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24 Oct 2009
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Good Morning Saturday! Currently listening…..
I’m going to take this opportunity to write my review on the film, here on this post.
The fact I had a chance to see this film at a real live movie theatre is a triumph all by itself. My wife and I don’t get out to the movie theatre very often. It was a pleasure to cuddle up and watch this film together.
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak had a huge affect on me as a child, as I image it did for most. Spike Jones did something with this movie I thought never could be done, keep the film true to the book. It’s a work of art really to be able to capture in a film the same emotions and feelings you had while reading the book. He brought these costumed creatures to life. I never once thought an actor in a suit. Max Records is perfect. Karen O’s music is thrilling. James Gandolfini as Carol is heart stopping.
I loved the film. It’s not a movie for young children, unless you like waking up to your child having nightmares. I can’t wait till I get the chance to watch the film with Ayla. She’s read the book with us a dozen times, to have the film make the book more real for her will be a joy to watch.

I’ve heard over and over in different places by different people (all adults, mind you) that this is not a film for young children. That the themes are too dark, that it’s nightmare-inducing, and that parents should think twice before bringing their kids along to the movies. I just want to say that I don’t think this is true. When I was three or four I watched the Neverending Story, which was about a group of strange looking monsters and a pair of little boys who ran from something called the Nothing as it ate up the world. In the midst of all this, a horse gets sucked into the mud, a scary wolf thing tries to kill and eat Atreyu, and the rock monster (I believe, I can’t remember for sure) stops trying to run away and lets himself get eaten by the Nothing. This is widely accepted as a kid’s film. Some others? The Dark Crystal, E.T., The Wizard of Oz - I hope you can see what I’m getting at here.What, in Where the Wild Things Are, isn’t for children? There’s no blood, there’s no swearing, no sex, no death (I mean, there’s bones, but no death). I think the response, “This film isn’t for children,” is based heavily on the fact that it seems (to those of us who are adults) like a film for adults. It might be a matter of perspective - since it’s deep and meaningful for you, it can’t possibly be for children too.Has anyone asked a kid?

Good Morning Saturday! Currently listening…..

I’m going to take this opportunity to write my review on the film, here on this post.

The fact I had a chance to see this film at a real live movie theatre is a triumph all by itself. My wife and I don’t get out to the movie theatre very often. It was a pleasure to cuddle up and watch this film together.

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak had a huge affect on me as a child, as I image it did for most. Spike Jones did something with this movie I thought never could be done, keep the film true to the book. It’s a work of art really to be able to capture in a film the same emotions and feelings you had while reading the book. He brought these costumed creatures to life. I never once thought an actor in a suit. Max Records is perfect. Karen O’s music is thrilling. James Gandolfini as Carol is heart stopping.

I loved the film. It’s not a movie for young children, unless you like waking up to your child having nightmares. I can’t wait till I get the chance to watch the film with Ayla. She’s read the book with us a dozen times, to have the film make the book more real for her will be a joy to watch.

I’ve heard over and over in different places by different people (all adults, mind you) that this is not a film for young children. That the themes are too dark, that it’s nightmare-inducing, and that parents should think twice before bringing their kids along to the movies.

I just want to say that I don’t think this is true. When I was three or four I watched the Neverending Story, which was about a group of strange looking monsters and a pair of little boys who ran from something called the Nothing as it ate up the world. In the midst of all this, a horse gets sucked into the mud, a scary wolf thing tries to kill and eat Atreyu, and the rock monster (I believe, I can’t remember for sure) stops trying to run away and lets himself get eaten by the Nothing. This is widely accepted as a kid’s film. Some others? The Dark Crystal, E.T., The Wizard of Oz - I hope you can see what I’m getting at here.

What, in Where the Wild Things Are, isn’t for children? There’s no blood, there’s no swearing, no sex, no death (I mean, there’s bones, but no death).

I think the response, “This film isn’t for children,” is based heavily on the fact that it seems (to those of us who are adults) like a film for adults. It might be a matter of perspective - since it’s deep and meaningful for you, it can’t possibly be for children too.

Has anyone asked a kid?