Where the Wild Things are.

[8wid]

Carol was the agression Max needed to learn to control. The fact that Carol came back to say good bye was the growth. The group no longer has to pretend for Carol(or the others besides Doug and Alex if they didn't know) so by the very definition, things will be different. The look Carol gave KW was to parallel the scene with Max and his mom at the end.

The aggression is not resolved in Max, and if that does not happen it can not in the Wild Things if they extensions of him. Max is aggressive towards his mother and sister, and he never expresses any regret or remorse for his emotion, so he has not learned a change. His mother seems to accept him no matter what trouble he gets into.

BTW, the look Carol gives KW is also parallel to their initial interaction on screen where they howl for the first time. And then what happens later? They fight again and have learned nothing from the first time. It's the same thing here.

 

[Bond]

I also loved the voice acting in this movie. Gandolfini was perfectly casted as Carol. He has that aggressive side to him, but then in other scenes he seems like a teddy bear. Forrest Whitaker as Ira, Chris Cooper as Douglas, Paul Dano as the goat. Just great casting. Even the kid who played Max did a great job.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

The aggression is not resolved in Max, and if that does not happen it can not in the Wild Things if they extensions of him. Max is aggressive towards his mother and sister, and he never expresses any regret or remorse for his emotion, so he has not learned a change. His mother seems to accept him no matter what trouble he gets into.

BTW, the look Carol gives KW is also parallel to their initial interaction on screen where they howl for the first time. And then what happens later? They fight again and have learned nothing from the first time. It's the same thing here.

So Carol coming back to say good-bye instead of staying angry signified nothing?

The scene at he end when Max's mom falls asleep and he doesn't get in a fuss for attention signifies he has learned? Not that he won't still have outburst, but that he knows things are changing and acting out for attention and running off isn't the answer. We believe he has learned his lesson and he will try to be better.

 

[cabel]

He showed regret, or surprise at the very least.

 

[8wid]

So Carol coming back to say good-bye instead of staying angry signified nothing?

The scene at he end when Max's mom falls asleep and he doesn't get in a fuss for attention signifies he has learned? Not that he won't still have outburst, but that he knows things are changing and acting out for attention and running off isn't the answer. We believe he has learned his lesson and he will try to be better.

But Max does none of those actions. He hugs his mother and returns home, it doesn't show he has learned a lesson at all.

 

[TheVileOne]

Kids at that age don't STOP having outburst.

OK here's the thing guys. Don't deny you were NEVER like that as a child. As a child you sometimes act wild and out of control. That doesn't mean there's something wrong with you, its just part of growing up. Children are wild things. That's the point. Children are wild, and when we get older, we are tamed. However, its the wild nature of children, the way they look at the world at the same time that's also what's so great and beautiful about them.

Max's storytelling to his mom is also part of his wild nature. As a children we all come up with stories like that, not just Max.

One thinks that maybe Max understands himself and his mom a little better, but that doesn't mean he will never act up again. He's a kid, he SHOULD be emotional. Children are wildly emotional. That will never change.

Parents harm children by overmedicating them and abritrarily saying something MUST be wrong with them because they act up, or emotional, or all these other things. Autism is mis-diagnosed this way and many other things.

 

[TheVileOne]

But Max does none of those actions. He hugs his mother and returns home, it doesn't show he has learned a lesson at all.

His returning home shows he learned a lesson. He wanted a world of his own that had what only he wanted. He learned that you can't really have that.

 

[TheVileOne]

The Wild Things are Max and vice versa. Max created them just like he did in the book.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

But Max does none of those actions. He hugs his mother and returns home, it doesn't show he has learned a lesson at all.

Okay dude. If that's how you want to see. I know there wasn't a huge epilogue cause the smile was it ala( Love means never having to say I'm you're sorry). I just don't understand how if Carol represents Max's agression and Carol changed(by saying good-bye after seeing the fixed heart that Max made) then it means Max changed.

 

[Octoberist]

just got home. great movie!

 

[Sarge 2.0]

But Max does none of those actions. He hugs his mother and returns home, it doesn't show he has learned a lesson at all.

Were you paying attention at all? His acknowledgment of the fact that he needs to go home and his recognition that his mother does love him, and that he is not as neglected as he had thought, shows he learned his lesson.

Just because you need your hand held through a movie and must have everything telegraphed to you without any sense of artistry doesn't mean others do.

 

[terry78]

Go to a bookstore today, find the original book and read through it. It's pretty much the same thing...Max goes to the island, they do their thing, and suddenly he decides he's ready to go, and one page features the monsters looking somewhat angry saying if he leaves they'll eat him up. And he goes back anyway. It's a bittersweet goodbye, they don't hug or anything like that. It's just left that way.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

"Please don't go, we'll eat you up we love you so".

They changed the line for the movie, and it was a good change.

 

[Nivek]

Just got done seeing this! 2/10. I think some parks are inappropriate for children.

Wow, really?

Do you have kids of your own? Given your comments here, you sound like one of the people who needed a kid next to you to explain the film through their eyes (which was one of those things I got a kick out of, heard more than one little kid playing commentary to their parents, instead of vice versa).

 

[Octoberist]

i agree with the others that the movie is a loose adaptation, but it's pretty much the same themes.

LONG LIVE SPIKE JONZE.

 

[TheVileOne]

Its the same basic story. But I mean, its a 10 sentence book.

The main difference is that in the book, the place of the Wild Things literally grows out of Max's room where Max is being punished. In the movie he literally runs away from home.

 

[Prison Mike]

Its the same basic story. But I mean, its a 10 sentence book.

The main difference is that in the book, the place of the Wild Things literally grows out of Max's room where Max is being punished. In the movie he literally runs away from home.

So in the movie, he's not in his home the entire time imagining this?

 

[TheVileOne]

No. He leaves home.

Box Office Mojo Estimates are out. Estimate is $32 million for this weekend.

 

[8wid]

Wow, really?

Do you have kids of your own? Given your comments here, you sound like one of the people who needed a kid next to you to explain the film through their eyes (which was one of those things I got a kick out of, heard more than one little kid playing commentary to their parents, instead of vice versa).

Well my son only laughed at some of the silly parts, otherwise he was so confused about everything else that happened because there was way too much adult emotion he had no idea about. It kind of left him traumatized a bit.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

Well my son only laughed at some of the silly parts, otherwise he was so confused about everything else that happened because there was way too much adult emotion he had no idea about. It kind of left him traumatized a bit.

Yeah, he'll be in therapy for years.

 

[BLACK-SPIDEY]

Yeah, he'll be in therapy for years.

yeah poor kid, but dont worry, give him some silly movie to watch like, transformers, that´ll probably cheer him up.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Well come on guys these are little kids. Do you all expect them to sit still and be anamored compared to TF in the first place? Something like TF is mostly all action. Something that holds their attention and they'll eat up. After the movie, they're not gonna sit down and analyze it and have a intelligent conversation, they're just gonna talk about what parts they liked or what they liked/disliked about it. They have shorter attention spans. I shouldn't even be explaining this.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

Kids these days are raised on cinematic McDonalds, so they're either going to find Where the Wild Things Are refreshing and engaging, or they're going to be utterly confused.

The bright, imaginative youngsters will go for the former, the rest will probably be the latter.

 

[The Chairman]

I saw it last night with a friend of mine. We loved it and were both near tears at the end. Beautiful movie.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Kids these days are raised on cinematic McDonalds, so they're either going to find Where the Wild Things Are refreshing and engaging, or they're going to be utterly confused.

The bright, imaginative youngsters will go for the former, the rest will probably be the latter.

I haven't seen the film yet, but I don't think I was ever the latter group of those kind of kids. I dug all kinds of movies when I was 5. I was able to sit through and love Shawshank Redemption around that age.

My psych teacher has a "field trip" to meet her at the theater and see the film. I wonder if I should go. I haven't been to the movies in two months. If Shutter Island came out (dammit ) in the beginning of the month like it was suppose to.