Where The Wild Things Are Is Turning Kids Into Consumers of Cool

I'll admit, I've never read Where The Wild Things Are (WTWTA). It's a sin, I'm sure of it, but I plan on seeing the movie if only for the soundtrack. From what I can tell it seems like WTWTA is a movie about finding a place of belonging. It seems like a film where if only for an hour or so, anyone can take adventures and dreams can come true. It looks like a fun movie, but more than that, the font, the soundtrack, and just about everything else in the way the film is being presented makes me believe that WTWTA's marketing team wants to appeal to a group of kids who they hope will grow up to consume cool.

Not cool in the everybody's doing it sense, cool in an independent sense. Cool like Juno cool, or cool like the kids who listen to Arcade Fire (the trailer track) and Karen O (the woman behind the soundtrack). Everything about the movie says alternative in a subtle way, not counterculture alternative, but alternative in a "Sundance has suddenly turned mainstream but still seems independent" sort of way.

Maybe the day of uncool becoming cool has actually arrived. It's in our sweaters and nerdy glasses. It's in the fact that statistician has just been named one of the sexiest fields to enter into in the near future. Will the alternative remain cool? WTWTA seems to think so, at least for a little while longer.

Where the Wild Things Are Trailer #2

Paper Heart

I got word of Paper Heart a few months ago and when I finally saw the trailer I was immediately in love. I don't really know what to expect from this movie, but it seems to me like a reinvention of cinema in a way.  Charlene Yi seems promising and there's something about Michael Cera that seems like he could save the world. I don't care that he's always the same character, his sincerity will always make me melt and Yi seems to share the same delivery of heartfelt sarcasm and sensitivity.  

If you haven't heard of the movie yet, check out the trailer below and watch for lines like "Take somebody to Applebee's and give them hot wings," "I mean he doesn't even know me, how could he like me," and "I think I'm going to get the Mexican Beach salad. I want to say that to the waiter. He'll look at me and say, 'Oh hey, this guy gets around."

For music that will steal your heart and a voice that will leave you in chills, check out Brown Shoe.
Brown Shoe - "Aquarium"

I Know What You Did Last Summer...And Just A Second Ago

I figure it's only a matter of time before someone releases a movie in which Twitter is the central character? Perhaps they'll call it Twittered, or Tweet? I predict it's only a matter of time and suspect that the film will fall into the genre of horror.

Perhaps a quick release, poorly constructed slasher film where the killer knows exactly what you did last summer...and just a second ago. Or maybe they'll avoid the film because the prospect of Twitter stalking someone to their demise is just too realistic... Nevertheless, sometimes I think Twitter: The Movie is only a matter of time.

On a happier note, I'm going back to basics with an artist I don't think I've mentioned yet but have loved for a few months now. Check out the soulful Little Jackie, a duo who will leave you with head bopping hooks long after the song is over.

Little Jackie - "Go Hard or Go Home"

Little Jackie - "The Stoop"