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by Turbofrog on Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:20 pm
Yeah, it was not a great movie.
I'd heard it was really sad, but for the most part it's just gloomy and dull, as there was essentially no narrative to it, and no conflict except for the petty bullshit of a bunch of monsters with the emotional intelligence of a 7-year old, which got really frustrating after a little while. I realize that it's about being a kid and all that, but even kids can string together a rudimentary plotline with a little bit of action (he even does so, in about 5 sentences, during the movie).
I'd probably be able to forgive it all that if it wasn't so patently obvious the mood the director's trying to convey in every scene (and he makes sure the soundtrack is there to hold your hand). I ragged on Up! for being a deliberate tearjerker, at times a little too plainly, but that movie still managed to make it seem really genuine and heartfelt, whereas this felt much more contrived. Or maybe since I didn't have much reason to like the characters in WtWTA, I just didn't care.
Anyone else see it?
I'd heard it was really sad, but for the most part it's just gloomy and dull, as there was essentially no narrative to it, and no conflict except for the petty bullshit of a bunch of monsters with the emotional intelligence of a 7-year old, which got really frustrating after a little while. I realize that it's about being a kid and all that, but even kids can string together a rudimentary plotline with a little bit of action (he even does so, in about 5 sentences, during the movie).
I'd probably be able to forgive it all that if it wasn't so patently obvious the mood the director's trying to convey in every scene (and he makes sure the soundtrack is there to hold your hand). I ragged on Up! for being a deliberate tearjerker, at times a little too plainly, but that movie still managed to make it seem really genuine and heartfelt, whereas this felt much more contrived. Or maybe since I didn't have much reason to like the characters in WtWTA, I just didn't care.
Anyone else see it?
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Re: Where the Wild Things Are
by ascona on Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:29 pm
damn you, and i was just about to go see UP! this week
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Re: Where the Wild Things Are
by Turbofrog on Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:37 pm
ascona wrote:damn you, and i was just about to go see UP! this week
Up was an awesome movie, though. Go see it.
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Re: Where the Wild Things Are
by ascona on Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:48 pm
Turbofrog wrote:ascona wrote:damn you, and i was just about to go see UP! this week
Up was an awesome movie, though. Go see it.
i will be (date thing she picked the movie), bun i prefer knowing absolutely nothing bout a movie beforehand.
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Re: Where the Wild Things Are
by ascona on Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:49 pm
and now i know it'll be a deliberate tearjerker, so i'll be prepared for it, and i'll have to act like i didn't know, and shit
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Re: Where the Wild Things Are
by millertime on Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:06 pm
Where the Wild things are was completely fucking terrible.
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Re: Where the Wild Things Are
by Talon on Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:20 pm
Should have gone to see Saw VI. It was pretty good. A lot better than V.
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Re: Where the Wild Things Are
by dunnas on Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:01 pm
Why the hell are you people going to see Where the wild things are? There's only one movie with "wild things" in the title that you should be watching, and that's only because of this.
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Re: Where the Wild Things Are
by Talon on Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:01 pm
Kind of figured based on second 13. Still w1n.
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Re: Where the Wild Things Are
by Omni on Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:04 pm
might want to tag this one with a "nsfw" 
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Re: Where the Wild Things Are
by Benfolio on Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:52 am
honor m4n wrote:good lord
Yeah, we all know how you like fake titties.
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Re: Where the Wild Things Are
by VS on Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:36 am
Benfolio wrote:honor m4n wrote:good lord
Yeah, we all know how i like fatties.
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