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By: Spencer Tweedy's Blog

Spencer Tweedy's Blog — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:05:37 +0000

[...] the same way in that it was.. a hollywood movie. In other wordlings it wasn’t like Where The Wild Things Are where there had to be “a mutual relationship between your tear ducts and the film.” [...]

By: Ellen

Ellen — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:47:50 +0000

Remember when you used to do things at “cheetah speed”?

By: Max W

Max W — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:44:13 +0000

The movie was really great, in some ways exactly what I was expecting, and in others completely different. I totally wasn’t expecting the movie to have as many funny spots as it had. That scene with the owls was absolutely hilarious, I couldn’t stop laughing.

P.S. I’m named after the Max from the book, so I wonder if Max Records shares the same namesake.

By: Candi

Candi — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:25:29 +0000

I told you it was sad! I’m sort of happy my little guy cried- we must be doing something right if he understood enough of what was going on to display that kind of empathy at 6 years old! “Mom, I can’t stop crying!”

I loved (not) the story about some mother getting mad and blaming the film because her daughter came home and promptly bit her. Um, hello? Be a freaking parent!!!

By: Brett Hickman

Brett Hickman — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:29:36 +0000

http://www.doobybrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/where-the-wild-things-are-poster.jpg

By: Warren

Warren — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:17:30 +0000

Okay, as mentioned above, here’s the review:

http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2009/10/26/what-the-wild-things-are/

May/not be spoilers. It’s far too long to post in a comment, about 4K words, or 12 or so printed pages. Those that choose to click over, welcome, and I hope it was worth the read.

Meanwhile, to Mine Host: Yes, I rilly lurved the movie. One or more of us has impeccable taste.

By: Warren

Warren — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:28:06 +0000

This film left me feeling wrung out but in a good way. I had several rather profound insights while watching it, but I won’t discuss them here for fear of spoilage.

I plan to embloggenate on it this PM, though, because WtWTA is a movie which is not, not, repeat not being properly understood by many audiences — and absolutely not being correctly marketed; and because I’ve had a little time to digest it.

This is not a movie for kids. (As in the “Toy Story” demographic.)

By: Tavi

Tavi — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:22:27 +0000

I LOVED it. People complained he’s too much of a brat in the beginning but he HAS to be. He’s lonely, bored, wants attention…and it’s not like he bites his mom because he wants to physically hurt her, he just wants to play the biting-fighting-war game like the one he plays with the wild things.
I mean, the book itself was misunderstood and took years for people to appreciate. And Maurice Sendak said it wasn’t written for kids, it was written for parents to read to their kids. Apparently he was also a lot like Max when he was little, too.
Another complaint I heard was that they added too much to the story…you’re expanding, like, a 10 page book into a movie. You have to add stuff.

Anyway I agree with what you said here and I’m ranting blah blah. LOVEDdddddddd it.

By: Haley Smith

Haley Smith — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:58:44 +0000

This is a very amazing review :) I saw the movie and couldn’t help but cry! Also I totally agree it deserves an award for being so pretty, I was just in love with how the whole movie looked. I really find it surprising when people say they thought the movie didn’t live up to expectations and how the book was so much better. Of course the book was the best but the movie did justice to it. (I think thats the right wording I’m looking for, haha.) Last, I love how you say max is a wee laddy when he’s only a year younger than you in real life. x)

By: Wes

Wes — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:39:13 +0000

I thought it was lovely. Thanks for convincing me to go see it :-D