Postavant

On top of that, I don’t care when Spike Jonze is directing a script that isn’t written by Charlie Kaufman, and I detest Dave Eggers’ writing with all my heart. And yet, while I only casually wanted to see this clearly ambitious film, I had a realization recently on why this is a must see that I am squirming in my chair right now as I write and will be until I plant my ass in an IMAX theater. This is a 100 million dollar Warner Brothers production, marketed predominantly at kids, based off of a older kids property that many could feel nostalgic for, playing on an IMAX screen, that is serving as the most divisive film of the year. What does this remind you of? Oh yeah, Speed Racer, my #3 film of 2008 and up there with In the Land of Women and Orange County as one of the most underrated films of the decade. Oh yeah, I must see this. Immediately. From the link I provided to Daily Beast, I must note that in the Entertainment Weekly discussion between Owen and Lisa, Owen, who is usually a stupid son of a gun, and hates the film, said “[as soon as Max arrives on the island and meets the wild things, which are]“squabbling hippies…trying to indoctrinate Max into some avant-garde theater company led by Julie Taymor” ” That just sounds awesome.

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Tags: avant garde, Dave Eggers, divisive, Entertainment Weekly, Julie Taymor, Max Records, Speed Racer, Spike Jonze, The Daily Beast, Wachowski, Where the Wild Things Are, WTWTA

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