Posts Tagged ‘where the wild things are’
Sunday, October 18th, 2009
Where the Wild Things Are
To fully understand the depth of Where The Wild Things Are, it’s important to know the history behind it. Over the last few years I found myself angered to hear what was happening with the movie and thought I would share that with you now before the review. Spike Jonze stepped up with a vision, something different – and people and the studios decide to take turns pissing on it, development hell is another way to sum things up. Where the Wild Things Are started its development life in the early 1980s, originally to be an animated feature by Disney that would have blended traditionally animated characters with computer-generated settings. You can see cut of that here.
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Tags: maurice sendak, max records, movie review, review, spike jonze, where the wild things are
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Saturday, October 10th, 2009
It feels like real too! (click to up-size)
Brought to you by: The Spytech Periscope
I think the last time I spoke of one of my brothers not letting me play with their toys was a board game, this time it’s gadget. I can’t say for sure how many times I was the one being spied on in the house (we were all pretty good at it) but whenever I got my hands on this spy tech device…I couldn’t even open the damn thing! Stiff and weird to handle; it really was made for the Soviets, this I am sure. Check out this commercial and see for yourself. Ninja vanish!
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Tags: angry video game nerd, ghostbusters, lovely bones, mike tyson, richard pryor, texas chainsaw massacre, Today's Links, where the wild things are
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
"It's very short notice. There's my pussy to consider."
Brought to you by: Mrs. Betty Slocombe
What a perverted old woman. Thanks to my parents TV programming I was forced to watch Are You Being Served for a good part of my life. It was actually very funny at times thanks to this lady and her double entendres. Mrs. Slocombe has two main gags: first off, as a cat lover, she consistently talks about Tiddles, her bundle of fluff, but this causes quite a few problems in that Betty insists on referring to her cat as her pussy. Played by actress Mollie Sugden (sadly passed away this year), her mannerisms, facial expressions, and her accent which shifts from upper-class to Scouse at random, all make Mrs. Slocombe one of the most ludicrously funny characters on television. Best of after the jump.
- Disney Announces The Cheapest Muppet Movie Ever Made [/Film]
- New Wild Things Character Banners [Empire]
- Disney Confirms Robert Zemeckis’ 3D Yellow Submarine [BBC]
- The making of The Shining [YouTube]
- Antichrist – Official Trailer [YouTube]
- Michael Jackson’s This Is It 2009 Movie Trailer [MySpace]
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Tags: antichrist, are you being served, Michael Jackson, the cheapest muppet movie ever made, the shining, this is it, Today's Links, where the wild things are, yellow submarine
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
it's chocolate, it's mint, it's delicious!
Brought to you by: Junior Mints
Over 15 million Junior Mints are produced daily. You’re welcome. If you don’t know; Junior Mints are a candy consisting of small rounds of mint filling inside a dark chocolate coating. It’s pretty much the only thing that should be allowed anywhere near a movie theater. When the pigs are at the troff scarfing down popcorn and pizza during a movie; I find solace in the fact that I am a better person for eating Jr’s. They’re soft, chewy make no sound; unless you count the multiple orgasms that will ensue once you get to about the 3rd one. Enjoy.
- BOONDOCK SAINTS 2 is coming out of left field and into theaters this October. [Cinematical]
- New WHERE THE WILDS THINGS ARE footage, creepy. [filmdrunk]
- THE GREEN HORNET has started shooting, Seth Rogen no longer typecast? [geektyrant]
- The only time I will ever type BIG MOMMA’S HOUSE 3. (sorry) [getthebigpicture]
- The “10 coolest Movie Gangs” is just what it says. [total film]
- A couple new shots from Rob Marshall’s NINE, very cool. [getthebigpicture]
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Tags: boondock saints 2, green hornet, nine, seth rogen, toda, Today's Links, where the wild things are
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Thursday, August 6th, 2009
The new movie trailer for
Where the Wild Things Are is now online, embedded after the break so you can jump down and find out for yourself. Chills is all I can say, easily my most anticipated movie for the year. Spike Jonze is one of the most talented and inventive directors working today, he will do us proud. FYI: The reason that Wild Thing sounds like Tony Soprano…it’s
Tony Soprano.
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Easily one of the best presentations at this year’s Comic-Con was Where The Wild Things Are. I can’t really express how much I am pumped for this film anymore, or I’ll sound like an asshole (more so). A new featurette about the movie, which features an interview with original author Maurice Sendak, traces some of the book’s story and how he’s been closely working with Spike Jonze to bring it to life. Sendak clearly has as much of a boner as most people do for this movie, check it out below. Also: Trailer
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Out of most of the event at Comic-con this year, I kept going back to three major developments. A Nightmare on Elm Street, now don’t get me wrong – I don’t think this reboot/remake/re-imagination was necessary, but from what I have heard from production excerpts, they seem to be doing things right. Now I saw what they did with Friday The 13th first hand opening weekend; and I was pissed. Don’t do it to me again Bay. Where the Wild Things Are, this is looking to be a best movie of the year contender, everything I want from a movie. This flick is going to touch me all over I just know it. And finally…leave it to crazy Gary Oldman to open his mouth and potentially give out some Batman 3 news that he was not supposed to.
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Tags: a nightmare on elm street, batman 3, comic-con, where the wild things are
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Where the Wild Things Are is an upcoming film by Spike Jonze baed on the Maurice Sendak children’s book of the same name. The trailer will be here on the 27th says CHUD.
The film will combine live action, suitmation, animatronics and CGI. Its release is currently scheduled for October 16, 2009. The seven creatures will be actors in up to nine-foot-tall suits made of foam, although it is expected that their faces will be computer-generated. This is just the way Spike wanted it and is how he is going to get it. Great.
I need an adult!
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