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March 23, 2009

First official photos from Spike Jonez's Where The Wild Things Are

I've been following this movie for quite some time. From reshoots due to the child playing Max not being likable enough to the first look of what the monsters will look like. Now thanks to USA Today and Firstshowing.net we have the first official photos from the film.

I am very happy with the way the monsters look. Cuddly yet scary at the same time. Also the CGI looks very realistic. I am pretty sure that just the faces and some other parts are CGI but the bodies are costumes.

As for the feel of the film Jonze says, "I never thought of it as a children's movie. My intention was to be true to how it felt to be 9 years old. Maurice's whole thing is to be honest. You can say anything to kids as long as you are respectful and not pandering." I am very pleased with the fact that he is sticking to the perspective that is Where the Wild Things Are. A kid in a place with big monsters who want him to be king and stay there forever. So it seems that this movie will be loved by both kids and adults alike. The movie will be out on October 16th. I couldn't be more happier with the way it looks. Check out these photos and tell me what you think.






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3 comments:

upfor review said...

pix look just the way i think it should! I was really excited to first hear they were adapting the book to screenplay... seriously would have never imagined but i am so glad jonez did

Alex R. Cronk-Young said...

Looks awesome. I just don't know how they are going to flesh out that story into a full movie. If you put all the text from every page together its like a paragraph long.

Dan W Manhattan Ph.D said...

Yea I'm wondering the same thing. But I feel like there is a lot provided by the small story given to make it a full length. Apparently a full trailer will be put infront of the new Monsters vs Aliens 3d movie.

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