Where The Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze, 2009)

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Antoine Doinel · #1 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:07 pm

Here's the first pic.

Hai2u · #2 Post by **Hai2u** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:48 pm

Narshty · #3 Post by **Narshty** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:43 pm

Oh dear.

But on the Maurice Sendak note, I'd love to see a big-screen adaptation of Pierre.

mogwai · #4 Post by **mogwai** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:12 am

Here's a higher quality version of that same still.

jbeall · #5 Post by **jbeall** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:58 pm

I have a feeling that many will inevitably disappointed by this flick simply because it won't--can't--match up to their childhood experience of the book. Not the film's fault, but whaddya gonna do?

I'm just glad it's being directed by Spike Jonze, and not Michel Gondry.

Jean-Luc Garbo · #6 Post by **Jean-Luc Garbo** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:28 pm

Actually, I was just thinking that this would be perfect for Gondry.

SheriffAmbrose · #7 Post by **SheriffAmbrose** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:37 pm

Jean-Luc Garbo wrote:Actually, I was just thinking that this would be perfect for Gondry.

Damn, you beat me to it. I was just thinking that especially in light of the Human Behaviour video.

LeeB.Sims · #8 Post by **LeeB.Sims** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:12 pm

I like that it looks more like Jim Henson type live action (a la Labyrinth) as opposed to CGI (which really should stand for cheesy generated images)

jbeall · #9 Post by **jbeall** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:21 pm

SheriffAmbrose wrote:
Jean-Luc Garbo wrote:Actually, I was just thinking that this would be perfect for Gondry.
Damn, you beat me to it. I was just thinking that especially in light of the Human Behaviour video.

Well, I was thinking the opposite especially in light of the clusterf#%k that was The Science of Sleep.

LeeB.Sims · #10 Post by **LeeB.Sims** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:56 pm

Wow really? I loved Science of Sleep, I mean really loved it. I'll have to search for that thread now to see if I'm in the minority there. I actually think the story-book style of SoS would lend itself quite nicely to an adaptation like this but hey, differing opinions is what makes the world go round.

jbeall · #11 Post by **jbeall** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:13 pm

Well, I suppose it's a matter of taste. However, while I loved Eternal Sunshine..., I was really turned off by Science... But I've already posted my thoughts on the latter film in the other thread.

Bringing things back to Where the Wild Things Are: The book takes about 15-20 minutes to read aloud to children. The film, on the other hand, will probably run for ~90 mins. or so. If I'm watching a film about about a child's imagination, I want a director who's more focused than Gondry. Childish flights of fancy become incredibly boring to me after 20 or so minutes, at which point there better be a coherent story to tell.

While there are marvelous moments of wonder in Being John Malkovich, mostly involving the Cusack character's puppetry, they served the overall narrative. This did not happen in Science..., and while there were a couple of nice moments, I mostly thought the film was too self-indulgent, a tendency that was already present, albeit kept under control, in Eternal Sunshine... I guess I just trust Spike Jonze to mold childish fantasy into a coherent, watchable 90 min. narrative more than I do Gondry at this point.

toiletduck! · #12 Post by **toiletduck!** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:47 pm

jbeall wrote:If I'm watching a film about about a child's imagination, I want a director who's more focused than Gondry.

I suppose it depends on if you want to watch a child's imagination or if you want to re-experience a child's imagination.

Personally, I'm on the Gondry boat here, but I have a real hard time distinguishing the two at some points, because much of both of their work so far has been tainted by Charlie Kaufman, who I can't stand.

-Toilet Dcuk

SheriffAmbrose · #13 Post by **SheriffAmbrose** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:40 pm

toiletduck! wrote:... Charlie Kaufman, who I can't stand.

I'm with you on that.

#14 Post by **domino harvey** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:19 am

My avatar's out, Six Feet Underette is in

noelbotevera · #15 Post by **noelbotevera** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:06 am

SheriffAmbrose wrote:
toiletduck! wrote:... Charlie Kaufman, who I can't stand.
I'm with you on that.

Really, two of you? I don't feel as intensely about Kaufman--think he's fairly amusing in the way he cribs from Philip Dick among others--but I can't understand why people think he's the greatest thing since cornflakes, either.

Antoine Doinel · #16 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:10 pm

Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Carter Burwell will be penning music for the film.

#17 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:12 pm

Jesus, does anyone have hope for this still

toiletduck! · #18 Post by **toiletduck!** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:19 am

Jesus, it's cool to hate the Yeah Yeah Yeahs now, too? Can someone start forwarding me these memos? Apparently my Jaded Club membership was revoked.

-Toilet Dcuk

chaddoli · #19 Post by **chaddoli** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:38 am

toiletduck! wrote:Jesus, it's cool to hate the Yeah Yeah Yeahs now, too?

Yes, in the witty but occasionally bitchy universe in which domino harvey determines what is or isn't cool.

CSM126 · #20 Post by **CSM126** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:46 am

chaddoli wrote:
toiletduck! wrote:Jesus, it's cool to hate the Yeah Yeah Yeahs now, too?
Yes, in the witty but occasionally bitchy universe in which domino harvey determines what is or isn't cool.

This would seem to imply that there are things domino thinks are cool. It's well documented that there aren't.

Napoleon · #21 Post by **Napoleon** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:43 am

toiletduck! wrote:Jesus, it's cool to hate the Yeah Yeah Yeahs now, too? Can someone start forwarding me these memos? Apparently my Jaded Club membership was revoked.

Get into the New Films mindset and hate on everything. Then you can't go far wrong.

#22 Post by **domino harvey** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:48 am

Not to encourage my fan club, but the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have always sucked.

Antoine Doinel · #23 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:20 pm

domino harvey wrote:Not to encourage my fan club, but the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have always sucked.

I concur. Watching them open for Bjork was torture.

That said, Carter Burwell's influence could yield some interesting results.

miless · #24 Post by **miless** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:21 pm

Their first EP was great... it's the sort of thing they should have continued doing (extremely lo-fi... it sounds like it was recorded in a dumpster)... high production values don't work for them.

Gregory · #25 Post by **Gregory** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:36 am

I'll withhold judgment on Where the Wild Things Are until I've seen it, but having finally just finished the Directors Label disc, I wish Jonze would go back to making documentaries. For some reason I watched all the videos, then put the DVD back into the to-watch pile, postponing watching the other side for quite a while. "What's Up Fatlip (the documentary)" and "Amarillo By Morning" are just amazing films. The subjects just spring to life in each interview. All the personalities seem so unguarded and I feel like I really knew more about the people in these 30-minute films than the people in most 90+ minute documentaries. I was especially astounded after watching "Amarillo by Morning" to read that Jonze got all those amazing moments in a single day. I guess documentary has never been what Jonze has aspired to do, and it's probably not the form of filmmaking he most enjoys or finds satisfying, which is too bad because he's so good at it.

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