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Where the Wild Things Are Tagline - There is One in All of Us
How it Performed at the Box Office Opening Weekend: This movie really took the box office by storm this weekend. It opened for a total weekend “take” of $32.5 million, almost $12.5 million more than the number two weekend movie “Law Abiding Citizen”, and the reviews are pretty spectacular. Spike Jonez can still say he has yet to make a bad movie…which you may or may not agree with once you’ve gone to see the movie. Some are saying it is an amazing movie, and others are saying that you just can’t make a decent movie out of such a small book.
Release Date (everywhere): October 16th, 2009
Their Plot Synopsis: Young, mischievous Max is sent to bed without his supper, but when his bedroom turns in to a magical jungle landscape filled with strange creatures, he embarks on a wild imaginary adventure.
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Catherine O’Hara…
My Thoughts: I truly believe Warner Brothers (Studio making the film) is going to have a huge hit on their hands. I read this book as a child as I’m sure many others have and I (for some unknown reason I can’t figure out) have some sort of an attachment to this movie/idea…and I’m an adult. Now for the children this movie is obviously being marketed to, they are going to want to see it based solely on its appearance (it looks REALLY cool). Now because this movie is going to appeal to the adults whom actually remember where/what this movie came from and the childred who think it looks cool all at the same time, you end up with that perfect concoction of the kid asking the parent to see the movie and the adult saying yes (because they kind of want to see it themselves). Should be a blockbuster movie and I believe it is actually going to be a very good movie content wise as well.
The Buzz: There was buzz for this movie over a year ago (a lot of this movie was filmed a long time ago believe it or not). There was apparently a test screening for this movie that even left some childred in tears. I’m choosing to link you to an article from over a year ago to see where this movie came from and how it may (or may not have) evolved since then.
