Not much to talk about this week, so I'll keep this one brief.
First, we get Spike Jonze's adaptation of Maurice Sendak's children's book Where the Wild Things Are. Having caught a free screening of this last year, I kinda sorta loved this take. It's rather dark thematically and stylistically, to which the material lent itself rather well to. Jonze is a pretty eclectic director, but the guy is solid. Not that you can't be both, just saying. I loved that the creatures looked exactly liked the book, although I have to say their voices were a bit jarring. That might be the only complaint, that that this is decidedly not a kid's movie, which is sort of confusing.
Next we have Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, which, well, might be entertaining. I haven't seen the first flick yet, but I am compelled to. I was a huge fan of the cartoon in the 80's, so eventually it'll have to happen.
Finally, a British horror comedy flick called I Sell the Dead makes the grade just on genre alone. I mean, have you seen a bad British horror comedy? No, no you haven't.
Well, that's all I got for the week. Check out the rest of the list here.
I was disappointed with Where the Wild Things Are. I found it too dark and pessimistic. It lacked the joy that the book brought me as a child.
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