Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

On a related note, the trailer for Spike Jonze's version of "Where the Wild Things Are" came out. The island stuff looks cool, but the added back story looks totally wrong.

Agreed. The book is a classic because it is utterly simple, and entirely innocent bit of childhood fantasy with nothing more than a tiny hint of reality. While the trailer LOOKED gorgeous, I can't imagine any way you can add a story to the book and not make it worse.