We (mostly I) at The Differ have schizophrenic interests. I distract myself with music, movies, reading/writing and sports, in that order. In the interest of addressing more of our distractions, we will occasionally post something non-sports related. While sports occasionally rises to greater heights, it is rarely more than that, a distraction, to us. Music, movies and literature can speak much more profoundly to me than a game. To avoid worsening heavy-handedness, here is the introductory non-sports related post:
Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are occupies a simple, nostalgic place in many of our hearts. Which is why thousands cringed upon hearing of the book's impending adaptation to a live-action feature film. Few (yours truly excluded) found relief in the news of Spike Jonze taking the reins. It was still likely to be sullied by Hollywood's dumpster-diving hands. Things looked to be headed this way as reshoots and rumors began to pile up. Then images began to leak from production. Doubts began to disappear, or at least lessen. (Unless I dreamt that. It's likely I did.)
In spite of my love for Spike Jonze, I have held cautious optimism for this project, even with the stunning leaks. That was until last week when I saw the teaser poster (pictured above). Then today's USA Today photo slideshow put it into the so-dangerously-optimistic-that-nothing-save-the-Rapture-could-possibly-live-up-to-these-expectations mode. This movie will be impressive. These stills capture the essential atmosphere and feeling of the book.
Many (maybe most) die-hard fans of the book will be up in arms over the changes that Jonze and screenwriter Dave Eggers have made. But having notoriously-guarded Sendak's blessing for Jonze to "make [it his] own thing" is reason enough to put unrealistically high expectations on it.
They say this will come out in October.
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