The Low Down

*SPOILERS. Just so you know.

Where The Wild Things Are; Great movie however, not to my full expectations. Giving everyone a warning now, this movie is NOT for kids. During the movie, I looked left and right every once in a while to find the children in the theater bored. What does that tell you?

Basically, the ten lines of the entire book can't be stretched out to make a 100 minute film. Others may object to my claim but the story is about a child who refuses to eat dinner, goes to an imaginary land, becomes king of the Wild Things, and you're done with it. In the movie, the Wild Things are given personalities. Fair. What is not fair is the types of personalities given. Some may argue that each of the characters represent a person in the Real World but, how do you get THAT from a 10 line story book? What is arguable is the reason why Max leaves. But, I'll leave that to your opinion.

Besides the comparison from the book to the movie, the movie did make numerous amounts of parallels from the Real World characters to the Wilds Things. It was envisioned incredibly well and Spike Jonze did a stupendous job by putting it all together. Nonetheless, the film maintains it's pride by beautifully portraying the landscapes along with the wonderful animation of the Wild Things. Humorous remarks and the randomness of it all kept the audience with kicks and giggles.


mhm. wish I actually wrote the article now. booo.