Posted on 10/13/2009 2:39:28 AM PDT by Daffynition
Edited on 10/13/2009 2:50:44 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
This Friday, October 16, the movie adaptation of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are opens in theaters.
The poignant 10-sentence book about an angry boy who is sent to bed without supper and sails to a magical land overrun by wild creatures has been made into a full-length feature film with a script by director Spike Jonze (recently interviewed by the Chronicle) and local boy Dave Eggers.
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Personally, I like his attitude.
Facing fears is a good thing. Even for a child.
Actually, that’s sort of rude. I think he should do like when he accidently crashed his plane into his friend, the Duchess’s house.
You say, “I’m sorry”.
We need warriors, male and female, our culture is under attack, and we are losing the battle.
You do not do your children a favor by leaving them weak and helpless, they will need to survive long after you are dust.
You nailed it ‘Sniper!
We’re even disallowing Boy Scouts to carry pocket knives.
Dang! I never thought I’d live to see a general demise of the American spirit.
Makes my resolve to see my grand kids grow as confident self-starters more urgent.
>>This concentration on kids being scared, as though we as adults can’t be scared. Of course we’re scared. I’m scared of watching a TV show about vampires. I can’t fall asleep. It never stops. We’re grown-ups; we know better, but we’re afraid.”
What a fricken Idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a movie. It’s optional. There is enough for kids to be afraid of in this world. Hellsbells, Obama is in the WH. We all need to be afraid.
But taking your kid to a movie to “be afraid” is idiotic. WHY? Because these idiots want to make a buck?
I wouldn’t give these Doofuses one flat dime of my money. In fact, when this flick comes out, I’m going to watch it free on the internet and not buy the DVD. I will choose how to raise my child and what is too scary for my young children.
I don’t have to see your movie Mr. Sendak. YOU need to sell it.
“You say, “I’m sorry”.
Whatever happened to that book, nobody ever mentions it anymore.
It’s do for a revival.
“What do you say, dear?”
Altho’ our pres may have taken the message a little too far lately!
Facing real fears is a good thing.
This is a movie. It’s optional.
Want kids to face fears? Take them hunting, take them camping, skydiving, DO something. But to think it’s a good thing to drop 10.00 a ticket to have fake fear, is not productive.
This author is an idiot. He has a product to sell and just blew it.
I agree. Controlled exposure to fear is a good thing.
I agree. Controlled exposure to fear is a good thing.
So how did kids learn “controlled fear” before Movies?
Because that’s what we are talking about here. Fake fear.
Printed literature, mostly. Andersen and the Grimms wrote some pretty scary stuff. The oral tradition (campfire ghost stories, f’rinstance), likewise. Some parts of the Bible.
I could go on.
>>Printed literature, mostly. Andersen and the Grimms wrote some pretty scary stuff. The oral tradition (campfire ghost stories, f’rinstance), likewise. Some parts of the Bible.
I could go on.<<
Okay, but all of it is optional (Bible excluded). The scary stories in the Bible can be left for age appropriate times.
This is a MOVIE. The author is telling parents that they should possibly subject their three year olds to nightmare inducing visuals, so he can make a buck.
As a parent, I would NEVER walk into a movie without some background information. Most parents I know, won’t Sendak is doing nothing but screwing himself with blowing off his target audience. I hope it comes back to bite him in the butt.
Conservatives on this site would have a hairy conniption fit if any other author told them to “Go to hell” about his/her movie. But this guy is cool? No thanks. IF my kids were still young, I would skip it. Knowing this guy’s attitude, my 9&11 year olds (who did want to see it) will not be attending either.
I got better things to do with my 40.00 than line the pockets of this smarmy author.
Even so, I had much rather children be taught to face and deal with fear safely seated on the sofa (or theater eats, if you will) than, as you suggested above, tramping through the woods with guns or falling out of airplanes. In the former instance, the worst thing that can happen with an equipment malfunction is an interruption of the experience.
I note with some chagrin the instances of sibilant alliteration in this post. It wasn't deliberate.
"...theater seats..."
I think his attitude is 100% spot on.
Also:
The movie is rated PG. That means “Parental Guidance” - for those here from Rio Linda.
Do your jobs, parents, or STHU.
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