Where the Wild Things Are
The trailer is out for the new Where the Wild Things Are movie:
If you don’t know, Where the Wild Things Are is a 1963 children’s book about Max, an imaginative troublemaker that constructs his own wild world in his bedroom and becomes King of all Wild Things. In the end, he becomes lonely and homesick and travels back to the real world to find supper waiting for him.
This movie looks like it greatly expands on the story, with Max traveling back and forth between his world and the real one. It also looks like it expands on his reasons for wanting to escape, giving him more of a reason than being sent to bed without dinner.
It could just be because I’m kind of a sucker for a good, imaginative kids’ movie, and the Arcade Fire song in the trailer sure helped, but I think this looks awesome. The movie looks visually amazing as well. It’s due out in October. I’ll try to round up a crew to go see it when the movie comes out, but let’s all try to drum up some interest before then.
April 12th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Here are the lyrics to the song used in the trailer:
“Wake Up” by Arcade Fire
Somethin’ filled up
my heart with nothin’,
someone told me not to cry.
But now that I’m older,
my heart’s colder,
and I can see that it’s a lie.
Children wake up,
hold your mistake up,
before they turn the summer into dust.
If the children don’t grow up,
our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up.
We’re just a million little gods causin’ rain storms turnin’ every good thing to rust.
I guess we’ll just have to adjust.
With my lightnin’ bolts a glowin’
I can see where I am goin’ to be
when the reaper he reaches and touches my hand.
With my lightnin’ bolts a glowin’
I can see where I am goin’
With my lightnin’ bolts a glowin’
I can see where I am, go-go, where I am
You’d better look out below
April 13th, 2009 at 7:55 am
Yeah, I was pretty stoked when I stumbled across this. I absolutely adored the book as a kid, and the movie definitely appears to “expand” as you said – the imagination and creativity in the trailer gave me chills. I’m pretty psyched. And yeah, the Arcade Fire song helps, hehe.