Sarahnomics (www.sarahfobes.com):
… Spike Jonze has provided my first huge movie disappointment of 2009. I wassupposedto love this film. Where The Wild Things Are had a 50/50 chance to be something great. Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s book wasn’t much to start with, but Jonze is a creative guy, and I had faith that he would make something wonderful. Instead, he teame …

Last Row (lastrow.wordpress.com):
… Roads: The photo came from the following story, Roadkill: Tourists left stunned as lioness attacks buffalo – right in the middle of a traffic jam I admit it, this post is but an excuse to link to another Christian Lander masterpiece,#127 Where the Wild Things Are …

100 Scope Notes (100scopenotes.wordpress.com):
… just to a children’s librarian. Anyway, click the image below to see what I mean. Stuff White People Like: Where the Wild Things Are. A satirical (and, uh, kinda accurate) assessment of the appeal of Where the Wild Things Are.wildthingsstuffListen to Where the Wild Things Are Soundtrack. How can you not like the title “Food Is Still Hot”? I’m listening to this soundtrack as I write and I’m digging a large portion of it. Let me know if you feel the same way. Have a Wil …

POPTEN (www.popten.net):
… to read it online if there wasn’t a movie per year would be approx: 7. Therefore I cannot review this movie until I read the book, and I can’t buy the book (it’s 10 sentences long for crap’s sake) because I’m an adult.However, I can’t see the movie until I read the book.(Stuff White People: Like the best source of actual information on this topic) But more importantly, once a book has been made into a movie, a white person can no longer read that book. To have read the book after the movie is one of the great crimes in white culture, and …

Guesswork Theory (guessworktheory.blogspot.com):
… YouTube – Irish Holiday (Rotten Apples) – My friend Brandon made this awesome music video. 6 Bullshit Facts About Psychology That Everyone Believes | Cracked.com – The second page isn't worth it, but the first one is gold.#127 Where the Wild Things Are « Stuff White People Like#128 Camping « Stuff White People Like Microsoft apologizes for race-swap photo incident | CNET News GM To Remove 'Mark Of Excellence' Logo From Vehicles: NPR – Funny but probably a good idea. I don't think most people know Saturn is made by GM. C. …

resistmuch.com (resistmuch.com):
… my fanboy protectiveness of beloved books made into movies.  Fight Club and Trainspotting helped cure me.  Favorite books made into movies that totally stood on their own, in my opinion.  But you know how fans can be.  Lizz sent methisfrom Stuff White People Like– kind of nails it. Sendak was quite involved, I like Eggers, and Spike comes from skateboarding and made Being John Malkovitch so I think it has a good foundation.   Either way, I’m keeping my ink.  Nobody better fuck …

Battery In Your Leg (batteryinyourleg.com):
… I have been waiting anxiously for the release of Where The Wild Things Are ever since I saw the teaser trailer back in March (I’m white, after all). The trailer was made all the better by a cool re-recorded version of ‘Wake Up’ by Arcade Fire. You already know I’m quite fond of movie trailers, of course (which reminds me, I need to get back into Movie Score Monday). …

My Tragic Right Hip (tragicrighthip.blogspot.com):
… I guess we'll have to wait until the next book to find out for sure. It's an entertaining novel, and not my typical fare, but it truly creeped me out in places, which was fun for summer reading. 3. Julie and Julia (#40): Now this book I loved. AsStuff White People Likesays, us whiteys like to read the book before we see the movie. So, when I was shopping for a 70th birthday book for my aunt in June, I picked up Julie and Julia on a whim because I knew I wouldn't be able to resist the movie. Oddly enough, this was my favourite of my thre …

J. & C.'s Movie Reviews (jcreviews.wordpress.com):
… depiction.  We’ve read the book too recently to make this judgment, but Wolfe’s book might be in our top-15.  That’s top 15 books we’ve ever read, which includes many books written before 1900, FYI. Anyway, as istypical of white people like us, the movie just doesn’t compare, and that darn sure makes us upset. The Right Stuff movie is simply a collection of the best scenes from the book, all strung together without an obvious point.  For example, we get the scene where Alan …

La vuelta de los 25 (www.lavueltadelos25.com):
… En unos meses, aparecerá la película "Where the wild things are" dirigida por Spike Jonze. Es laversión cinede uno de los libros más queridos por los niños y niñas norteamericanos. Me sirve de transición a Canadá, ¡la banda sonora es de Arcade Fire! Eso ya es buena señal... …

Everyday I Write the Book (everydayiwritethebook.typepad.com):
… I never picked up the book again. As fans of The Time Traveler's Wife know, the book has been made into a movie, and will be released on August 13. Knowing that the movie was coming out soon was good motivation for me to read the book now. (SeeStuff White People Like #127- which asserts that announcement of film adaptations create "a ticking time bomb whereby a white person must read the book in ADVANCE of the release of the movie. This is done partly so that they can engage in the popular activity of complaining about how the movie failed t …

Southern Live Oak (vbaudoin.wordpress.com):
… what happens, right? right??). The atmosphere is mysterious and magical without any of the cheesiness that plagued the first two movies and popped up occasionally since. So, if you haven’t already, go see this movie. P.S. Read the book too.Call me a snob, but you absolutely need to read Harry Potter in addition to just seeing the movie. I don’t care which one happens first, but read the book. You can borrow my copy if you like. P.P.S. Excited! …

Is that The Sash? (sashadee.blogspot.com):
… Readthis. True. So true. as proof, I suggested last night that my book club read Julie and Julia and go see the movie together. Not quite Fight Club, but still... …

Bookninja (www.bookninja.com):
… ring your short story collection from BookFox. B rian Utley is reading a book a week for a year and blogging about it. It’s not cooking the entirety of Mastering the Art of French Cooking but it’s still a fine endeavor, regardless. Hilarious break down byChris Lander of Stuff White People Likeabout books being made into films (with Where the Wild Things Are as the case in point). Could this be a Stuff White People Like post - that white people like to read about regular jobs by regular folks but with high-gloss photos and stories about the redeeming value of …