Where the Wild Things Are...

MrNightly
MrNightly Posts: 3,370
edited April 2010 in Music & Movies
http://www.new.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=59690936233&h=xgJqp&u=63Kfc

Hmmm... could be a good one :D
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited March 2009
    http://wherethewildthingsare.warnerbros.com/

    Website... I didn't realize it was a remake... should have known? :D
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited March 2010
    Really a good movie.

    The Blu-Ray is spectacular. Some demo quality scenes for audio on this one for sure. When Max is sailing into shore and the tree falling where very cool. PQ is top notch as well. I'd rate the audio and video 5/5.

    It's not exactly a kids movie, either.

    Worth the rental.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited March 2010
    I loved the movie and thought tony soprano guy did great on the voice over
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited March 2010
    I was bored stiff. Took my daughter to the theater to see it, she was 12 a the time and had read the book many times. She was bored too. Neither of us liked it.
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  • muncybob
    muncybob Posts: 3,064
    edited April 2010
    Popped it into the dvd player last night and fell asleep to it! I wanted to like it but just could not get into it.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited April 2010
    Ron-P wrote: »
    I was bored stiff. Took my daughter to the theater to see it, she was 12 a the time and had read the book many times. She was bored too. Neither of us liked it.

    Must mean it's a masterpiece. ;)
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited April 2010
    Yeah... not very good. Visually striking, but soooooo boring! I plodded through the whole thing out of obligation.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited April 2010
    What Ron-P said....
    Testing
    Testing
    Testing
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  • Uilleann
    Uilleann Posts: 159
    edited April 2010
    I never pictured in my youthful mind's eye, that Max was ANYTHING like he was portrayed in the film. I was left feeling confused, disturbed and depressed by the movie. The book never did that to me.

    I really wanted it to be great (the movie). And I felt is just wasn't.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited April 2010
    Demiurge wrote: »
    Must mean it's a masterpiece. ;)

    hmmm, sure about that?
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited April 2010
    Ron-P wrote: »
    hmmm, sure about that?

    I could give two rips what critics have to say, but among 2 of the major movie sites on the internet both critics and viewers alike give the movie high marks. I think it's 7.4/10 on IMDB at last glance and 75% Fresh at RT. That's well above average.

    That aside, I believe a lot of people simply didn't get the movie because they had preconceived notions of what it was going to be going in. Such a raw look at growing up and really not at all unlike the book. In fact, the writer was very pleased with how the movie came out. It was not a kids movie. It was a movie for adults to get an honest look into the life of this particular kid without all the fluff.

    People are left to draw their own interpretations from both works, and I say it was brilliant. I'm clearly not alone in that view, but I guess I am here.

    Kind of surprised, too, given how great the PQ is and the demo quality SQ in several scenes.
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited April 2010
    I will have to give it a rent now... I have never read the book, so it will all be fresh and new for me. Look forward to it.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited April 2010
    MrNightly wrote: »
    I will have to give it a rent now... I have never read the book, so it will all be fresh and new for me. Look forward to it.

    I'll just say one thing...it's not an action/adventure flick as much as it's the story and correlation between the characters in Max's life and the characters in Max's mind.

    Hope you like it.
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  • Uilleann
    Uilleann Posts: 159
    edited April 2010
    Max needs to be medicated in this movie. HEAVILY. It's kinda sad really. And no, nothing like the book.

    I wonder what Freud would have had to say about this movie, the director and his mother...
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited April 2010
    I thought it was a borderline *yawn* pretty strange story. I wouldn't watch it twice.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited April 2010
    muncybob wrote:
    Popped it into the dvd player last night and fell asleep to it! I wanted to like it but just could not get into it.

    I fell asleep as well...then I woke up and watched the rest of it. I should have finished the nap instead.

    Seriously...I don't get where all the accolades come from. Boring...not that innovative...definitely not a movie I would rate highly. Not terrible...just not that great IMO.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,838
    edited April 2010
    gawwwwd ...... this ......... movie ....... ranked ........ right ..... up there ......... with ....... the boredom of ...... "The French Lieutenant's Woman" and ......... with the mind-numbing .......... depression ..... of ....... "Mrs. Doubtfire".

    Barely made it through 20 minutes of Wild Things before hitting the "Eject" button and barely suppressing the compulsion to set the furniture on fire.

    Other than that, it was one heck of a movie !!! :rolleyes:
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