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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE trailer

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25 Mar 2009 18:43 #24517 by Michael Barnes

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25 Mar 2009 19:26 #24518 by Rliyen
Wife showed that to me yesterday. The Wild Things are spitting images from the characters from the book. A welcome change, as opposed to film-maker's "reinvisioning". I loved the book when I was a child and I bought the anniversary edition when my son was born for Christmas.

I will definitely bring him to see that.

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25 Mar 2009 20:26 #24523 by ubarose
I still have my stuffed Wild Things monster. I had a Max doll, but I think it is at my mom's house. I don't know what I think of the trailer. It's sometimes hard to accept someone else's vision of something that close to one's heart.

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25 Mar 2009 22:14 #24534 by MattFantastic
My wife and I both thing it looks awesome. The vibe feels like a perfect mix of kinda creepy and kinda touching.

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25 Mar 2009 22:51 #24536 by Michael Barnes
Oh, it's absolutely one of my favorite books of all time.

This is why it works for me. It's _very_ modern- almost like an indie kids' picture. It has a look that I think is actually kind of daring, there's apparently a very high premium on a sense of realism and "grit" that is uncommon, particularly in children's films today.

It's clear that it is _not_ a goofy, hyperbolic and pop culture reference filled piece of shit like what usually passes for kids' movies today, and it looks like it expands the ideas of the book into feature material. Let's face it, the book is very, very simple. There's not a 30 minute movie in it, let alone a feature. From what's shown, it almost looks like they built a fairly serious story about how a kid deals with the adult world around the fantasy elements. Apparently, Maurice Sendak was closely involved with the production as well.

My #1 must see movie for 2009 at this point.

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26 Mar 2009 00:43 #24546 by Jason Lutes
I know I'm going to lose my F:AT cred when I say I started to cry about halfway through the trailer but it's true, I did. It just welled up out of me, I couldn't do anything about it. The trailer somehow captures that feeling of being young and alive and full of wonder and joy and terror. Spike Jonze is amazing.

Plus, Mark Ruffalo + Catherine Keener = best movie parents ever.

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26 Mar 2009 01:03 #24547 by Michael Barnes
Damn you Jason, now you're going to have to make me admit that I welled up too!

Apparently test audiences didn't like the darkness in the story...from what I've heard though Jones and co. stuck to their guns and it's the movie they wanted to make.

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26 Mar 2009 02:45 - 26 Mar 2009 02:46 #24548 by DeletedUser
Thanks for posting that link Michael. My Wife and I both watched it and now are waiting in eager anticipation.

Also a favourite book of mine when I was young. I remember my mother making a large copy of the book, so the class could see it more easily when the teacher read it to us. It measured about 3 foot by 2 foot closed and all of the illustrations were faithfully reproduced and coloured by hand.

I've made a mental note to track a copy of the book down for my own children.
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26 Mar 2009 03:48 - 26 Mar 2009 03:48 #24549 by moss_icon
dave eggers is involved? that guy is synonymous with over the top, cloying cheese of the cheesiest kind. he makes pretentious indie bastards weak at the knees. i persisted with mcsweeney's for a long time before finally and sadly concluding that it was a grim circle jerk of blandness (although the icelandic issue was fantastic).
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26 Mar 2009 09:22 - 26 Mar 2009 09:24 #24558 by ubarose
I think moss_icon's concern that this movie may have "cloying cheese of the cheesiest kind" is a valid concern. The trailer seems too full of sweetness and light. The description of the film says that a monster named Carol teaches Max the meaning of love.

Where the Wild Things Are was the first, and perhaps only book, that I ever read that dealt frankly with anger. The kind of overwelming anger that makes you act out in ways that even you don't understand. Out of control scary anger that makes 5 year olds throw themselves kicking and screaming on the ground in super markets, and makes grown men flip RISK boards. Those monsters weren't cute, and cuddly and lovable. They were the primal self that needed to be controlled and conqured in order to be let out of your room and rejoin civilized society.
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26 Mar 2009 09:27 #24559 by jeb
Let's see if I've still got it. From the top!
Warning: Spoiler!

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26 Mar 2009 09:30 #24561 by Juniper
I've heard that they wrote the giant squid out of the story.

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26 Mar 2009 09:37 #24564 by Michael Barnes
Haven't heard about "Carol", but the test screening stuff I read about indicates that it is very much about anger...a lot of parents were apparently put off by Max since he's such an angry kid and a lot of kids were upset by the monsters.

That may have been toned down or possibly exaggerated, so take it with a grain, if you will.

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