Comments on: Review: Where the Wild Things Are http://www.loganotron.com/2009/10/28/review-where-the-wild-things-are/ waxing blogosophical Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:57:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mindtangle » Blog Archive » Weekly Digest for November 4th http://www.loganotron.com/2009/10/28/review-where-the-wild-things-are/comment-page-1/#comment-19659 mindtangle » Blog Archive » Weekly Digest for November 4th Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:38:20 +0000 http://www.loganotron.com/?p=10577#comment-19659 [...] Review: Where the Wild Things Are. I think he returned because of the former reason: he realized how difficult it was to be his mom, [...] [...] Review: Where the Wild Things Are. I think he returned because of the former reason: he realized how difficult it was to be his mom, [...]

]]> By: Eric Nguyen http://www.loganotron.com/2009/10/28/review-where-the-wild-things-are/comment-page-1/#comment-19482 Eric Nguyen Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:53:50 +0000 http://www.loganotron.com/?p=10577#comment-19482 I think he returned because of the former reason: he realized how difficult it was to be his mom, and missed her, and realized that of all the things that could go wrong in the world, she was one thing that he love and count on. So, I think the overall moral was the same as the book's. What's been fleshed out here is that Max's attempt at parenthood was an utter failure (that he imagined the role as kinghood is flawed from the start.) But that's the point of the movie: Max is just a kid, and kids ultimately know so little about how the world works. I think the script excelled at showing this off in funny and profound ways. So often, the dialogue is simply parts of complex social interactions, but their progressions make little sense. It really hit home for me that although Max sees conflicts all around him in his real life, he was at a loss to understand their root causes or address them in any way but the most superficial ones. I actually liked the movie a lot. I watched it twice, though, and I will say that the second viewing didn't add much. I think he returned because of the former reason: he realized how difficult it was to be his mom, and missed her, and realized that of all the things that could go wrong in the world, she was one thing that he love and count on. So, I think the overall moral was the same as the book’s. What’s been fleshed out here is that Max’s attempt at parenthood was an utter failure (that he imagined the role as kinghood is flawed from the start.) But that’s the point of the movie: Max is just a kid, and kids ultimately know so little about how the world works. I think the script excelled at showing this off in funny and profound ways. So often, the dialogue is simply parts of complex social interactions, but their progressions make little sense. It really hit home for me that although Max sees conflicts all around him in his real life, he was at a loss to understand their root causes or address them in any way but the most superficial ones.

I actually liked the movie a lot. I watched it twice, though, and I will say that the second viewing didn’t add much.

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