Comments on: Clip From Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are…But Is It Real?

By: MM

MM — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:13:32 +0000

I found this thread because I Googled the Chef Boyardee commercial thinking that Spike had something to do with it. I am a BMX rider and knew Spike in his BMX days (mid-80’s) and if you notice in that commerical there is a spinning mag wheel on the bike. That wheel is a pretty iconic piece of BMX history and hasn’t been produced since around 1980 - not something you just see laying around anymore. Definitely not found a department store bike that might be randomly chosen for a commercial. That with the Where the Wild Things Are looking monster makes me suspect a shout out from Spike or an associate. John Malkovich living in apartment 43 was no accident. Can’t wait to see Spike’s latest creation and yeah, make it adult-worthy for sure!

By: studentkeygr

studentkeygr — Sun, 18 May 2008 01:23:57 +0000

height. natural And grapes, scissors are all a scientist. become things. could reach. even attempt. huge tree

By: leo

leo — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:29:38 +0000

if it’s a fake, and it’s not a scene in the book, please put it up again, warners cant do anything.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:04:56 +0000

It’s definitely Benicio Del Toro as Carol. You can hear his accent.

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Where The Wild Things Are - Spike Jonze! - Page 2 - Gigposters.com — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:52:33 +0000

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By: Much Ado about Wild Things « educating alice

Much Ado about Wild Things « educating alice — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:23:49 +0000

[...] is on the verge of being reshot as well as to this post which includes the following response to an early screen test: â€œAnd some kids at my screening began to cry and asked their parents to leave, so that should give [...]

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:30:21 +0000

This was a screen test shot in June 2005 in Griffth Park. The two actors are Sean Penn as Karol and Griffin Armstorff as Max. It was shot by Spike Jonze. The scene was all improv by both actors.

By: sarah

sarah — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:59:45 +0000

that clip was a test clip wayback in 2005. haven’t seen the real clip and would like to see it.

By: Ann Lee

Ann Lee — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:37:27 +0000

I’m saying this is probably a clip that someone was editing the movie (Lack of music, voices aren’t ditgalzied,etc), and was told by the studio that this needed to be clip, and the editor sent it to a friend, who sent it to a friend, repeat 500 times.
If they do re-shoot the entire film, someone save this to your desktop cause in 10 years, Warner when asked about this cut will be ‘What Spike Jonze cut’
I’m gonna keep repeating the line ‘Robots are the best…’
I think this film will also ask like, ‘Where the imagination of our youth gone???’

By: Rumpelstiltskin

Rumpelstiltskin — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:59:20 +0000

Uhh, Hunter Stephenson, it’s pretty obvious that Jaywalker knows you didn’t call him a dick. His entire reply is clearly aimed at T. Hunter who addressed him above you. Now, pay attention, this is important: Note Jaywalker’s mention of the Chef Boyardee clip. Did you mention this? No, T. Hunter mentioned this. You know this. Jaywalker also knows this. It just irritates me that you completely fumbled the proverbial ball not once, but twice– first by incorrectly replying to Jay as if he was the one who gave the link to the Chef Boyardee clip (that would be T. Hunter), then moments later AGAIN by simultaneously having the mental dexterity to aknowledge the presence of the ‘other’ Hunter (T. Hunter), yet failing to process that perhaps Jay was responding to him/her rather than yourself (which he was). I dunno–I’m just utterly boggled at how one could slip up and get confused over something so utterly simply. It literally angers me, despite my not knowing anything about you. Indeed, what a horrible asshat you became during the fleeting moments in which you wrote that unneccessary explanatory bit to Jaywalker at the end of your last reply regarding how it wan’t you who called him a dick. Well, no shit Sherlock. Appy polly loggies–I just felt this was something that really, really needed to be aknowledged in an awkwardly lengthy paragraph. Kudos for posting this clip, as it is bizarre but in a favorable way.

By: kviii

kviii — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:20:26 +0000

If the problem is that the Max isn’t the same that everybody is claiming - less chubby, I think I’ve read - then that can also be explained by the screen test. The observatory as well. If they were testing the look of the costumes/FX, it could have been done well before actual production, with the use of anonymous extras/children/monsters just to get the feel of things. Likewise for location - they probably just needed woods.

I’m not sure about the clip proper, but I’m reasonably certain that this has potential to be something pretty great. Just because it’s Jonze, though.

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Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:05:19 +0000

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By: eisnein

eisnein — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:39:04 +0000

soo——

anyone think this is oddly close to a jackass gag? hit me as hard as you can?

also as for the observatory and the dialogue- there are a lot of CGI fx that we dont usually think of which can involve removing small features such as background details like that. as for dialogue- alot of times films requiring “looping” sessions in which actors can substitute in their voices for clearer dialogue- like in a club or in a noisy street. that and if its a test it prob didnt0 go through a proper mix.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:52:31 +0000

all real/fake arguments aside.. this video made my heart explode (in a good way)

By: reezy

reezy — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:07:24 +0000

i don’t think that’s beck’s ‘jackass’ it sounds more like the original song he sampled which was van morrison ‘it’s all over now baby blue’.

By: Hunter Stephenson

Hunter Stephenson — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:57:45 +0000

@ jaywalker

I watched the YouTube clip. I don’t see the conec b/t that commercial and the WTWTA clip above.

Right, everything you’ve just said aligns with what’s been reported from the test screenings and inside reports thus far. And…

Never called you a dick. “T Hunter” is not me, and I have no idea who the person is.

By: i_like_movies_more_than_films

i_like_movies_more_than_films — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:45:55 +0000

i think when ppl said “screen test” they meant it differently than when they screen films for audiences to gauge their reaction. this looks like it’s simply a proof-of-concept fx segment to see if the fx are acceptable to director/studio/stake holders…

hey jaywalker, where did you read about the backstory of how jonze filmed the movie? sounds really interesting. mocap and other tracking methodologies would have made it infinitely easier, but fx technology is getting so good i think digital shops would be able to find some points on the puppet to track for movement and lighting… probably comes down to a question of cost and the project going over budget. ILM was able to create all those under sea pirate effects by mainly tracking eyes in the actors so having the actual puppets there should provide something trackable. I didn’t have a problem with the effects to be honest (might take that back if i saw a theatrical resolution version). what seems to be tripping up the fx shops (IMO) might be the exact balance between realism and surrealism due to the fact that the monster’s head and facial anatomy don’t lend themselves to much realism. oh well.

By: jaywalker

jaywalker — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:28:26 +0000

Chef Boyardee??? Hunter, please tell me you’re kidding.

Look, all insults aside, Jonze made the decision to shoot everything live action save for the faces and the word on the street is that may not have been the best way to go. It’s rumored that the studio called in vfx designers from ILM, Weta, etc. and everyone said the same thing - why didn’t you do the creatures all cg to begin with?

Turns out that it’s much more difficult than Jonze or his vfx designer/supervisor anticipated. Remember, they didn’t do MOCAP, this was all live action with the idea of replacing the faces on the creatures in post. This sounds simple enough but in fact, is not. It’s incredibly time consuming and expensive as you gotta create multiple photorealistic cg faces with Gollum like emotion / expression before the grunts can even begin to composite, track and rotoscope the faces, all the while matching the natural lighting conditions the creatures were shot in. The last time something close to this was done, they gave the guy a bunch of Oscars (LOTR) so you know it’s no easy task.

All the tests (like the one we’re arguing) thus far have been rejected by Jonze and the studio and I imagine we’re seeing this latest clip as a way to gauge the temperature of the fanboy body. I’ll bet a burger they shot this scene well after the fact, perhaps recently, making it just “off” enough that should it be rejected by geekdom, they can simply deny ownership. Just a theory…

Anyway, Jonze is Jonze and it may take more work than expected but if anyone can come out of this looking like a genius, it’s him.

And yes Hunter, I am a dick.

By: Controversy Report: Where the Wild Things Are Video Clip « 100 Scope Notes

Controversy Report: Where the Wild Things Are Video Clip « 100 Scope Notes — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:10:21 +0000

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By: Hunter Stephenson

Hunter Stephenson — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:03:43 +0000

If I did my homework? Do you not see where I mention those very test screenings above and the film’s release delay until 2009 due to unfinished CGI?

As of right now, the clip still hasn’t been officially confirmed and at the time we received it (Saturday night), nobody on the Nets knew if it was real or not. The child actor in the clip is not the same actor in the movie, and the voice work is still being nitpicked (Sean Penn? Del Toro? Random stoner?) Even Moriarity at AICN, who has seen the entire movie, called the clip “odd.”

But yeah, it now appears to be a strange bit of test footage for Jonze’s flick. Like I said before, if it was fake, who could pull it off? I thought it was connected to the film from the get-go, as did Peter, even when many had serious doubts.

And no, I’m not so serious.