Fast-Paised review: 'Where the Wild Things Are'

http://www.metromix.com | Metromix's Matt Pais reviews Spike Jonze's funny, powerful and unbelievably good adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic book "Where the Wild Things Are."

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[vivera243]

this movie was GENIUS

[wolfhawk1999]

as a non-theist: that's a load of shit. If you believe in extrinsic morality, good for you, but to say that people are amoral because of the abscense of God is obsense and offensive. Good movie though :)

[luvjwtyt11]

This movie was amazing. Top favorite movies 5/5

[metaknight234]

@uglysumo it made me GIGGLE! lol

[uglysumo]

YOU COULDA done with out the "screw you" part

[KameronID]

Review fail

[metaknight234]

yea. i was scared for max too

[Bluelight7007]

I agree, this movie is mad depressing. Practically all the characters have some type of depression issue. And when the depression wasn't getting to me, I was worried that one of the monsters would accidentally kill Max's fragile butt at any given moment.

[TheStrix]

Then when Max gets home, and his mom is falling asleep, it just really seemed to me like her gaze was very emotional. I think she showed perfectly without words that Max was the most valuable thing int he world to her, and she'd lost sight of that. Max on the other hand hungrily devours the cake, no longer resenting his mother's affection as patronizing. You don't have to agree, but what I saw was that the two finally realized how important they are to each other.

[TheStrix]

Well Carol returns, none of the monsters are fighting, they say that he is the only king they haven't eaten, which is kind of directly saying this is the first time they've ever been at peace, and Judith hugs Alexander, essentially representing his negative perception of his mom the way she is now accepting Max's flaws and doubts with love, and I think the howl is a great way to show acceptance.

[Insanekid95]

They don't exactly accept one another for their common bond. They only howl together. It's not the same thing. And in that last scene, there's no dialogue or reconciliation. Max's mom just falls asleep, and he eats dinner.