Comments on: Save Spike Jonze’s “Where the Wild Things Are” http://www.scene-stealers.com/blogs/save-spike-jonzes-where-the-wild-things-are/ Movies with Rock Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:27:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: ChrisKnudsen http://www.scene-stealers.com/blogs/save-spike-jonzes-where-the-wild-things-are/#comment-6893 ChrisKnudsen Sat, 31 May 2008 01:21:40 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/blogs/save-spike-jonzes-where-the-wild-things-are/#comment-6893 I swear kids these days must be pussies or something of that sort. My dad made me watch a Clockwork Orange when I was 4 and I don't think my life has ever been the same. I swear kids these days must be pussies or something of that sort. My dad made me watch a Clockwork Orange when I was 4 and I don’t think my life has ever been the same.

]]> By: Megan http://www.scene-stealers.com/blogs/save-spike-jonzes-where-the-wild-things-are/#comment-6687 Megan Mon, 26 May 2008 17:18:23 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/blogs/save-spike-jonzes-where-the-wild-things-are/#comment-6687 There's a really good interview with Maurice Sendak on YouTube in which he talks about his work and illustrating and storytelling for children. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZTQib7G2Hs It's part of a big exhibition at the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia, www.rosenbach.org. There’s a really good interview with Maurice Sendak on YouTube in which he talks about his work and illustrating and storytelling for children. Here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZTQib7G2Hs
It’s part of a big exhibition at the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia, http://www.rosenbach.org.

]]> By: cleavy http://www.scene-stealers.com/blogs/save-spike-jonzes-where-the-wild-things-are/#comment-6597 cleavy Tue, 20 May 2008 01:59:50 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/blogs/save-spike-jonzes-where-the-wild-things-are/#comment-6597 Oh wow! - This news sucks! Where the Wild Things Are was one of my favorite books as a child. My mom read it to me over and over again. Jonze's version looks amazing, just from the couple of stills here. I'm so repelled by CGI at this point, and have always been in love with Jim Henson's creatures. I'll take a puppet, animatronics, or a "guy in a suit" over CGI any day. Maybe it's a hang-up, but I can't take things seriously that my subconscious mind knows I can't touch. A little more on topic, I'll be the first to admit that when my mom took me to the theater to see The Dark Crystal we left after the first or second scene with me terrified and in tears. Needless to say, it's been one of my favorite movies in adulthood. Maybe Jonze's version of Where the Wild Things Are isn't exactly for kids? Maybe it's for the adults who grew up with the book as kids? There's a lot of us, I'm sure. Or, maybe it could tap into the same audience as Pan's Labyrinth - a fairy tale for adults? What's so wrong with that? Jeez! Anyway, if Warner Bros manages to reshoot or cut Jonze's vision into Shrek Part Infinity, I desperately hope that Jonze's version will survive and be released in some way, shape, or form. Oh wow! - This news sucks! Where the Wild Things Are was one of my favorite books as a child. My mom read it to me over and over again. Jonze’s version looks amazing, just from the couple of stills here. I’m so repelled by CGI at this point, and have always been in love with Jim Henson’s creatures. I’ll take a puppet, animatronics, or a “guy in a suit” over CGI any day. Maybe it’s a hang-up, but I can’t take things seriously that my subconscious mind knows I can’t touch. A little more on topic, I’ll be the first to admit that when my mom took me to the theater to see The Dark Crystal we left after the first or second scene with me terrified and in tears. Needless to say, it’s been one of my favorite movies in adulthood. Maybe Jonze’s version of Where the Wild Things Are isn’t exactly for kids? Maybe it’s for the adults who grew up with the book as kids? There’s a lot of us, I’m sure. Or, maybe it could tap into the same audience as Pan’s Labyrinth - a fairy tale for adults? What’s so wrong with that? Jeez! Anyway, if Warner Bros manages to reshoot or cut Jonze’s vision into Shrek Part Infinity, I desperately hope that Jonze’s version will survive and be released in some way, shape, or form.

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