Where the Wild Things Are

Last week I saw Spike Jonze version of "Where the Wild Things Are". I have heard a lot of mixed reviews about the movie. Some critics said that the movie was too sad and unsuitable for children while the other critics that it was one of the best movies that was released this year.

To be honest, I had no clue what to expect when I saw the movie. All I really knew was that it was based on a children's book that was read to me as a child and Spike Jonze was directing it. I have always been a fan of whatever Spike Jonze does. He has made some memorable commericals and some of my favorite movies.

Even though the book itself is only 10 sentences long, the movie stayed as faithfull as it could to the book. The movie could also do almost anything it wanted because there was not that much information in the book.

The film version of "Where the Wild Things Are" is about a boy who, after biting his mom during a date, runs away from home and hides in the woods. His imagination then takes him to a far away place that is ruled by the Wild Things.

The interesting look that Spike Jonze chose to tell the story is that each of the Wild Things are an emotion that Max, the main character, feels with everything that is going on in his life. It really isn't a kids movie because there are only a couple of funny scenes in the film but it is still a great movie.

The movie really just seemed to be about how a kid felt about his dad not being around, his mom dating a new guy, and how his sister and her friends are mean to him and how Max deals with these emotions.

Overall, it was a really good movie. It is more of an adult movie than a kids movie, but nonetheless it was still a great movie.