this may get me some serious hate mail.... but i have to speak my mind.'Where the Wild Things Are' was one of my favorite books as a child.... it sparked my interest in writing.... and it was the first script i ever wrote.... as i transposed it for the stage and it was put on at the local library.... i was a child at the time.... so you can see that i loved this story and was curious to see how Spike Jonze would bring it to the screen.... i got excited when i started seeing the stills.... and the reviews were all good.... so i got even more excited.... tonight i saw the movie.
this movie was depressing.... dark.... the soundtrack was done by Karen O and she was the wrong choice, the WRONG choice.... this was not a movie for kids.... not a movie for adults.... it was a big waste of money.... the boy who played Max was unlikeable and i hated the fact that he took such a beloved character and made him into a terrible brat with little to no redeeming qualities.... sure the wild things looked amazing.... but if you don't care about the main character and the way the movie was put together just makes me not care how good they looked.... i just kept hoping the movie would get better.... and the joy that i had with the book as a child would somehow leap off the screen, it never happened.... as a matter of fact, i just kept wanting it to end.... i'm sorry to all of you who felt this was a wonderful movie.... i just think that Spike Jonze missed the mark by a mile.... and turned the book into a sour tasting hateful lemon.... 
1 out of 5 stars.... and i don't recommend this to anyone.... i feel the loss of a wonderful childhood memory thanks to Mr. Jonze and his whiny, bratty, hateful, ADHD Max.... his dark and depressing storytelling.... and the artsy fartsy un-childlike background music by Miss Karen O.... oh and my kids didn't like it either.
don't watch this movie.... just read the book and leave it at that
I agree. Took Boogie to the theater for this one. In the very beginning it had promise as kind of an artsy film. But it quickly devolved into an overly pretentious pile of crap. Nothing about this movie made any sense. Nothing Max did, nor the actions of the creatures. They are all "emotionally troubled" or something but all they do is sit around and whine like some spoiled rich emo kids. I absolutely hated this movie. The only reason Boogie liked it, I think, is because he was too young to understand it and just liked the creatures. Come to think of it, I don't understand it either, but I know it's garbage. Its the movie equivalent of beatnik poetry at a coffee house.
ReplyDeletei personally love the Beatniks....
ReplyDeletebut i respect your opinion and yes, this was garbage.