It looks like Spike Jonze is going to take on the children's movie genre with his 2009 release of Where the Wild Things Are. For those of us who grew up on the Maurice Sendak classic, this may seem like travesty--or at the very least, foolhardiness. After all, the book is all of ten sentences long--not exactly the choice for screenplay heaven.Transforming Max's daydreams into a feature length film will be a feat, even when abetted by master wordsmith Dave Eggers as the screenwriter. And attempting to capture Sendak's magical, playful illustrations with a live action/GCI mix may lend to a troubled interpretation.
This film critic will wait and watch before making final pronouncements. After all, with the dream team of Eggers and Jonze, could it be all that bad?
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