I recently saw this new Arcade Fire music video/trailer for the movie ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ and thought it ‘looked kinda lame’/'trying too hard.’
I kinda wonder who this movie is supposed to ‘appeal to.’ Is it supposed to appeal 2 people who read the book ‘when they were growing up’? Or maybe ‘people who read about new movies being released on tastemaking blogs’? Kinda weird. Feel like this is supposed to be a Children’s Movie, but think it accidentally appeals to ‘middle aged people who are trying to be kewl’ too much.
Not sure ‘what happens’ in this trailer, I just know it looked meaningful cuz of the lighting/music in the background. I’m not sure ‘why that book was a big deal.’ I remember reading it while I was a kid, and it seemed kinda ‘underdeveloped.’ I think there were like 10 sentences in the whole book, so I’m not sure why it gets to be made into a movie that is longer than 14 minutes.
I feel like there were less children’s books before ‘publishing books got cheap’ so now a book like WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE wouldn’t even get published because it wasn’t colorful enough and didn’t have any likable characters that could realistically be turned in2 a movie. In our current creative landscape, I think ‘writing childrens books’ is a gimmick for people who failed at other creative ventures, so now there’s just 2 many authors/books with pictures/zany characters who teach positive lessons. Would have trouble selecting the authentic ones for my kids, so I’d probably just buy him a netbook and have him browse ‘kidz blogz.’
If I could be a kid again, don’t think this movie would appeal to me. It seems like something that my cool dad would take me to, but then I would ask ‘Why didn’t we see XXX: Part 4? Need 2 see movies that will keep me informed so that I can participate in conversations about kewl, edgy movies with groups of my friends at school.’ Would be confused about why my cool dad was so excited about this movie, and why he bought me a copy of the book. Then he would tell me ‘I read this when I was your age’ and I would feel kinda closer to him, but then start to h8 him for not realizing how much the world has changed.
Does n e 1 remember what this book was about? Was it about the dark side of humanity/pedophilia?
Kinda wish they had used the band Animal Collective in the trailer.
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I don’t get why adults watch childrens movies like finding nemo, shrek, and now this. Children’s books suck, children’s movies suck, children suck.
Post more alt butts
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//////////Reply by alternativeprincess
//////////Posted March 31st, 2009 at 1:17 pm
@monster,
it’s weird world, modern world, yall.
adults *get* children’s movies more
kids are *enjoying* p0rn more
what happind?
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//////////Reply by Anony
//////////Posted April 1st, 2009 at 6:23 am
@alternativeprincess, I blame sponge bob.
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//////////Reply by danteller
//////////Posted April 3rd, 2009 at 1:46 am
@Anony,
y’all are rong
this will be the most authentic film and all the alts can feel young and vulnerable again
miss having feelings!
2nd
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where the wild things are = ‘the juno of 2k9′
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//////////Reply by relevantspace
//////////Posted March 31st, 2009 at 3:52 pm
@tripler,
correct. this will be the most relevant/authentic movie of 2k9. even moreso than the other movie coming out with Paul Danbro + the girl from ‘ELF’ who is having 3sumz w/Ben Gibbard and M. Ward.
Paul Dano= Most relevant/authentic actor of the 2k’s.
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//////////Reply by hey anony anony
//////////Posted April 1st, 2009 at 8:24 am
@relevantspace, not michael cera? (miss u mikey cera)
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is that lil panda bear?
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//////////Reply by ME
//////////Posted April 2nd, 2009 at 8:07 pm
@daffy,
this really made me laugh,
it stayed with me so that i came on a day later just to share
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//////////Reply by ME
//////////Posted April 2nd, 2009 at 8:09 pm
@ME,
but as the actual books lil character,
just saw the trailer and he doesn’t look like a lil panda at all
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i dunno, bugs bunny is still pretty alt. he’s from brooklyn.
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H8 maurice sendak.
my 22yr old friend in college webl0gged abt the trailer & how xcited she was to see it. my 8yr old brother doesnt know what this shit is.
movie wz meant4 ppl b0rn in 1960-1990
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I’d rather see this version than an over the top 3D version with Seth Rogan as the funny monster and some scene at the end zany dancing to Bby got back.
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//////////Reply by chorles
//////////Posted March 31st, 2009 at 5:32 pm
@Real Talk, u juz gave me a idea 4 a script. thnk u.
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i think this movie is about how it’s kinda sad being a pre-tween, and also kinda sad not being a pre-tween anymore, but also kinda ‘beautiful’ to have ‘imagination’
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in the end, trns out the kid haz “severe psychological issues” and he is cured of the monsterz [via affordable canadian meds].
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//////////Reply by natalee hologram
//////////Posted March 31st, 2009 at 1:34 pm
@natalee hologram, spoiler alert!
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//////////Reply by tragedy in toyland
//////////Posted March 31st, 2009 at 4:28 pm
@natalee hologram, in the end of the movie the wild things (played by mark gonzales, rudy johnson, jason lee, guy mariano, and jordan richter) drive their car off a cliff in mexic0 and then the credits say they ‘died’ and peeps get sad but it’s just a j0ke.
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you’re afraid your children will be assholes?
well, I think you will fix that yourself just fine!
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//////////Reply by buttery teamster
//////////Posted March 31st, 2009 at 3:53 pm
@Jonas,
I agree with you bro(s). Plus kids are assholes anyway.
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I think its a metaphor
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I noticed that the music in the movie is composed by Karen O. Maybe Where the wild things are is an experiment of new ways musicians are trying to make revenue because nobody is buying records anymore.
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//////////Reply by Anony
//////////Posted April 1st, 2009 at 6:32 am
@Pyry, more power to them but arcade fire is the moby of 2k2. can they stop licencing music already. Anco would make this 20% more authentic but still “kinda lame”.
This movie appeals to parents who want their kids to be “furries”.
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mgmt ‘kids’ would have been better.
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this movie is going to suck azz and win 10,000 awards
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yea, at least they’re wearing costumes, and aren’t all computer generated and shit. when i saw the trailer for the polar express i wanted 2 punch somebody.
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is beauty alt
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//////////Reply by danteller
//////////Posted June 11th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
@bubs,
wtwtr is gonna be max-alt
it looks so pretty and amazing
i think ya to ur Q:
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i grew up to be that ‘lil asshole’. there r worse things tho…like growing up to b a sanctimonious ‘lil shit’. kinda wish the generational rift / overabundance of snarky critique wasn’t so apparent in r culture… then maybe 1 day we could revert back to childhood and read blogs via pictures n minimal words (via wild things) so we can better understand the concepts of anger, imagination, and love. maybe 1 day we’ll live in paris (via promise).
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//////////Reply by mstrcnt
//////////Posted March 31st, 2009 at 6:07 pm
@mstrcnt, kinda h8ed u earlier 4 this post, but i <3 u again after reading this
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/crossfade/2009/03/wmc_preview_qa_with_carles_of.php
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Wish I was still in the womb, y’all.
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alts=kids
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//////////Reply by louis
//////////Posted March 31st, 2009 at 4:08 pm
@dax jax, what abt old ppl?
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//////////Reply by Ryan Ross
//////////Posted March 31st, 2009 at 6:09 pm
@louis, old ppl are pretty alt on account they don’t take shit from anyone
+ I heard that diapers will be pretty alt in fall 2k9
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Hipsters will flock to the Wolverine movie, yoze.
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you’re lame! that movie looks great, motherfucker.
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damn, they just run around without jobs but also without, like, ‘ennui’
seems so good
jet li would be cool for the boy, so he could like jump around better or something
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//////////Reply by daffy
//////////Posted March 31st, 2009 at 5:55 pm
@tao, im pretty sure i have the same camera. bros afterall?
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I hope the soundtrack is different in the actual film. Looks ‘rly good visually’ though.
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pretty sure there will be a movie based on carles life in which a carles type character will be a hyperfamous anon blogger who tries to find love / authenticity without revealing his identity, or something like that. it will feel kinda quirky and kinda meaningful. the soundtrack will be a collab b/w metrostation/fred falke.
maybe jake gyllenhaal will play carles. the production company wont pay carles royalties so the real carles will have to sue and the judge may insist on carles revealing itself to prove that it exists.
the resulting controversy/publicity will enable the movie to go viral.
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//////////Reply by blipOFFurRADAR
//////////Posted March 31st, 2009 at 8:58 pm
@daffy,
u 4got about the subplot/real life situation where they find/confiscate his stash of AZNs and he starts a blaaag in jail called ‘gangster runoffs: a blog wrth goingg 2 prizon about’
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max should not be that kute. he needs to look more italian
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I don’t doubt that the soundtrack is going to sound similar to the Nick and Norah’s soundtrack mess.
H8.
(But I’m going to see the movie.)
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what happened to respecting artistry yall? why’s the movie have to be ‘abt sumthin’ via religious/political propaganda feature?
didn’t the bro who directed this movie direct ‘being johnny malkovich’ and ‘evolving my story-devlopment skillz (via killing myself @ the end)’ which were two very honest movies about serious life problems/questions including ‘do i have schizophrenia/MPD, bro?’ via talking 2 the mirror.
i think it is bold of him, taking on a film this big, and kinda zany that he wrote a script with his bro. think he might be ‘exorcising his demons’ or ‘trying 2 piss off his parents’, which aare two very noble/upstanding endeavors .Jonzebro deserves a preemptive standing ovation for delving this deep in2 his heart 4 yall.
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Fufags surely got told.
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fucking hipsters. like fuck you would know what anything intelligent or of meaningful value is even if it did hit you like a like a fuckin semi. i’m sorry that it’s a complicated book to read, especially such few words and all those pictures, but maybe if you pulled your head outta your ass and concerned yourself with something other than looking as “hip” as possible some understanding might leak through those thick, underdeveloped skulls of yours. i’m sorry this isn’t a mass media trend that’s “alt” and being beamed into your fucking skulls enough for you to know that it’s “cool” and “acceptable” because your fucking TV or favorite blogger said so. do the world a favor and next time one of you buys some some “trendy, omg so alt! scarf” go fuckin hang yourself with it. fuckers.
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//////////Reply by h8rbro
//////////Posted April 1st, 2009 at 12:12 pm
@deargodimalt, APRIL FOOLS HAHAHA
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dude you suck…that movie is going to be great…spike jonze is a grat director…don´t judge if you don´t know what you´re talking about…the book is awesome because of the graphics
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haven’t read that book in like
23 – 7=
16 years
don’t they try to kill the lil boy in the end?
i like alexander and the no good very bad day much better
oh and the books with like weird translucent octagonal figures where the girl saw things differently via “imagination” but they were really just ordinary things like post boxes and stuff
anyone know what i’m talking about?
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the whole point of the book was that max’s anger was manifested in his dream about the wild things.
thats why it was such a big deal.
maurice sendak fuckin rocks.
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//////////Reply by dad
//////////Posted July 29th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
“Not sure ‘what happens’ in this trailer, I just know it looked meaningful cuz of the lighting/music in the background”
This is the way I like trailers. I cannot stand watching a 2 minute version of a film that gives away the plot twist from the third act.
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you’re an idiot.
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wow.
o.p., you’ve written the most baseless and snap-judgemental opinion i think i’ve ever seen.
apparently, most people don’t use imagination when they read books. they just form baseless opinions from speculations of what some other reeree spouts in the line for a venti soy mocha latte with extra foam.
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DIS FILM B 4 LIL FURRIEZ IN TRAININ YALL. BOYKOT DA SHITE !
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It’s a movie about childhood, for adults. Not hard to understand. The first comment at the top. You’re an indiot
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