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Where the Wild Things Are - will you see it?
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10-09-2009, 05:58 PM
Personally, it's going to be hard to view the film and return to looking at the book. Normally, I would not care, but I have little kids and really enjoy reading the book with them.
OTOH, they are showing this in the IMAX theatre - that could be way cool.
10-09-2009, 06:05 PM
not sure. They make a full length feature film based on a children's book of about 20 pages. Kinda torn. The author is local, and his book is very highly regarded here.
The Pacific Northwest Ballet's "Nutcracker Suite" was re-imagined by him, and Boeing built the sets. I have doubts that Hollywood did it "right" by our standards and expectations.
10-09-2009, 06:17 PM
As I understand it, Sendak has been on board with this film interpretation of his book. That makes me willing to see it. I've also loved that book all my life.
10-09-2009, 06:31 PM
From the trailers, this looks like it could the best film that ever could be.
Maybe, I'm laying it on a little thick?
10-09-2009, 06:45 PM
I'm not sure, but we'll probably come in contact with the DVD at some point. I do agree with the whole loss of childhood imagination that comes from a film version.
10-09-2009, 06:47 PM
Don Kiyoti wrote: From what I heard, he was completely left out of the process until the screening. Then they did a "making of" video that said he was involved in it and trusted Spike Jonze's totally new vision of the film and that somehow got 'Thing is, all of the interviews of Sendak show him in his home. Never on the set. That's collaboration? Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9X166eLGbE Anyway, I'm waiting for the reviews to come in before I decide whether to blow $10 bucks on something made by the creator of "Jackass: The Movie." http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/where_th...hings_are/
10-09-2009, 07:00 PM
My sweetest memories of our first born is when I would read this to him, and he memorized it.
It's a dream of mine to live in that moment once I pass this world.
10-09-2009, 07:24 PM
Doc wrote: Really? Do you know about all the schlock many great directors (Ron Howard, Coppolla, Did you even bother to look at the other films of Spike Jonze's, which he actually DIRECTED, and not just produced?
10-09-2009, 07:29 PM
Doc wrote: From what I heard, he was completely left out of the process until the screening. Then they did a "making of" video that said he was involved in it and trusted Spike Jonze's totally new vision of the film and that somehow got 'Thing is, all of the interviews of Sendak show him in his home. Never on the set. That's collaboration? Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9X166eLGbE Anyway, I'm waiting for the reviews to come in before I decide whether to blow $10 bucks on something made by the creator of "Jackass: The Movie." http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/where_th...hings_are/ I don't know Doc - from Wikipedia: "A live-action movie version directed by Spike Jonze is scheduled for release on October 16, 2009.[7] The film will star Max Records as Max and Catherine Keener as his mother, with Lauren Ambrose, Chris Cooper, James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara, Paul Dano, and Forest Whitaker providing the voices of some of the Wild Things. The soundtrack was written/produced by Karen O. The screenplay was adapted by Jonze and Dave Eggers. Sendak was one of the producers for the film, and hand-picked Spike Jonze as the director for the film after viewing Being John Malkovich, and feeling that Jonze could connect with his original vision for the film adaptation." (Karen O!! Gonna be a good soundtrack!) Also, an interview with Sendak, Jonze and Eggers: http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/popvox/ar...table.aspx |
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