J.J. Abram's version of Star Trek got pushed back to 2009, and it looks like another movie I was anticipating for this year will be delayed as well. Ain't It Cool News has what may be a clip from Where the Wild Things Are. It looks to be pretty quirky, pretty cool, and pretty much what you might expect from Spike Jonze. Is it too early to be salivating about 2009 movies already?
Monday, February 18, 2008
And I haven't even seen any of the 2008 movies yet...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
3 comments:
You know we have this book, and I have read it to my daughter. Does anyone else remember this book? Not do you remember reading it as a kid. Do you remember the story. It really isn't that impressive. I am not quite sure why anyone would want to make it into a movie.
I watched the clip. That was some of the worst acting I've ever witnessed, along with some of the most pointless dialog and nonsensical plot devices. It sounded like a come-on from a pedophile.
"I can do a trick. Can you do a trick?"
Actually, I watched the video without the sound, so I wasn't really judging it by the dialogue. I thought visually it looked pretty cool, and even this is probably only a conceptual early clip rather than what the real finalized version will look like.
As far as the book, it seems like a story that's good both for a parent and a kid. A toddler gets sent to his room, who then uses his punishment time to imagine a world where he can actually control his angry "wild thing" feelings, and in the end mother and son still love each other. It's basically a reinforcement of the idea of time outs, how they're supposed to be productive, and why parents don't do such things to be hurtful to their kids. I'm not sure that's specifically enough for a movie, but the imagery of the illustrations and the metaphorical possibilities of the Wild Things in relation to the psychological development of a toddler (unbridled imagination combined with frustration/anger of not being able to control the real world around them--part of why they call it the "terrible twos") seem to be a goldmine for a filmmaker.
Post a Comment