Somewhat Manly Nerd » where the wild things are http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog infrequent blogging from some dude Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:14:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Ok, This Looks Pretty Damn Cool http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2009/03/25/ok-this-looks-pretty-damn-cool/ http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2009/03/25/ok-this-looks-pretty-damn-cool/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:37:08 +0000 CajoleJuice http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/?p=1525 The following is a trailer for Where The Wild Things Are, a Spike Jonze-directed adaptation of the children’s book. You know, I’ve heard about this movie for a while, and so many people seemed to be looking forward to it. I thought it was just because of some Spike Jonze worship or some similar hipster crap. After watching this trailer at work, I decided to finally google the book, and now I feel like an idiot. Granted, I never had any emotional attachment to the book, but I’m pretty sure we (and by we, I mean pampered suburban white kids) all recognize this cover:

But this is about all I remember. Apparently it only contains ten sentences anyway.

I just don’t think much of my childhood was spent reading. I was either playing videogames or playing baseball until I got hit in the face and started crying. That shit was awesome. As is the trailer after the jump:

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