Where the Wild Things Are (US - DVD R1 | BD)
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Title: Where the Wild Things Are (IMDb)
Starring: Max Records
Released: 2nd March 2010
SRP: $28.98 (DVD)
Further Details:
Warner Home Video has announced DVD ($28.98) and Blu-ray/DVD Combo ($35.99) releases of Where the Wild Things Are which will be arriving in stores from the 2nd March. The only extra material on the DVD release will be 4 Webisodes. The Blu-ray release will include those, along with an all-new short entitled "Higglety Pigglety Pop!" featuring the voices of Meryl Streep and Forest Whitaker, a HBO First Look featurette, a digital copy, and the standard definition DVD. The artwork is attached:
Quote: An adaptation of Maurice Sendak's legendary children's story in which Max, a disobedient little boy, is sent to bed by his mother without any supper. Feeling hurt and unloved, he channels his anger, and instead of continuing his mischievious antics in his room, he creates his own imaginary world which includes a forest, a massive ocean and a small boat, which he uses to sail away to a land inhabited by monsters - Wild Things - who crown him king.
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Starring: Max Records
Released: 2nd March 2010
SRP: $28.98 (DVD)
Further Details:
Warner Home Video has announced DVD ($28.98) and Blu-ray/DVD Combo ($35.99) releases of Where the Wild Things Are which will be arriving in stores from the 2nd March. The only extra material on the DVD release will be 4 Webisodes. The Blu-ray release will include those, along with an all-new short entitled "Higglety Pigglety Pop!" featuring the voices of Meryl Streep and Forest Whitaker, a HBO First Look featurette, a digital copy, and the standard definition DVD. The artwork is attached:
Synopsis
Quote: An adaptation of Maurice Sendak's legendary children's story in which Max, a disobedient little boy, is sent to bed by his mother without any supper. Feeling hurt and unloved, he channels his anger, and instead of continuing his mischievious antics in his room, he creates his own imaginary world which includes a forest, a massive ocean and a small boat, which he uses to sail away to a land inhabited by monsters - Wild Things - who crown him king.
News by Tom Woodward
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Well, on Amazon, they have the picture of the standard DVD & I must say, I like it better the Blu-Ray (the poster w/Max & Carol in the sand dunes). However, will there be no 2-disk special edition or perhaps at least more special features?
Highres artwork added
I really like the art. I really like the trailer. Hell yes for the buy!
despite not owning a bluray player just yet...i think i might grab the bluray. depending on price- i might take a shine to these dvd combos.
i dig the artwork for both of them. not sure which i like more.
i dig the artwork for both of them. not sure which i like more.
If this was Best Movie of the Year, it would've gained recognition at the Oscars. Fail
Gildia wrote: This is surprisingly bare bones extras-wise. I was kind of hoping for a little more depth with maybe a featurette on the test screenings. This film was a success, so what gives? Maybe they'll announce more features down the road.
Unfortunately, this film was not a success. It took in $85 million (domestic and foreign) but cost over $100 million to make. That probably explains the lack of special features.
Unfortunately, this film was not a success. It took in $85 million (domestic and foreign) but cost over $100 million to make. That probably explains the lack of special features.
Wow, that standard are is really lacking. The white text against the white backround makes it hard to read the title.
I would shell out the extra cash for the combo pack (I loved the movie), but I don't own any blu-rays and the size difference of the case would drive me crazy.
I would shell out the extra cash for the combo pack (I loved the movie), but I don't own any blu-rays and the size difference of the case would drive me crazy.
Artworks aren't that bad. Prefer the Blu-Ray artwork but either way I'm still getting this film on Blu-Ray.
How does this NOT contain the HBO Maurice Sendak doc "Tell Them Anything You Want?" Hopefully it'll at least be on a store exclusive disc.
JackJackMN wrote: I was really disappointed with this movie. The kid drove me crazy, once they got to wild thing land, things just go south. A child book turned into a movie that is not for kids. The book is max having fun with the wild things. This movie was not that book. It had no plot and the story was confusing. I am not sure what the director was trying to tell us. Didn't work for me or my brother.
Visually AMAZING, the monsters were beautiful, but that doesn't make a good movie.
First of all, movies are supposed to stand out in their own right and be respective to the book. Which it was and Maurice Sendak agrees with me. And second, are you that stupid that you cannot follow the simple plot? It's a movie for kids because the movie is about growing up. You missed the entire point. Max was a little spoiled brat and then through the monsters he realized how bad he was and how he treated his mother. Through the monsters he understands his flaws and tries to be a better son and at the end it leaves off with hope that Max has learned something with his adventures with the Wild Things and it's left that Max and his mom will have a stronger relationship and his mom still loves him even though she invites her bf over but I'm pretty sure to you a kid's movie is fart jokes and nonsense. You can show your kids that but I for one like to see my kids watching something that has morals and willing to let kids think.
Visually AMAZING, the monsters were beautiful, but that doesn't make a good movie.
First of all, movies are supposed to stand out in their own right and be respective to the book. Which it was and Maurice Sendak agrees with me. And second, are you that stupid that you cannot follow the simple plot? It's a movie for kids because the movie is about growing up. You missed the entire point. Max was a little spoiled brat and then through the monsters he realized how bad he was and how he treated his mother. Through the monsters he understands his flaws and tries to be a better son and at the end it leaves off with hope that Max has learned something with his adventures with the Wild Things and it's left that Max and his mom will have a stronger relationship and his mom still loves him even though she invites her bf over but I'm pretty sure to you a kid's movie is fart jokes and nonsense. You can show your kids that but I for one like to see my kids watching something that has morals and willing to let kids think.
actually, the film wasn't a success. Production budget=100 million plus. Worldwide box office gross=85 million. Not a disaster, but definitely not a success.
Once again the DVD cover art is superior to the Blu-ray, seems like they could have done so much more with this release....maybe if it had been a bigger success.
Idioteque... wrote: JackJackMN wrote: I was really disappointed with this movie. The kid drove me crazy, once they got to wild thing land, things just go south. A child book turned into a movie that is not for kids. The book is max having fun with the wild things. This movie was not that book. It had no plot and the story was confusing. I am not sure what the director was trying to tell us. Didn't work for me or my brother.
Visually AMAZING, the monsters were beautiful, but that doesn't make a good movie.
First of all, movies are supposed to stand out in their own right and be respective to the book. Which it was and Maurice Sendak agrees with me. And second, are you that stupid that you cannot follow the simple plot? It's a movie for kids because the movie is about growing up. You missed the entire point. Max was a little spoiled brat and then through the monsters he realized how bad he was and how he treated his mother. Through the monsters he understands his flaws and tries to be a better son and at the end it leaves off with hope that Max has learned something with his adventures with the Wild Things and it's left that Max and his mom will have a stronger relationship and his mom still loves him even though she invites her bf over but I'm pretty sure to you a kid's movie is fart jokes and nonsense. You can show your kids that but I for one like to see my kids watching something that has morals and willing to let kids think.
I went back and re-read the book and I have seen the Opera 20 years ago. I get and know how the story goes, it is supposed to be a fun movie about a child's imagination playing with monsters. His room transforms into a jungle, one of the coolest things about the book, OOPS we deleted that scene in the movie.
I am going to quote an IMDB user. This was a boring,tedious & pretentious movie.
I get complex movies, Momento, Dark City. When the director is a good story teller, you get the movies story line, this director failed on his story telling. I and many others did not get what was going on, leaving viewers confused and disappointed. It had none of the color pallet, fun and whimsy of the book.
The bad word of mouth killed this movie at the box office. When you see a kids movie and you can't recommend it to yours friends with children, you fail at turning a childrens book into a movie. So the 20 something's get this movie, well I am happy for them, but this is not who the book was intended for and this is not who the movie was intended for, children.
Pixars The Incredibles is a fine example of childrens movie that works for adults and children without dumbing it self down with fart jokes, etc.
BTW, I am 41 and don't call me stupid.
Visually AMAZING, the monsters were beautiful, but that doesn't make a good movie.
First of all, movies are supposed to stand out in their own right and be respective to the book. Which it was and Maurice Sendak agrees with me. And second, are you that stupid that you cannot follow the simple plot? It's a movie for kids because the movie is about growing up. You missed the entire point. Max was a little spoiled brat and then through the monsters he realized how bad he was and how he treated his mother. Through the monsters he understands his flaws and tries to be a better son and at the end it leaves off with hope that Max has learned something with his adventures with the Wild Things and it's left that Max and his mom will have a stronger relationship and his mom still loves him even though she invites her bf over but I'm pretty sure to you a kid's movie is fart jokes and nonsense. You can show your kids that but I for one like to see my kids watching something that has morals and willing to let kids think.
I went back and re-read the book and I have seen the Opera 20 years ago. I get and know how the story goes, it is supposed to be a fun movie about a child's imagination playing with monsters. His room transforms into a jungle, one of the coolest things about the book, OOPS we deleted that scene in the movie.
I am going to quote an IMDB user. This was a boring,tedious & pretentious movie.
I get complex movies, Momento, Dark City. When the director is a good story teller, you get the movies story line, this director failed on his story telling. I and many others did not get what was going on, leaving viewers confused and disappointed. It had none of the color pallet, fun and whimsy of the book.
The bad word of mouth killed this movie at the box office. When you see a kids movie and you can't recommend it to yours friends with children, you fail at turning a childrens book into a movie. So the 20 something's get this movie, well I am happy for them, but this is not who the book was intended for and this is not who the movie was intended for, children.
Pixars The Incredibles is a fine example of childrens movie that works for adults and children without dumbing it self down with fart jokes, etc.
BTW, I am 41 and don't call me stupid.
lee09 wrote: If this was Best Movie of the Year, it would've gained recognition at the Oscars. Fail
Yes,cause the best movies always win the pointless awards, don't they? lol
Yes,cause the best movies always win the pointless awards, don't they? lol
Pixarfan517 wrote: Worst Nightmare wrote: I will see this soon but I am wary it will dissappoint...
OMG! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSING!!!! ):<
This is an excellent movie. I mean anyone who wastes their time not seeing it does not know what they're missing.
You'll love this. Trust me.
Trust me!
NOTE: Any idiot IN THE WORLD that never saw this movie does NOT even know WHAT the HELL they are missing.
One concern I have though is that with the poor extras above that there will be a better release 3 months down the track....
OMG! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSING!!!! ):<
This is an excellent movie. I mean anyone who wastes their time not seeing it does not know what they're missing.
You'll love this. Trust me.
Trust me!
NOTE: Any idiot IN THE WORLD that never saw this movie does NOT even know WHAT the HELL they are missing.
One concern I have though is that with the poor extras above that there will be a better release 3 months down the track....
Osiris3657 wrote: actually, the film wasn't a success. Production budget=100 million plus. Worldwide box office gross=85 million. Not a disaster, but definitely not a success.
It cost 80 million to produce and then another 20 million to promote so 100 million overall and once the movie is finished making money (even if it only sold 1 million copies) it'll make back it's production and marketing costs. Plus I don't think it's been released everywhere yet and then you factor in rentals and tv sales. It'll probably end up making the studio 30 million over what they spent on it. Not a huge success, but not a failure by any means.
In other news, I LOVE that they actually kept the poster I loved most for the combo art. I was worried we'd be seeing floating Wild Things heads.
rebel-scum wrote: lee09 wrote: If this was Best Movie of the Year, it would've gained recognition at the Oscars. Fail
Yes,cause the best movies always win the pointless awards, don't they? lol
well, frequently they do. The Departed, The Dark Knight, Lost in Translation, Wall-E, Atonement, etc. The Oscars frequently reward the best films and so it's surprising that the best film of 2009, from an acclaimed director, decent box-office, etc didn't get any noms. The Costumes, cinematography and music at the very least should have been recognized.
And how are they meaningless? They're voted by the people who make up the industry. If they are meaningless, so are all awards.
It cost 80 million to produce and then another 20 million to promote so 100 million overall and once the movie is finished making money (even if it only sold 1 million copies) it'll make back it's production and marketing costs. Plus I don't think it's been released everywhere yet and then you factor in rentals and tv sales. It'll probably end up making the studio 30 million over what they spent on it. Not a huge success, but not a failure by any means.
In other news, I LOVE that they actually kept the poster I loved most for the combo art. I was worried we'd be seeing floating Wild Things heads.
rebel-scum wrote: lee09 wrote: If this was Best Movie of the Year, it would've gained recognition at the Oscars. Fail
Yes,cause the best movies always win the pointless awards, don't they? lol
well, frequently they do. The Departed, The Dark Knight, Lost in Translation, Wall-E, Atonement, etc. The Oscars frequently reward the best films and so it's surprising that the best film of 2009, from an acclaimed director, decent box-office, etc didn't get any noms. The Costumes, cinematography and music at the very least should have been recognized.
And how are they meaningless? They're voted by the people who make up the industry. If they are meaningless, so are all awards.
lee09 wrote: If this was Best Movie of the Year, it would've gained recognition at the Oscars. Fail
Right, and The Blind Side is a picture-perfect example for the Academy's sharp artistic eye :-D
Right, and The Blind Side is a picture-perfect example for the Academy's sharp artistic eye :-D
The last sales pie chart (Q1-3 2009- extrapolate on poor xmas sales in Q4 ) sayeth VIDEO BUSINESS/Videoscan before they went under, showed DVD to BR sales at about 75% to 5%-DDL @ 10% had caught up with and was bypassing BR...This combo disc thing-a new strategy to get people aware of BR before it collapses?
Seeing '5 BR for the price of one!' sales-seems to bear this out
I dont see the point of the included DDL.....
And then we have the slutty little Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs doing the theme song (or voices(?);
UMG have plans for her
Seeing '5 BR for the price of one!' sales-seems to bear this out
I dont see the point of the included DDL.....
And then we have the slutty little Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs doing the theme song (or voices(?);
UMG have plans for her
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OMG! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSING!!!! ):<
This is an excellent movie. I mean anyone who wastes their time not seeing it does not know what they're missing.
You'll love this. Trust me.
Trust me!
NOTE: Any idiot IN THE WORLD that never saw this movie does NOT even know WHAT the HELL they are missing.