I’m so excited I’m jumping out of my skin! This trailer has really restored my faith that this will be an awesome film. Perhaps not for little ones but certainly for us bigger kids. I love the music – Wake Up by Arcade Fire suits it perfectly.
‘Inside all of us is Hope.
Inside all of us is Fear.
Inside all of us is Adventure.
Inside all of us is a Wild Thing’
What does everyone else think? Let us know and let us know what movies you’ve loved that have been taken from children’s books.
My favorite movies from children’s books are…
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events - This movie was brilliant and was certainly not given enough credit at the time of release. Sunny the biting baby so is gorgeous – I just had to include a photo below, Emily Browning (a Melbourne girl) was divine, the costumes and sets mesmerising and the closing credits could have been a movie all of their own.
Bridge to Terebithia (2007) - Very, very sad but an amazing recreation of the book. It’s hard to recreate books where a lot of the action is the imagination of the characters but this was handled really well in this film and acted superbly. The trailers for this film really focused on the fantasy elements obviously trying to capitalise on the Narnia and Harry popularity but the fantasy is actually a very small part of what the film/book are actually about.
Matilda- It’s hard for me to pick a Dahl movie as a favorite as I think they have all been handled well but I could watch Matilda over and over again. Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman are brilliant as Matilda’s awful parents and Mara Wilson’s nasally little voice is just so cute. She plays Matilda perfectly as a independent and clever girl who believes in all conquering love.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - The HP movies just keep getting better and I can’t wait for the next one. OK lots of things get cut out of the plot to make these films but I really think the casting is perfect, especially that of Evanna Lynch who steals the show as Luna Lovegood. Loved the scene of Harry flying along the Thames from Tower Bridge to Westminster on a broomstick, flying underneath bridges, around moorings and alongside HMS Belfast – very exciting.
The Wizard of OZ (1939)- Not a true retelling of the original book but I can’t resist Judy Garland as Dorothy and that gorgeous little Cairn Terrier, Toto. I love the psychedelic colouring of the Land of Oz and am still terrified of that Witch and those winged monkeys – ‘I’ll get you my pretty and your little dog too’.
Now, I haven’t seen Coraline yet and I know I must because I’m thinking from all reports that it will be joining this list.
On the other hand, I don’t like this new trailer for the animated version of classic picture book Cloudy With the Chance of Meatballs.
I saw the trailer today too on another site and it looks great
Probably my favourite Book>Movie is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the original, havent’ seen the Johnny Depp one)
oh I’ve been waiting so long for this film to come out, I loved watching the trailer, it looks fabulous!
My favourite of all time would have to be The Wizard of Oz – I’ve watched it a million times and still never tire of it.
I could watch this trailer over and over (I just did…)! Can’t wait to see it!!!! Bridge to Terabithia is near the top of my list too.
If you judge by repeat viewings alone, the Anne of Green Gables telemovie would win hands down for me… I can’t tell you how many times I watched that on VCR when I was growing up!!!
i’ve watched it 8 times since last night. i am sO PYCHED!
ha- katie took the words right out of my mouth! the anne of green gables series definitely was a favorite of mine when i was a wee lass. can’t forget any of the peanuts movies (great pumpkin, valentine, etc) either!
Hey, Lou – thanks for posting. This trailer looks fantastic – I can’t wait to see the movie.
Oh my. When I saw this trailer yesterday I started having heart palpitations! It looks amazing,and I’m having goosebumps just thinking about it. And Arcade Fire is my favourite band, it is all just so perfect!. This is my favourite book from my own childhood and now my son’s favourite book. It’s always a little scary when someone attempts to make a movie from a book that is so loved – the expectations are sooo high, but this looks like it will not disappoint. I agree – the Order of the Phoenix was the best movie adaptation of the series so far. The Half Blood Prince is my favourite Harry Potter book so I am very excited to see that movie.
The trailer for Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs promises us an adaptation that holds not one iota of the magic of the book. Too bad.
But it looks like Where the Wild Things are will be full of magic. And that is wonderful!
Thanks for the blog!