Michael Rosen: We’re Going On A Bear Hunt
The Book: It’s essentially a poem with pictures. A catchy poem, at that. A family sets out to a hunt a bear.
We’ll repeat that. They set out to hunt a bear. Either they’ve had too much ginger beer and cola cubes, or this family is on some kind of suicide mission.
What they want to do with the bear once they find it remains a mystery, although one of the kids does appear to be carrying a stick.
Perhaps he plans to bludgeon the bear to death with it. Now THAT would make good reading, although Michael Rosen would probably have scuppered his chances at becoming Children’s Laureate.
It would’ve been worth it, Michael.
The Movie: A coming-of-age drama in the tradition of Stand By Me, Mean Creek or Lord of the Flies, WGOABH follows a group of tweenage kids who set out to prove who is the ballsiest of the bunch.
Expect expansive shots of the Colorado countryside and a few heart-wrenching Homeward Bound-esque team-building moments.
Sample Dialogue:
On their return home after running away from the bear:
“We’re not going on a bear hunt again.”
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minorityreport
Jul 16th 2009, 11:19
Interesting feature, but just one thing with regard to Thief Of Time: Death isn't Susan's father, he's her grandfather.
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crowbar990
Jul 16th 2009, 12:50
thanks total film, had heard of d wasp factory from a friend, had been planning on reading it, now youve saved me the bother by giving away the ending to fill up another useless top ten to flesh out your website, this site and your mag are going downhill at a rate of knots.
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Ostrich
Jul 16th 2009, 13:33
How about Necroscope? Centres around a young boy called Harry who can speak to the dead. Written waaaaaaay before Harry Potter, for adults, and very good.
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lpatterson
Jul 16th 2009, 15:23
Oops, good spot, minorityreport! Sorry about giving it away crowbar990, but we gave a synopsis for all the others. We'll be sure to put a spoiler alert on next time.
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Catchphrase
Jul 16th 2009, 16:38
I've been saying The Wind Singer would make an awesome film for ages now, THANKYOU for agreeing with me. I hope, if someone ever decides to make it a film, that it actually works :(
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somewhatfrail
Jul 16th 2009, 22:07
Absolutely YES to The Wasp Factory. It was the book that got me into Iain Banks' work and I haven't looked back since. His sci-fi would make some cracking cinema as well, in my opinon, either Consider Phlebas or Look To Windward.
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Mrmotion
Jul 17th 2009, 19:09
Oh good- another pointless article to flesh out the website. When it's not horrible speculation and 'what ifs' its terrible film reviews. Get back to delivering news on upcoming films!
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booradley
Aug 4th 2009, 1:31
Franny & Zooey should be a wonderful film but lotsa luck getting salinger to sign off on it.
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thedicewoman
Mar 28th 2011, 13:24
SECONDED. crowbar990 Jul 16th 2009, 12:50 thanks total film, had heard of d wasp factory from a friend, had been planning on reading it, now youve saved me the bother by giving away the ending to fill up another useless top ten to flesh out your website, this site and your mag are going downhill at a rate of knots. Read more: Film features: 10 Great Books That Could Be Movies | TotalFilm.com
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