26. Where the wild things go with their issues
Some things I thought would never happen all happened at once.
I walked out on a movie (that I’d been looking forward to since it was in development) based on a beloved Maurice Sendak book. Spike Jonze and writer Dave Eggers have taken a 338-word children’s book and blown it up into a two-hour movie by giving Max and the wild things psychological issues to work out. Oh please. He’s a child! They’re monsters! This movie has more padding than the furry costumes. When you were a kid and bored did you take inanimate objects and make them have conversations with each other? That’s what it’s like.
I walked out on a movie based on a beloved Maurice Sendak book and directed by Spike Jonze. I think Spike and Charlie Kaufman should work together again: they need each other. Synecdoche, NY made me want to get drunk; Wild Things might’ve worked for me if I were drunk.
I walked out on a movie based on a beloved Maurice Sendak book and directed by Spike Jonze and went shopping. At the 45-minute mark Vivien said, “I think Spike should get out of New York City once in a while,” and I replied, “Let’s try on clothes at Adora.”
I walked out on a movie based on a beloved Maurice Sendak book and directed by Spike Jones, went shopping, and bought a pretty dress. Vivien picked it out, it’s very lady-like. Where The Wild Things Are is a movie about childhood that actually made me wish I were a grown-up.
WTWTA is showing at Greenbelt, Glorietta, and Trinoma Cinemas.
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February 4th, 2010 at 07:59
I walked out of a David Eggers book thinking, ‘Where was the editor in this thing?’. I didnt make it past chapter one.
February 5th, 2010 at 21:13
Oh, I liked the movie. It’s slow and Carol’s Jersey accent was a bit distracting (think Tony Soprano in a monster suit) and at times it didn’t feel like it was intended for kids, but the movie is lovely. I admire Spike/Dave’s interpretation.