Tit For Tat - Where the Wild Things Are
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 running time 08:47
Where the Wild Things Are
As huge fans of Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers, Alex, Dan, and Jeff have been looking forward to the release of Where the Wild Things Are quite literally for years. Does the final film live up to the huge praise they gave the footage they saw at Comicon?
Highlights
spike jones: 0:49, 8:11maurice sendak: 0:28
tv show: 2:34
creatures: 2:12, 8:21
Automatically Generated Transcript
May not be 100% accurate" War ribs. Others who totally rad show. Where in the wild things. Our. It's based online at. Game extremely popular prolific. And possibly multi award winning now and as soon enough. Children's illustrated novel by Maurice Sendak that. On I think homes everyone reads in there. -- growing up my things required reading it's like. It's like To Kill a Mockingbird for her pretend that we've got the that's not instant kill a mockingbird -- com. And it's -- it's systematically and very new movie is is written in written co written by it Spike Jones indeed -- here is to do is also in a prolific writers and right heartbreaking work of staggering genius. We're we brought him up. I act with that that he was being played for a -- I mean go. Com and it's five cents or acts that sound. Being done now that adaptation. Long movie that was an introduction for awhile I think."
" When you actually walked into Cheney years ago there was a it's gallery. That is happening on on glossy and again I had I just stumbled and it was all production stills from where the wild things are -- and the hand drawn. Design news and stuff consumer data into dozens --"
" Yeah and importantly problematic. I -- supposed to come out in 2000 in this was not here chewing out. -- and it went from one city go to another. So one -- and I don't know where I started out on but yes apparently -- a lot of issues with earlier cuts into adult to child like thing anyway. It's about a young. Young man that actor's name is max records this is named max it -- yeah I am I'm back on so young max. Runs away from home. -- and much alike got Alice in wonderland or was revised winds up in this. Fantasy fantasy world and hounded by. -- creatures created by Jean -- for our younger viewers. On which is crazy that I think that they might not know so. Jim Henson is behind the movie is easy Syria and Anderson not changing its company right. And reasons not aligned with us. -- yes yes. But they are behind the markets. Movies and TV show and Sesame Street Sesame Street fragile rock which these are burying these creatures are very similar to those. Big things that. Armenia you haven't mentioned any of the other more realistic puppetry projects that they've been associated with over time. Which what -- preceding days they were sort of go to guys to create creatures that you couldn't black friends that I believe in job. I mean that's the kind right right. Didn't matter is that I just -- what I was just thinking it's aesthetically. That these thing's fallen in seamless and I think that we grew up went. Like primal primal rock you can more in the other the other stuff and it wow there's a whole group of kids in struggling his book but never who have put -- Henderson stuff now I think I mean there aren't that color okay. No it's anything that let's talk about the movie shall we yes. So jacked this around you mention a comic con and yeah didn't miss over all other things was nothing your -- most excited for gas now you've seen it -- I have."
" When the president canyon -- and better and why Vietnam. Impossibly high expectations for this film and there's a lot like I I like the movie they didn't achieve the greatness that I hoped for. With with all I had invested into me in the scenes we -- com economy this has something to do the fact that I saw so much of it before I saw. But I did. It just didn't achieve them. -- fellows that I. Expectant. -- there's a lot of wonderful things about. Being cut their kid being a child. A lot of wonderful. Moments. Of of vulnerability. Which you don't often find indie films and it captures that sense of of all those crazy emotions and that. Volatility that you have when you're young boy particularly that's kind of those wild swings from region energy choose sadness and fear and does that really really well. Ironically I think I lights. The period before we get to the island to better than any of the stuff that happens on the island. I don't know why that is I think it's all true or -- I was emotionally swept away by some of that interactions he has his long in the beginning and when we get to that. It's it's a very dark film it's a very dark cool. Good place that is set and he's wish I had felt a little Laura. --"
" Yeah I IA I made greedy. Was a lot of what you said I I kind of feel like. I didn't see anything that was different and Israel are -- I'm -- there wasn't and me there was. Just like walked out of the movie feeling exactly how I felt about the -- before I walked into the movie that's true as far as how much of it I've seen an and I don't think that's. Just because I've seen so much I think it's because they're saying that and had said he he feared was. That the trailer basically explains all of what happens in the movie as far as the emotional there's there's nothing. There's no emotional state that is any different than an emotional state to -- and trailers that sort of like. You know it is gorgeous it's it's a joy to see this book that I loved as a child. Represented in in film in the way they did it was. Spectacular. You know and and there's a lot to love about the movie it's just that it almost feels like. I went inside short film. And and I walked out I was a browser that cold twenty minute sound is just was this was unarmed fifteen minutes and in there wasn't any thing them. It's a scene like there was saying marry you -- Indian."
" I heard both you guys. And I gorgeous. I ninth two. Enjoyed the new openings sequences much more and ends and reality much more than the fantastical stuff. Mom and it. -- There was so many things especially in opening sequence that reminded me. Of the emotions that I had it -- I've only had as a child that I never had since then that I've completely forgotten about."
" I tell you when -- quick things -- I got choked up at the beginning."
" Because his long does what you said your mom did which is a write down his -- half and I got choked up thinking on your child."
" Yeah that was pretty special and then there are many many and even in that sequence there was a shot."
" From under the table looking up at the mom and that was like oh yeah. When -- when you're when I'm used to always hide a little nooks and crannies and everything was looking up. Now doing just getting my mind I was at home sheep like. And that feeling of joy of getting that other kids that they would you enact going wrong like -- I -- older siblings in resonate in need in a way with me -- and then I had never would have expected. Com and I also want to say that. Usually. In -- this movie in the hands of any other great filmmaker are -- Tim Burton and -- hey Terry Gilliam we would've seen. Germany is expression and stick a wonderful production design trying to think about Sleepy Hollow. For instance in the hollow it's gorgeous -- it has that -- style is designed -- In here it's just the forest it's a very Monday Wade's. -- if you don't even more. Special and and modern because we had these are good Spike Jones -- it to create that. Wonderfully minimal cinema time naturalistic cinematographer and -- and practice I'm just a little bit out of specialness and those creatures and once in awhile some weird structures on and I thought that was really all an incredible achievement but I was really bored. And a very important it's it's really look. Ten number dust out."
" War ribs. Others who totally rad show. Where in the wild things. Our. It's based online at. Game extremely popular prolific. And possibly multi award winning now and as soon enough. Children's illustrated novel by Maurice Sendak that. On I think homes everyone reads in there. -- growing up my things required reading it's like. It's like To Kill a Mockingbird for her pretend that we've got the that's not instant kill a mockingbird -- com. And it's -- it's systematically and very new movie is is written in written co written by it Spike Jones indeed -- here is to do is also in a prolific writers and right heartbreaking work of staggering genius. We're we brought him up. I act with that that he was being played for a -- I mean go. Com and it's five cents or acts that sound. Being done now that adaptation. Long movie that was an introduction for awhile I think."
" When you actually walked into Cheney years ago there was a it's gallery. That is happening on on glossy and again I had I just stumbled and it was all production stills from where the wild things are -- and the hand drawn. Design news and stuff consumer data into dozens --"
" Yeah and importantly problematic. I -- supposed to come out in 2000 in this was not here chewing out. -- and it went from one city go to another. So one -- and I don't know where I started out on but yes apparently -- a lot of issues with earlier cuts into adult to child like thing anyway. It's about a young. Young man that actor's name is max records this is named max it -- yeah I am I'm back on so young max. Runs away from home. -- and much alike got Alice in wonderland or was revised winds up in this. Fantasy fantasy world and hounded by. -- creatures created by Jean -- for our younger viewers. On which is crazy that I think that they might not know so. Jim Henson is behind the movie is easy Syria and Anderson not changing its company right. And reasons not aligned with us. -- yes yes. But they are behind the markets. Movies and TV show and Sesame Street Sesame Street fragile rock which these are burying these creatures are very similar to those. Big things that. Armenia you haven't mentioned any of the other more realistic puppetry projects that they've been associated with over time. Which what -- preceding days they were sort of go to guys to create creatures that you couldn't black friends that I believe in job. I mean that's the kind right right. Didn't matter is that I just -- what I was just thinking it's aesthetically. That these thing's fallen in seamless and I think that we grew up went. Like primal primal rock you can more in the other the other stuff and it wow there's a whole group of kids in struggling his book but never who have put -- Henderson stuff now I think I mean there aren't that color okay. No it's anything that let's talk about the movie shall we yes. So jacked this around you mention a comic con and yeah didn't miss over all other things was nothing your -- most excited for gas now you've seen it -- I have."
" When the president canyon -- and better and why Vietnam. Impossibly high expectations for this film and there's a lot like I I like the movie they didn't achieve the greatness that I hoped for. With with all I had invested into me in the scenes we -- com economy this has something to do the fact that I saw so much of it before I saw. But I did. It just didn't achieve them. -- fellows that I. Expectant. -- there's a lot of wonderful things about. Being cut their kid being a child. A lot of wonderful. Moments. Of of vulnerability. Which you don't often find indie films and it captures that sense of of all those crazy emotions and that. Volatility that you have when you're young boy particularly that's kind of those wild swings from region energy choose sadness and fear and does that really really well. Ironically I think I lights. The period before we get to the island to better than any of the stuff that happens on the island. I don't know why that is I think it's all true or -- I was emotionally swept away by some of that interactions he has his long in the beginning and when we get to that. It's it's a very dark film it's a very dark cool. Good place that is set and he's wish I had felt a little Laura. --"
" Yeah I IA I made greedy. Was a lot of what you said I I kind of feel like. I didn't see anything that was different and Israel are -- I'm -- there wasn't and me there was. Just like walked out of the movie feeling exactly how I felt about the -- before I walked into the movie that's true as far as how much of it I've seen an and I don't think that's. Just because I've seen so much I think it's because they're saying that and had said he he feared was. That the trailer basically explains all of what happens in the movie as far as the emotional there's there's nothing. There's no emotional state that is any different than an emotional state to -- and trailers that sort of like. You know it is gorgeous it's it's a joy to see this book that I loved as a child. Represented in in film in the way they did it was. Spectacular. You know and and there's a lot to love about the movie it's just that it almost feels like. I went inside short film. And and I walked out I was a browser that cold twenty minute sound is just was this was unarmed fifteen minutes and in there wasn't any thing them. It's a scene like there was saying marry you -- Indian."
" I heard both you guys. And I gorgeous. I ninth two. Enjoyed the new openings sequences much more and ends and reality much more than the fantastical stuff. Mom and it. -- There was so many things especially in opening sequence that reminded me. Of the emotions that I had it -- I've only had as a child that I never had since then that I've completely forgotten about."
" I tell you when -- quick things -- I got choked up at the beginning."
" Because his long does what you said your mom did which is a write down his -- half and I got choked up thinking on your child."
" Yeah that was pretty special and then there are many many and even in that sequence there was a shot."
" From under the table looking up at the mom and that was like oh yeah. When -- when you're when I'm used to always hide a little nooks and crannies and everything was looking up. Now doing just getting my mind I was at home sheep like. And that feeling of joy of getting that other kids that they would you enact going wrong like -- I -- older siblings in resonate in need in a way with me -- and then I had never would have expected. Com and I also want to say that. Usually. In -- this movie in the hands of any other great filmmaker are -- Tim Burton and -- hey Terry Gilliam we would've seen. Germany is expression and stick a wonderful production design trying to think about Sleepy Hollow. For instance in the hollow it's gorgeous -- it has that -- style is designed -- In here it's just the forest it's a very Monday Wade's. -- if you don't even more. Special and and modern because we had these are good Spike Jones -- it to create that. Wonderfully minimal cinema time naturalistic cinematographer and -- and practice I'm just a little bit out of specialness and those creatures and once in awhile some weird structures on and I thought that was really all an incredible achievement but I was really bored. And a very important it's it's really look. Ten number dust out."






