Will it? They haven't gotten one right yet.

This trailer looks like a parody.

...wait until they get to the movie adaptation of The Monster at the End of This Book.

i loved The Monster At The End of This Book,
however, i don't think that grover, your furry lovable blue friend, would really contribute much to a feature-length film..

i DO think that this looks like a really great movie and, despite all the critics at the bottom of this page citing the fact that there were really only about two full pages worth of text to the original story, which is true, i do believe that sendak's pictures said a lot more than words could have... it looks like the co-authors have done a good job really going into the bigger picture of what was happening in max's life to make him feel the need to retreat into an imaginary life away from his problems. i can't wait to see it!

Shit, you're right.

One star.


......


Aaaah, hell. Maybe he can choke off his bilious torrent of bullshit for once. Five stars for trailer.

amen. i bow not to the hipster god eggers, i bow to sendak and jonze.

Physical body suits, CGI faces.

Sendek was regularly consulted throughout the writing process and personally sought out Jonze to make the adaptation.

Yeah you fuck

Then Sendak is fucking insane. Sorry to go against the cool kiddy clique.

Sorry that you are fullbore into the retarded conceit that a hipster is anyone younger than you that doesn't suck.

Yes, this movie is totally going to cut down the number of people who purchase the book and read it with their children. It isn't going to spur massive interest in it and give parents a way to present a book to young children that doesn't feature licensed characters.

Because the universe is an illusion created out of whole cloth from your mind and you are a fucking idiot.

I'm a big fan of your work, Sean, but did someone shit in your cereal this morning or what?

Yes. I shat in Sean's cereal. It was a delicious shit.

duckofdeath is also a fucking retard.

What do you expect, he got his name from Unforgiven.

I am in a great mood! Renowned film director Spike Jonze has released a fantastic trailer for his adaptation of the beloved children's book, "Where the Wild Things Are."

This is one of the better Arcade Fire songs and maybe my existence will be a long occasionally depressing time enlivened by the magical episode in which you get sick and die.

I may get sick and die, but at least I don't like some indie canadian beardo band.

Me and Bruce Springsteen agree: Arcade Fire are a solid seven out of ten band and no one is going to attend your funeral.

THAT'S RIGHT, MAX!

Having liked Jonze's other stuff, and liked the look of this preview, I'm optimistic.

That said...

I just spent 12 hours reading a Middle-English rhetorical manual, Georgian-era novels and browsing through the Hypnerotomachia Polyphilii.

All of that was less work than wading through your caps-lock ejaculation.

Thank God everything I write is approximately a million times more rewarding than any other piece of literature the world has ever produced.

Also, and this is important because you are a scholar, I didn't use the caps lock, because I felt that the effort to hold down the Shift button the whole time would be reflected in the content of the passage in question.

The rhetorical manual had something to say about that:

The cōclusion is as I haue said afore in briefe repetynge of the
effecte of our reasons & in mouynge the Iudges to our purpose. The accuser to punysshe the persone accused. The defender to moue hym to pity.

I am not mouyd to pity. Thine capse unto lokyd hau appyr & ye handelynge this hau shewn no cavse of uyrtve.

Translation:

The conclusion is as I have said before in brief repeating the effect of our reasons. In moving the Judges to our purpose, the accuser to punishe the person accused, the defender to move him to pity.

I am not moved to pity. Your caps locked have appeared and your handling this has shown no cause of virtue.

I truly am not seeking relief from your mistaken belief because I have committed no offense and am freer than any of God's creatures. I wanted to make the historical record clear, not my own criminal one.

Why are you making it difficult to agree with you? Were you molested by AICN talkback as an infant?

I just read this: http://www.poe-news.com/forums/sp.php?fi=ELECT04&ti=1001826704&pi= 1001826704

Use all the caps you want. I'll work my way through.

my ex had terrible spelling so chatting with him looked much like that. it is not so hard to read.

Had the same thought. Wasn't going to post it, but since you did, may as well agree.

I'm sure there's a whole movie that could be made around a kid's parents not understanding why he likes to dress up in animal costumes.

Because of how Hollywood films movies, there will be a second unit filming a sub-plot to break up the primary storyline and make the movie longer. This sub-plot will be about the kid's mother trading sex for political support with a guy who is eventually revealed to have been in Xerxes' pay the whole time.

Since it is impossible to explore and expand upon themes found within highly evocative short text pieces and since Spike Jonze and David Eggers (particularly when guided by Maurice Sendek) are renowned for mediocrity and for hating everything that they profess to love, I'm sure that the movie will largely be filled out with boring old people talking about their crazy old people feelings.

I can tell you what the plot will be just based on this trailer and the plot of the book.

Mom dies. Dad in his grief starts dating again. Kid does not appreciate this. She is no replacement for mom. Kid causes trouble at home. Kid causes trouble at school and gets into fights. Imagines himself in fantasy land when sent to his room. Imagines himself in fantasy land while in detention. Runs away, steals sailboat, almost drowns. Dad tells him he loves him. Explains he loved kid's mother. Happy ending.

Alternate plot:
Mom isn't dead. Dad and mom are just seperated. At the end, both dad and mom show up to tell the kid they love him. They get back together as a result. Happy ending.

There is no way that a movie based on a book for 5 year olds should have a happy ending. It ruins everything.

The movie is already ruined. It's about a furry. Furries ruin everything!

Only low grade, low brow atrocity tourists and folks with intense sexual disfunctions even know what furries are. This movie has nothing to do with either group.

I like to think of this site as a big atrocity tourist support group.

Go read Moriarty's interview with Spike Jonze (http://www.aintitcool.com/node/39145). This is going to be amazing.