Comments on: Howard Berger Turned Down ‘Wild Things’

By: Aravis Tarkheena

Aravis Tarkheena — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:50:15 +0000

Good for you howard I would have done the same thing. … Mabey

By: NarniaLuver4Ever

NarniaLuver4Ever — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:03:27 +0000

Sammie: I have no clue what KNB stands for, I just copied and pasted that from the crew listing on here! haha

By: Bookwyrm

Bookwyrm — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:50:25 +0000

Howard Berger did the makeup effects for LWW and PC. Fake noses, centaur ears, that sort of thing. Extremely talented guy.

By: Peepicheep

Peepicheep — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:12:01 +0000

Very inserting! thank you for sharing!

By: Mark Friedrich

Mark Friedrich — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:24:56 +0000

Are some people commenting on their own comments?

By: Aliea

Aliea — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:55:55 +0000

Georgie in a coke-a-cola comershal? wow, she’s branching out…

By: glumPuddle

glumPuddle — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:26:28 +0000

I’m not questioning Berger’s right to turn down the film, or your right to dislike it. Just pointing out that it sounds like the reason you didn’t like it is that you didn’t understand it.

Of course Max and the wild things have bad attitudes. That’s the whole point of the movie. By the end, Max is finally able to see himself, and then changes as a result. That’s when he makes the decision to go back home. He is coming to terms with all these emotions he is experiencing for the first time, but certainly not the last time.

The wild thing that protects Max at the end is, as Max sees it, a reflection of his mother. Very powerful imagery of Max being inside her stomach (as if he was inside the womb).

By: Mark Hunt aka jesusiskingofkings

Mark Hunt aka jesusiskingofkings — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:57:46 +0000

I hsve not seen the movie, but I do remember the theme of the books,and the them that I remember is the same theme that you just discribed. I can or canot comment on the film itself, since I have not watched it yet. But, I agree with you that most children do go through those same emotions and feelings.

By: Mark Hunt aka jesusiskingofkings

Mark Hunt aka jesusiskingofkings — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:40:05 +0000

Both Reading Rainbow and Star Treck the next Generation have been out since the 1980′s. I did not know they were still airing Reading Rainbow these days. Well this is really of topic.

I have not seen "Where the Wild Things are" And the last time I even read the book was probably when I was in the 2nd grade. That would have been That was like 19993. So I recognize the characters by sight, but not by names and anything else.

By: The Great and Fearless Pug

The Great and Fearless Pug — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:43:57 +0000

I bet he turned it down because the movie that was being made didn’t seem like it went with the book he knew so well. That’s also what’s going on a little with VoDT. Everyone’s worried that it won’t work with the book and will turn out to be something totally different. (Hopefully it doesn’t happen)