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    Peter Jackson Explains How To Make Murder Beautiful

    Sendak Promises Wild Things Movie Will Be Dark and Controversial

    New Glamour Shots Of The Monsters, Pre-Alien War

    New Watchmen Featurette Probes Separation Between Superhero And State

    What Does Wall-E Have To Hide?
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    Image of braak braak
    08/24/09

    In reply to Peter Jackson Explains How To Make Murder Beautiful
    Half this movie takes place at my high school.

    Also: I love Saoirse Ronan.

    Also: this looks way more amazing than I thought it would.
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    08/24/09

    In reply to Peter Jackson Explains How To Make Murder Beautiful
    Am I the only one that keeps hearing "you are beautiful sushi salmon"
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    RandomFrequentFlierDent promoted this comment Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    08/24/09

    @Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: I did at first, but then I had lunch and now it's ok.
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    Image of it must be bunnies it must be bunnies
    08/24/09

    In reply to Peter Jackson Explains How To Make Murder Beautiful
    Stanley Tucci is an amazing actor. It would be nice if he got an Oscar nod out of this.
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    Image of disatess disatess
    08/24/09

    @it must be bunnies: he admitted he was frighten of the concepted of killing a child in the movie . But Peter Jackson told him that scene was cut-out . Cause in the book ,Stanley`s character horribly rapes and murders the girl.
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    Image of Aethyr Aethyr
    08/24/09

    In reply to Peter Jackson Explains How To Make Murder Beautiful
    Ronan also got an Oscar nom for her performance in Atonement.
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    Image of kosai kosai
    07/27/09

    In reply to Sendak Promises Wild Things Movie Will Be Dark and Controversial
    I love how real they look at 1:09, any director/producer who puts that much detail into the sets has got to make something wonderful.
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    Image of What is a man? What is a man?
    07/27/09

    In reply to Sendak Promises Wild Things Movie Will Be Dark and Controversial
    Guh. Dark and controversial pretty much assures I won't like this. What's the point of a book to film translation that completely misses the spirit of the original?
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    Bill-Lee promoted this comment What is a man? was starred What is a man? was unstarred
    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    07/27/09

    @What is a man?: Who's missing the spirit of the original? Maurice Sendak's work is dark and controversial. Where the Wild Things Are was controversial from the day it was published for its grotesque depiction of monsters. In the Night Kitchen is frequently challenged for its nudity. We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy is about homeless children. Maurice Sendak is many things but bright cheery, he is not.
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    07/27/09

    @What is a man?: Were you and I watching the same video? Maurice Sendak thinks the movie perfectly captures the tone of the book.
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    Image of Plague Plague
    07/27/09

    In reply to Sendak Promises Wild Things Movie Will Be Dark and Controversial
    I know several people who have seen the (almost final) product.
    They all say this is NOT a kid's movie.
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    Image of BloggyMcBlogBlog BloggyMcBlogBlog
    07/27/09

    In reply to Sendak Promises Wild Things Movie Will Be Dark and Controversial
    My biggest concern will be how they flesh out the story. The original book only had ten sentences in it. How will they expand on the very simple story? The last thing we need is a Wild Things' extended backstory like the Grinch.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Edited by BloggyMcBlogBlog at 07/27/09 12:35 PM BloggyMcBlogBlog was starred BloggyMcBlogBlog was unstarred
    Image of phoenix6666 phoenix6666
    07/27/09

    In reply to Sendak Promises Wild Things Movie Will Be Dark and Controversial
    On a sidetopic, why is it now that movies need to be "dark and controversial"? Perhaps needs is a strong word but it seems like all the movies, in trying to sell them, use works like "dark" and such to get butts in seats. What happened to bright and happy movies? If the argument is that it's something drastically different than what reality is, is reality today really all that bright/peaceful/cheery?
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment phoenix6666 was starred phoenix6666 was unstarred
    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    07/27/09

    @phoenix6666: Maurice Sendak is a dark person His stories are frequently about the uneasy side of childhood.
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    07/27/09

    In reply to Sendak Promises Wild Things Movie Will Be Dark and Controversial
    The trailer that I saw this weekend looked amazing.

    /Still wishes his parents had not sold his book from the original print run...
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    Image of Brain.wav Brain.wav
    07/27/09

    @BullLifter: Agreed, the trailer turned it from a "meh" to must see.
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    Image of Sproing Sproing
    07/27/09

    In reply to Sendak Promises Wild Things Movie Will Be Dark and Controversial
    Does this mean I shouldn't take my kid?
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    Image of alphanumeric1971 alphanumeric1971
    07/27/09

    @Sproing: I think you would be surprised at what you kid will like.

    It may give him nightmares, but at least he will remember it.

    For alot of people I know, the movies they remember from their childhood are the ones that scared them. And they are usually quite fond memories after the fact.
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    Edited by alphanumeric1971 at 07/27/09 12:21 PM alphanumeric1971 was starred alphanumeric1971 was unstarred
    Image of kosai kosai
    07/27/09

    @alphanumeric1971:I completely agree, the orcs in Willow scared me more than anything but it is one of my favorite movies.
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    Image of mikethegrate mikethegrate
    07/27/09

    @alphanumeric1971: Absolutely agree. The freakiest movies are the ones that stuck with me. I'll name just a few of the movies I'm glad my parents let me watch: The Last Unicorn, The Secret of Nimh, The Dark Crystal and the Neverending Story.
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    Image of Hella_Tellah Hella_Tellah
    07/27/09

    @alphanumeric1971: My mother is an amazing gardener, so I grew up surrounded by plants. Watching Little Shop of Horrors when I was a wee one probably spurred more nightmares for me than anything else ever has, and yet it's still one of my favorite movies. Irrational fear is good for the developing mind, I say.
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    alphanumeric1971 promoted this comment Hella_Tellah was starred Hella_Tellah was unstarred
    Image of RavenNemain RavenNemain
    07/27/09

    @kosai: Absolutely. We shelter kids too much now; if we protect them from anything that scares them or makes them uncomfortable, how will they be able to deal with life? Not to mention the fact that their imaginations will be a lovely shade of grey. Kids need nightmare fodder sometimes. It's like Coraline - not a kid's movie, per se, but the sort of movie that I would have loved as a kid (and love now) and that kids should see anyway.

    I was petrified of The Dark Crystal - didn't stop me from watching it twice a week.
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    alphanumeric1971 promoted this comment RavenNemain was starred RavenNemain was unstarred
    Image of FoxintheSnow FoxintheSnow
    07/27/09

    @mikethegrate: Can we throw Return to Oz in the freaky mix?
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    07/27/09

    In reply to Sendak Promises Wild Things Movie Will Be Dark and Controversial
    Ok, I kind of love the propane tank thing.

    Does that make me a bad person?
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    BullLifter promoted this comment RandomFrequentFlierDent was starred RandomFrequentFlierDent was unstarred
    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    07/27/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: I don't know what the video says about it (no sound at work,) but that thing was way cool.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    07/27/09

    @BullLifter: I’m pretty sure it’s the tank he used when he needed the kid to show genuine surprise.
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    Image of Plague Plague
    01/21/09

    In reply to New Glamour Shots Of The Monsters, Pre-Alien War
    It's probably just me, but I'm really underwhelmed by the character design for this movie.

    Planet 51 looks more interesting.
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    01/21/09

    @Plague: well, yeah, but keep in mind they were modeled after 1950s style monsters, such as the amorphous Blob.
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    Image of Belabras ate my dingo! Belabras ate my dingo!
    01/21/09

    @Plague:

    I would like to confirm that it is, indeed, just you.
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    Image of Plague Plague
    01/21/09

    @Belabras:

    Okay, good.

    Alone in my correctness as usual.
     Reply
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    Image of Plague Plague
    01/21/09

    @acrobaticrabbit:

    I know, but they just seem to be missing "character".
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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    01/21/09

    @Plague: you just like the Alien dog in 51.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    01/21/09

    @Plague: You're confusing "correctness" with "totally and utterly wrong" again.
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    Image of braak braak
    01/21/09

    In reply to New Glamour Shots Of The Monsters, Pre-Alien War
    Heheh. Dr. Cockroach.
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    Image of Brogan Brogan
    12/31/08

    In reply to New Watchmen Featurette Probes Separation Between Superhero And State
    Must get round to reading this one day. been in my book shelf for a year and 6 days.
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    Image of Blazeldude Blazeldude
    12/31/08

    @Brogan: Same here, exactly the same.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    12/31/08

    @Blazeldude and Brogan: So, what're you waiting for? Christmas?


    (Cause if you are, then it's past time.)

     Reply
    92BuickLeSabre was starred 92BuickLeSabre was unstarred
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