Comments on: Assistant Editor on Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are Says Everything is Cool

By: morty

morty — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:09:55 +0000

I am a big fan of WB- a company not afraid to turn its reigns over to Kubrick. When I see the WB logo at the beginning of a movie I sometimes get a bit excited b/c I feel they can be risk takers and if they were good enough for Kubrick…

Spike Jonze, like Kubrick, is someonen a bit unorthodox who WB just needs to trust. They KNEW they were going to get something uniquie and exciting with Spike which is why they hired him instead of the hack who did The Cat In The Hat.

So it is not “appropriate for kids.” The book is a classic and b/c of that it will draw an older audience like myself (34) in addition to Jonze fans, teenagers, the audience who watched Being John Malcovich & fans of (possibly dark) fantasy movies- Pans Labrynth, Harry Potter, LOTR. There will definiatly be an enthusiatic audience but it may not be the same audience who went to Cat In The Hat or Alvin & The Chipmunks.

I would venture to say the publicity alone for being wierd & unusual and completely different will be moe valuable than the kindergarten-elementary school audience.

By: Kim Flores

Kim Flores — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:33:15 +0000

if warner bros fuck this up, I hope they know what they have coming to them, Im not gonna just sit here, it makes me so angry, that must mean that its important.

Tell me if there is anything I can do.

Spike, if your out there, anyone from the production, if your out there,
Please get in touch, please make this happen

By: Spike Jonze fan1

Spike Jonze fan1 — Fri, 02 May 2008 02:11:18 +0000

Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers are two of the most creative, most talented artists working today. I’m sure the film is brilliant. Sure, it may be a little dark for the kids. But please release it!

By: Christopher Edwards

Christopher Edwards — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:58:56 +0000

In Empire Magazine they have done a article about this and have said that they are just doing some re shoots and that it has took so long because of the writers strike.

By: orange cinema

orange cinema — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:11:37 +0000

I hope jonze doesnt have to compromise one frame of his vision for this film.

By: Captain Awesome

Captain Awesome — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:55:21 +0000

I really hope the film is “as is” in tersm of Jonzes’ final say. Studios need to learn not to fuck with people who are great at their craft.

And it’s apparent Jonze respects the material here.

By: The Dude

The Dude — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:40:42 +0000

“…thereâ€™s a complicated birthing process.”

Yah, the tube is wrapped around the babies neck and theres a knife stuck in its head… and Warner Bros finger prints are all over the handle.

By: jonny

jonny — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:35:22 +0000

Did you just call me fat?

By: Ghost

Ghost — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:11:17 +0000

Hey just cause I wear a tight SW tee doesn’t mean I’m a fat ass like the majority of fanboys out there!!! =P

By: bryan

bryan — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:43:25 +0000

I don’t know, I did not see him confirm anything about this still being a Spike Jonze film. Maybe I have an irrational attachment to wanting people to speak in definite terms, but what he said was that “Theyâ€™ve gone on hiatus to shoot a couple things and write some stuff…” How does that put to rest the rumors of re-writes and re-shoots, being that re-writes and re-shoots are exactly what he described?

By: Steelo

Steelo — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:37:19 +0000

well that’s cool