{"id":1573,"date":"2009-04-22T13:22:31","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T18:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/?p=1573"},"modified":"2017-06-20T10:08:48","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T15:08:48","slug":"a-childhood-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2009\/04\/22\/a-childhood-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"A Childhood Surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled upon a trailer for the movie &#8220;Where the Wild Things Are.&#8221; It&#8217;s an adaption of the classic children&#8217;s book of the same name.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/where-the-wild-things-are_476x357.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1574\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2009\/04\/22\/a-childhood-surprise\/attachment\/where-the-wild-things-are_476x357\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/where-the-wild-things-are_476x357.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"402,357\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"where-the-wild-things-are_476x357\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/where-the-wild-things-are_476x357.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1574\" title=\"where-the-wild-things-are_476x357\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/where-the-wild-things-are_476x357-300x266.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/where-the-wild-things-are_476x357-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/where-the-wild-things-are_476x357.jpg 402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am usually not a fan of making blockbuster movies out of children&#8217;s books. For example, look at &#8220;Jumanji&#8221; that starred Robin Williams. I loved the movie, but when I read the book that it was based on, I was a bit disappointed. The movie basically took the premise of the game and made there own story out of it.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, I&#8217;m a lot more excited to see the movie adaption of &#8220;Where the Wild Things Are.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>You know why?<\/p>\n<p>First, the movie is directed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sMZwZiU0kKs\">Spike Jonze<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, the movie is being directed by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Being_John_Malkovich\">Spike Jonze<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And thirdly, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mEccxPPwXmI\">Spike Jonze<\/a> is directing this movie.<\/p>\n<p>If that isn&#8217;t enough to sale you on this movie being great then click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RY-dXsR_ZFg\">here<\/a>, and view the magical trailer for yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled upon a trailer for the movie &#8220;Where the Wild Things Are.&#8221; It&#8217;s an adaption of the classic children&#8217;s book of the same name. 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