Wild Things

28 Jul

Every times I watch the trailer for the forthcoming Where the Wild Things Are movie, I get chills. And watching the just-released featurette gives them to me, too. I get a little welled up. I think this is because the movie (from these two brief looks at it) seems as though it will capture the deepest heart of the book: the uncertainties, the desire to let our inner selves–our Wild Things–out, and to find the place where that Wild Thing belongs.

My favorite part of the featurette? That Maurice Sendak told Spike Jonze that the movie should be dangerous, because kids deserve it–they can’t be talked down to.

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3 Responses to “Wild Things”

  1. Rebecca J. Carlson July 28, 2009 at 1:41 pm #

    This trailer had me in tears. Inside all of us is hope, inside all of us is fear… that's the essence of story.

  2. Angiegirl July 31, 2009 at 12:17 am #

    I had the same exact reaction. I'm so excited to see it.

  3. David Macinnis Gill July 31, 2009 at 5:50 pm #

    You guys watch it first, then tell me if it would crush my inner child to see it.

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