D. Martin
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That completely disregards the story in the book that inspired it...
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That completely disregards the story in the book that inspired it...
Um story? The source material didn't give a lot to work with, but All the "plot points" from the book were there in the movie.
I think they did a brilliant job of building a story from what is essentially a picture book. Plus Maurice Sendak the author of the book was one of the producers of the movie. Would she [Edit: he
] have been involved in it if it 'completely disregarded the story in the book that inspired it...'I agree that it was a "minor masterpiece of a film."
I thought about it for days after seeing it. It was very metaphorical, and quite dark and deep.
It is similar to Alice In Wonderland in that it is about a youngster who goes to a magical land, but Alice is a pretty straightforward story that you can forget about quickly (I did love Alice as well though) whereas Wild Things really sticks with you!
Well it stuck with me anyway!
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Ugh! Being John Malkovich was the first film I worked on, so with this also being a Spike Jonze flick, I REALLY wanted to like it. Major disappointment. Couldn't have been a more depressing flick even with an irradiated Meryl Streep deciding which child to give up to stop an asteroid from crashing Wall Street.
Henson did a great job on the beasties, though they still couldn't save this somber-fest.
(And Maurice is a HE).
D. Martin
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I think it was a beautiful film, but it certainly isn't the same as the book. First and foremost, Max in the book is a frickin' monster not a fragile misunderstood kid like Spike Jonze's movie made him out to be.
All that being sad, the movie is better
All that being sad, the movie is better
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And that is probably the major reason why I don't personally consider Avatar being so award worthy as others do.
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UBER BINGO!!!
Awesome.
Awesome.
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Yeah! that was so awesome! I felt so happy for him. He was shaking. Poor fella.
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I am pleased The Hurt Locker won most of the big awards.
Although it was not the perfect movie and did have flaws, it was still the most emotional involving picture of 2009 (Well if you don't include the first and last 15mins of Up).
I loved Avatar, but there have been better blockbusters before it that have not won, like Star Wars and Empire, ET, Jaws, and Raiders to name a few.
Also I was pleased for Christoph Waltz winning too.
Although it was not the perfect movie and did have flaws, it was still the most emotional involving picture of 2009 (Well if you don't include the first and last 15mins of Up).
I loved Avatar, but there have been better blockbusters before it that have not won, like Star Wars and Empire, ET, Jaws, and Raiders to name a few.
Also I was pleased for Christoph Waltz winning too.
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Um story? The source material didn't give a lot to work with, but All the "plot points" from the book were there in the movie.
I think they did a brilliant job of building a story from what is essentially a picture book. Plus Maurice Sendak the author of the book was one of the producers of the movie. Would she have been involved in it if it 'completely disregarded the story in the book that inspired it...'
I agree that it was a "minor masterpiece of a film."
I thought about it for days after seeing it. It was very metaphorical, and quite dark and deep.
It is similar to Alice In Wonderland in that it is about a youngster who goes to a magical land, but Alice is a pretty straightforward story that you can forget about quickly (I did love Alice as well though) whereas Wild Things really sticks with you!
Well it stuck with me anyway!
I think the flaw of the movie was that you can tell that it went to the cutting room several times. Jonze wanted it to be even more darker than the end result. Jonze wanted to do something gutsy and I personally feel the Producers got in the way. And because of that I think the Academy ignored it. Which is a shame.
I really enjoy that each Wild Thing represented a part of Max's personality. I also love how it shows the truth about how a young child deals with loneliness and depression.
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I took my nephew to go see it at the request of my sister. I also started to fall asleep half way through. The only reason I didn't is because I had a 7 year old next to me and obviously one cannot fall asleep in that situation. As for my retarded comment, yes you kinda deserved it. If you want to have a conversation or speak on one comments when you quote them please insert a question or comment instead of all emoticons. LOL!
Thank you drive through. 
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Shai Your Avatar is awesome!!! Regarding the Oscar's??? I am happy with all the results.
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I'm glad Avatar lost. I just wish the cameras would have focused on Cameron's face so I could see the dejected look on his face. You just know he was half-way out of his seat, about to make his way to the stage when he heard the news, because he really thought it was his. He had conceded the director win to that woman, but wanted best picture.
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Why? He's said time and time again he wanted Kathy to win. He already had his shot. I dont think he expected Avatar to get a BP nom.
That some are even mentioning AVATAR in the same breath with those films is what annoys many of us to no end.
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