http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/10/22/where-the-wild-things-are/ Just another kitsch-ka-blogs weblog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:18:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/10/22/where-the-wild-things-are/comment-page-1/#comment-10598 Howl » Movie Monster Sat, 25 Dec 2010 21:29:33 +0000 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/10/22/where-the-wild-things-are/#comment-10598 [...] Greif, I’ve hated on (sometimes naïvely, others more presciently) those darn “rebel consumers”—the Junoids who “[adopt] the rhetoric but not the politics of [...] [...] Greif, I’ve hated on (sometimes naïvely, others more presciently) those darn “rebel consumers”—the Junoids who “[adopt] the rhetoric but not the politics of [...]

]]> http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/10/22/where-the-wild-things-are/comment-page-1/#comment-2036 Toy Story 3 » Movie Monster Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:04:40 +0000 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/10/22/where-the-wild-things-are/#comment-2036 [...] threads and stitch them into a unified whole. What separates Toy Story from The Velveteen Rabbit or Where the Wild Things Are or A. A. Milne’s stories about Winnie-the-Pooh—though not The Brave Little Toaster, a childhood [...] [...] threads and stitch them into a unified whole. What separates Toy Story from The Velveteen Rabbit or Where the Wild Things Are or A. A. Milne’s stories about Winnie-the-Pooh—though not The Brave Little Toaster, a childhood [...]

]]> http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/10/22/where-the-wild-things-are/comment-page-1/#comment-934 Alice in Wonderland » Movie Monster Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:55:56 +0000 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/10/22/where-the-wild-things-are/#comment-934 [...] something to Terry Gilliam, even if the audience felt it was on the wrong side of his imaginarium. Where the Wild Things Are was a little sleepy—if not hollow; Spike Jonze clearly loved the material. His vernal warmth [...] [...] something to Terry Gilliam, even if the audience felt it was on the wrong side of his imaginarium. Where the Wild Things Are was a little sleepy—if not hollow; Spike Jonze clearly loved the material. His vernal warmth [...]

]]> http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/10/22/where-the-wild-things-are/comment-page-1/#comment-782 Marianne Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:53:08 +0000 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/10/22/where-the-wild-things-are/#comment-782 I definitely read Calvin, also...especially when he was making an igloo and stockpiling snowballs. But I liked that this was so understated, for the most part. The muted color and the quiet made the Island of the Wild Things capable of being truly dreadful...with the shaky "I'm Running!" camera it even felt a little blair witchy in parts. For me it really fell down when Max started doing the robot for the Things. I was like, really, Eggers? That's how you're going to make this transition? Way to opt out of actually writing anything hard. I definitely read Calvin, also…especially when he was making an igloo and stockpiling snowballs. But I liked that this was so understated, for the most part. The muted color and the quiet made the Island of the Wild Things capable of being truly dreadful…with the shaky “I’m Running!” camera it even felt a little blair witchy in parts. For me it really fell down when Max started doing the robot for the Things. I was like, really, Eggers? That’s how you’re going to make this transition? Way to opt out of actually writing anything hard.

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