I have been feeling a little down this afternoon, so rather than blog something new I thought that I would share something that has cheered me up a little bit: the trailer for the film adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are. Enjoy.
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Where the Wild Things Are
Category: Movies
Posted on: July 17, 2009 4:01 PM, by Brian Switek
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New trailer, I see. Still don't know how a 16-page book is going to translate into a 90+ minute film.
Posted by: Zach Miller | July 17, 2009 5:07 PM
Yeah, but I still want to see it.
Let the wild rumpus start!
Posted by: 01jack | July 17, 2009 5:58 PM
Hulu doesn't work outside the US :(
Posted by: Rosel | July 18, 2009 7:06 AM
Sorry, Rosel. I picked Hulu because the resolution was much better, but you can still find it on YouTube here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NOkQ4dYVaM
Posted by: Laelaps | July 18, 2009 8:13 AM
No problem Brian.
Posted by: Rosel | July 18, 2009 9:22 AM
I couldn't see the trailer here but just wanted to say I hope the mood passes and you're feeling better soon.
Posted by: Lilian Nattel | July 18, 2009 11:21 AM
New trailer, I see. Still don't know how a 16-page book is going to translate into a 90+ minute film.
There's a gripping, 72 minute “and grew” scene.
By the way, I'm working on a film adaptation of Brown Bear.
Posted by: José | July 19, 2009 3:36 AM
I never did read the book when I was little, so unfortunately, I'm really ambivalent about this movie.
However, I would be eager to see what a film adaptation of The Very Hungry Caterpillar would be like.
BTW, is it possible to ban the user "sikiş" from this and other Scienceblogs sites? This spambot and its ilk does nothing but copy and paste chunks from other people's comments and link to some porn site.
Posted by: Hai~Ren | July 19, 2009 7:22 AM
I saw that trailer! I definitely want to see it. And better to convert a 16 page book to a 90 minute movie than try and make a 700 page book into a 2 hour movie (*cough cough Harry Potter missed EVERYTHING with the Half-Blood Prince cough cough*)
Posted by: Scicurious | July 20, 2009 10:40 AM