) Dave Eggers - fantastic writer D) Spike Jonze - the director whose work inspired me to choose that profession (I'm 16) and E?) Using Arcade Fire's brilliant "Rebellion (Lies)" as a climax? This would be my heaven.
jonze wouldn't be my first choice by ashhole	Dec 2nd, 2007 05:40:24 PM
i would love to see michel gondry take a crack at it. based on gondry's body of work, he seems the perfect choice to me. that being said, i like spike's work quite a bit. i just think this film seems outside of his experience, much like dave eggers writing a screenplay. oh, and to the guy who named himself after james joyce's literary persona and thinks spike jonze is nothing without charlie kaufman - get over yourself, give up on your unfinished novel, and hurry up with my appetizers.
Unethical bastards by Bronx Cheer	Dec 2nd, 2007 06:35:16 PM
Shame on all of you reviewers for violating the very sacredness of the contracts you signed.
This is one of the most retarded posts EVER by Mister Man	Dec 2nd, 2007 09:02:00 PM
If the damn director doesn't know what he/she wants, then they have no business in the chair. Screenings have been around forever, but to start PRAISING (and worse yet, UTILIZING) them as assisting an "artist"?????? Insanity. Screenings have DESTROYED films. This is totally ridiculous.
You know where Kaudmans... by Tourist	Dec 2nd, 2007 10:19:58 PM
...Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind would be without MUSIC VIDEO director Gondry? Non exsistant. It was his concept. Anyway, I've seen Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind and Human Nature, and Spike has easily been the best at bringing Kaudmans work to the screen, even Gondry seemed to do a 180 and go with a more naturalistic style for Enternal Sunshine, similar to spikes initial approaches on Malkovich and Adaptation. Besides, he IS a music video director. Someone who fits more creativity and ingenuity into 5 minutes or less than most directors can get into an entire feature today.
There is no I in TEAM by thecoldisnofun	Dec 2nd, 2007 10:23:22 PM
and no D in Kaufman
I would agree with you Mister Man by IndustryKiller!	Dec 3rd, 2007 12:54:33 AM
Except that Judd Apatow EXTENSIVELY test screens his films, for example I've already seen Pineapple Express which doesn't hit screens until August, and that policy seems to work pretty swimmingly for him. Although you could say with comedy it's a bit more understandable considering you can audibly hear whether a scene is working for an audience or not.
That's utter bullshit Tourist by IndustryKiller!	Dec 3rd, 2007 01:05:52 AM
Eternal SUnshine would have been a music video unless it was directed by....ummm...a music video director?? That doesn't compute. Gondry's directing was brilliant yes, but Kaufmans script would have been brilliant even if the movie had fallen into less talented hands. It's one of the most insightful scripts ever written above modern love and don't forget it won the Oscar for best screenplay. I've also seen Be Kind, Rewind and it isn't half the film Eternal Sunshine is. Science of Sleep, while great, still doesn't hit the emotional highs that Kaufmans script afforded in Eternal Sunshine. I've never seen Human Nature, but Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is a wonderful and underrated little film.
Just read these reviews... by EdmundoDupont	Dec 3rd, 2007 04:17:28 AM
They were PREMATURE-some
Advertising is the future by The Chosen	Dec 3rd, 2007 04:59:16 AM
Maybe it will become a pattern...
How can it be bullshit? by Tourist	Dec 3rd, 2007 06:28:04 AM
The concept was Gondrys. Therefore, no Gondry, no script for Eternal Sunshine. I liked Science Of Sleep just as much by the way. Wouldn't bother with Human Nature. All the ingredients are there for a success, yet it just never works. Thats probally Gondrys fault. Which is why I think its unfair to label Jonez a "music vid" director who got lucky with Kaufmans material, considering (from confessions and nature) how easy it is to fuck up Kaufmans scripts.
vadakinX by jackalcack	Dec 3rd, 2007 07:42:08 AM
I like your reverse psychology theory. Studio telling people not to post on AICN so they go and do exactly that as soon as they get home. Plants who don't even realise they're plants. Brainwashed, photosynthesising mother-fuckers.
Science of Sleep by gobofraggleuk	Dec 3rd, 2007 09:34:00 AM
I wouldn't give Gondry too much credit for coming up with 'concepts' - the actor Rhys Ifans who was in Human Nature said that he came up with the Science of Sleep idea with Gondry and then Gondry stole it and dumped him to put a more successful actor in the film... I just think Jonze, Gondry, Kaufman - they're all talented and were lucky enough to work with each other, but none has made the other one look a genius.
Sure it will be great, but... by Sad_Lieutenant	Dec 3rd, 2007 11:15:38 AM
... is that ill-conceived Justice League movie dead yet?
Yeah, chill out Bacci by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Dec 3rd, 2007 11:44:30 AM
So TomB is too busy plugging Motel Six to appreciate a classic. So what? Hey, I loved it, he didn't, who cares? He gets it, he just didn't care for it. I guess we should all be goosestepping in line together with our unified opinion?
I was at the Pasadena screening... by I am a machineee	Dec 3rd, 2007 04:24:37 PM
..and I wanted to sum up all of the negative review writers.. as I walked out of the theater, a group of middle-aged women were behind me and they were discussing how they didn't like that the Wild Things didn't talk. And that they found the whole movie confusing, they didn't know what it was supposed to be about. And THAT my friends is why you can't rely on these awful reviews. Only look at the positive ones, anyone else's imagination is phucked. Besides, was this movie made for us adults who enjoyed the book as children? Or is it a new way to bring the book to this generation's children? Yeah.
only looking at the positive reviews by thecoldisnofun	Dec 3rd, 2007 08:52:34 PM
What are you a communist? I was there and I didn't like it. I could break it down as to why but there's no point. Everyone's got opinions and at least I had the balls to commented on a flawed film that suck on Harry's and the WB's nuts. You don't have to agree with me....just don't be an ass.

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