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A Boy Named Seo Nov 06 2009 12:03 PM

Anyone seen it yet? I really want to.

Vic Sage Nov 06 2009 01:39 PM Re: Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

yes. It's alot tougher, less sentimental about childhood than you'd think. Fascinating movie, really. In its direct tapping into the subconscious nightmare of childhood, its like a family movie by David Lynch. Which has its plusses and minuses.

A Boy Named Seo Nov 06 2009 06:16 PM Re: Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

A family movie by David Lynch makes me wanna have a kid. I'm going to see it as soon as the crowds thin a little.

A Boy Named Seo Nov 17 2009 02:50 PM Re: Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

That was a dark, kinda fucked up movie. I'm supposing his parents divorce is what made the kid so angry, but he was scary angry, so I wondered if there was more there. The monsters, how they each seemed to represent a little of Max, was really well done.

TransMonk Mar 09 2010 07:13 AM Re: Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

Finally saw this last night...I agree, it was an interesting interpretation of the book. Not a great movie, but interesting and visually beautiful. I love that that this movie had guys in suits and saved the CGI solely for the faces of the monsters. Much more real to me.

Edgy MD Mar 09 2010 07:40 AM Re: Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

Oddly enough, Disney's first attempt at experimenting with computer-generated feature animation was an adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are? It was 1983, and Disney was making good decisions at the time, and they fortunately decided the technology wasn't yet up to carrying the artisitic vision forward. Lead animator on that test project was Glen Keane, aka "Billy" from The Family Circus.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 09 2010 09:58 PM Re: Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

Arresting. Unsentimental, as Vic said... but with a real sense of wonder and (almost unbearable) sadness. Which is a really tough trick to pull off. But Spike Jonze's team-- including Dave Eggers on screenwriting duty-- does it. And yes, it's gorgeous-- the CGI blends seamlessly with the scenery, and the costumes give the monsters a heft that helps make them more real, not just physically, but as "characters". In different hands, I could easily see this being, say, an even more visually stunning mess (Michel Gondry), or a more lively but forgettable narrative with roughly this same tone... but not nearly the resonance (Alfonso Cuaron, say, or the guy who did the last Harry Potter). Instead, it may be the most honest movie about growing up that I've ever seen, really.

metirish Sep 27 2010 07:39 AM Re: Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

Turned this off after an hour, just didn't find it all that interesting.

RealityChuck Sep 27 2010 08:02 AM Re: Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

Duller than dishwater. Obviously, they had to add a lot of fill, but it's all fill. The wild things are about as wild as a sleeping kitten, and the entire story, such as it is, is tedious and obvious, even for a third grader. The wild things looked like those in the book, but had nothing else going for them.