Cool. A visually stunning clip from Where the Wild Things Are. This adaptation of the greatest ever children's book is by Dave Eggers.
Looks pretty naff. Maybe that's why there are rumours that Warner Bros are considering reshooting the entire movie without writer Dave Eggers or director Spike Jonze.
Posted by: Pearce at February 24, 2008 12:18 PMI think it looks awesome, visually.
The script didn't convince me. When the proper voice actor is in place for the monster it might work better, though.
Posted by: morgue at February 24, 2008 12:37 PMI can't work out if you're taking the piss. To me, it looks like one of the monsters from Labyrinth wandering around in a field.
Posted by: Pearce at February 24, 2008 12:49 PMDigging further: your "aweseome, visually" clip is just a test run, according to Spike Jonze:
"that was a very early test with the sole purpose of just getting some footage to Ben our vfx (visual effects) supervisor to see if our vfx plan for the faces would work. The clip doesn’t look or feel anything like the movie, the Wild Thing suit is a very early cringy prototype, and the boy is a friend of ours Griffin who we had used in a Yeah Yeah Yeahs video we shot a few weeks before. We love him, but he is not in the actually film…Oh and that is not a wolf suit, its a lamb suit we bought on the internet. Talk to you later…"
http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/02/19/spike-jonze-responds-to-where-the-wild-things-are-video-clip/
Posted by: Pearce at February 24, 2008 12:55 PMI'm not taking the piss, seriously.
I figured it for a test run to some extent. But I genuinely dig the visual vibe of this clip. Including the big clumping Labyrinth suit.
Posted by: morgue at February 24, 2008 1:35 PMThe script doesn't do it for me but most of all I really want the wild thing's tail to be expressive of its mood.
Posted by: RUTH at February 26, 2008 7:17 AM