Me a reader? - Not so much

I am not a reader of books, that was the role of the other members of the family as I grew up...they all reader an insane amount of bookage. I just never got into it.

However, as a teacher, I have a few select favorite children's books that I read to my students every year. No matter what. Even if they already know the stories by heart, I just love reading and performing them that much.

One of them is the fantastic book by Maurice Sendak, "Where the Wild Things Are."

There is a movie being made based around/on the book, and when I heard this initially, I was skeptical and worried at what Hollywood would do to such a great story. But, a trailer has just been released for the first time that gives us a first glimpse of what the pictures/scenes will look like and I must say...they look very authentic and awesome, (except for one moment in the trailer (at a minute 20 seconds) where one of the "Wild Things" is running and it looks a bit tacky).

The trailer is mostly just some scenes and a glimpse at what the movie will look like aesthetically, with a tiny notion of a plot, but we know the plot in a sense...although it looks like Hollywood does their typical single mom fucking the random dude routine...blech. Betcha the damn Hollywood suits insisted on that angle.

I am buoyed and encouraged by this first look and look forward to seeing more detail later, as this doesn't open until October. I'm guessing they have recently begun post-production and just wanted to put something out there to create a buzz.

Let's hope that Spike Jonze does well here.