tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post3101426447457469933..comments2023-10-23T00:04:35.356-04:00Comments on The Vault of Buncheness: BY ALL THAT IS HOLY, PLEASE MAKE IT STOPBunche (pop culture ronin)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11831085937894725459noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-85063865605350025492009-03-26T11:36:00.000-04:002009-03-26T11:36:00.000-04:00Watched the trailer last night. My usual gripe abo...Watched the trailer last night. My usual gripe about anything is the monsters, which they seem to have gotten EXACTLY RIGHT. I recognized all the characters from the book, and seeing them move around they have the exact sort of weight I imagined them having (roughly as big as Sweeetums from the Muppets). In a perfect world, the adaptation would be exactly as long as the book, and serve as a perfect companion piece. However this is Hollywood, so the script is going to be longer, and that's where my interest wanes. But I too have faith in Spike Jonze, and this doesn't come across as cashing in on a kids property to me. I feel some love behind this adaptation. Could be wrong, but I'm not writing it off just yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-33085308594380885912009-03-25T00:50:00.000-04:002009-03-25T00:50:00.000-04:00Another one bites the dust: Via my toddler, I've b...Another one bites the dust: Via my toddler, I've been watching HBO's "Harold and the Purple Crayon" series. It's perfectly well-done, serviceable animated product, it's narrated by Sharon Stone, and as of now I never want to see that fucking book ever again. <BR/><BR/>I don't think they're ever going to stop until everything charming and unique in the world has been pimped out to within an inch of its fucking life.Kevie Metalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908746632909933648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-34541883733762563252009-03-24T10:46:00.000-04:002009-03-24T10:46:00.000-04:00Agreed, although I would add Schrek, Spiderwick Ch...Agreed, although I would add <I>Schrek, Spiderwick Chronicles</I> and <I>Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe</I> to the list of kids' books adapted well recently and <I>Stuart Little</I> and <I>The Polar Express</I> to those done badly. The choice of Spike Jonze does indeed portend better things for this film than, say, <I>Shat in the Hat</I>, but I'm with you on the disgust. When Zack Snyder counts his biggest reason for doing <I>Watchmen</I> as the atrocity it would have been if he <I>HADN'T</I>, it's time to place a moratorium on Hollywood's grave-robbing tendencies before they ruin something like, say, <I>Goodnight Moon</I> or <I>The Giving Tree</I>.Satyrbladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18015786983800102480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-75020160918530977032009-03-24T09:25:00.000-04:002009-03-24T09:25:00.000-04:00You'll note that with the exceptions of the Harry ...You'll note that with the exceptions of the Harry Potter films (which frankly bored me to tears; I gave up after the third one) and the second Little Princess, all of the films you listed were made over forty years ago. My gripe with kid's films adapted from books these days is that CONTEMPORARY filmmakers are reducing beloved kid's stories to mere product. If they can pull off a good adaptation I'm all for it, but my opinion has indeed been shaded by too many lousy adaptations and the thought of seeing that happen to WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE just sticks in my craw.<BR/><BR/>And why do people insist on sending in comments anonymously? I don't care of people don't want their real names used, but please come up with a fake name that can be recognized as a regular reader/commentator.Bunche (pop culture ronin)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11831085937894725459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-65246906501689328482009-03-24T09:00:00.000-04:002009-03-24T09:00:00.000-04:00Spike Jonze is doing it, isn't he? That gives me h...Spike Jonze is doing it, isn't he? That gives me hope.<BR/><BR/>I'm not passing judgment until I see it. Even if they're not perfect, sometimes classic kids book adaptations rock (the "Harry Potter" series, some of Roald Dahl's stories for children, "The Wizard of Oz," "Little House on the Prairie," "National Velvet," "A Little Princess" (either one), "Mary Poppins," and loads more). In some cases, seeing the films/shows made me want to read the books from which they were adapted. Once kids glom onto something, they tend to seek out every resource they can to learn more about it and further enhance and prolong their enjoyment. Didn't you do that? Isn't that what a large portion of the Vault is dedicated to?<BR/><BR/>It seems to be you've had you heart broken by too many crappy adaptations of things you loved, but if you don't keep an open mind, you'll blind yourself to the possibility of something good coming your way.<BR/><BR/>That said, I hope it doesn't suck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com