Comments on: 7 Reasons To Go See ‘Where The Wild Things Are’

By: bunyan10

bunyan10 — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:09:24 +0000

----Over-produced, unoriginal and uninspired, decades stale, comfort-zone
show window slop from the 'daring' --and ALWAYS comfortable ---Spike Jonze.

BTW ----one reason NOT to patronize this ---or just about any other Holywood
flick this last decade or so ---they're actively covering for the most awesomely
genocidal regime in history ---across the Pacific. -Covering with 'entrancing'
circle-jerk screensaver slop like this. TRUE TRUE TRUE!

70 million -murdered in 'peacetime' vs. VAST funding and market favors.
YOU DECIDE ---and try not to pewk.

AMEN

By: Joe M.

Joe M. — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:10:24 +0000

Great article… articulated most of what I loved about it. Every second of this movie reminded me of my mother who passed away last year. Every second. I had a genuinely hard time keeping it together as I watched this amazing film. Needless to say, I wept in my car. An absolute and perfect time machine.

By: lorin66

lorin66 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:14:44 +0000

great article – encapsulating all that was gloriously wonderful with the film. my 13 yr old son max who is quite the sophisticated movie lover turned to me when it was over and said “it was strangely pretty and weird and cool. i loved it”. and i couldn't agree more.

By: Federico Iglesias

Federico Iglesias — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:01:28 +0000

Can't stop hearing nothing but good things about the kid. I'm not complaining, this kid could actually have a very favourable career in front of him.

That said, I want to see this film.

By: jarvy

jarvy — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:43:13 +0000

i know, right?
who cares…just enjoy the film.

By: jarvy

jarvy — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:43:13 +0000

i know, right?
who cares…just enjoy the film.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:27:00 +0000

Nice review of the movie.
I personally feel like it’s everything I couldn’t describe to someone when I was a kid, y’know?
Granted, there wasn’t too much logic in what I said.
Good though, that someone figured it out.
Everyone needs to go see this movie.
Right now.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:09:00 +0000

kids logic is the only logic worth knowing… we must receive Christ like a child.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:27:00 +0000

Ken, you’re totally entitled to your opinion, and I think you’ll find you’re not alone. A lot of critics felt the same way. For me, it was a slow-burn, but I love that sort of thing, and I think it was down without ever feeling flat to me.

I’d be interested in what you felt was random, but I can definitely see a point about it being too slow or plodding.

By: ken

ken — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:09:00 +0000

I saw this on an advance screening. I felt this was a total drag. The film felt like I was pushing water uphill. I wanted to enjoy this, because I loved the book. I just must not be “hip” or “intellectual” enough to enjoy it, outside of the music.

Many scenes felt absolutely random and the ending of the film felt forced as the movie searched for a message. I’m certain some hipster will tell me what the message ones, hopefully one of the scenesters creates one so they can all share it with us, and how great they are.

I can’t believe parents brought their kids out to this, I don’t know a single kid who would have enjoyed this.

I don’t like this movie, so I’ll be written off by the “intelelctual mighty” as a troll, because I don’t agree with the “artsy masses”. Thank God I got in for free.

Another childhood classic destroyed by a horrible movie. Watch it, but don’t tell the “hipsters” you didn’t like it, or you’ll be tied up in their iPod headphones and be forced to listen to crappy “indie” music for hours on end.

By: ken

ken — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:05:00 +0000

I saw this on an advance screening and unlike the masses, was totally let down. I felt the film was slow and trodding, many of the scenes felt totally random and found little to like outside of the movie. I am sure the hipster/scenester iPod generation will lambast me with their might Internet flames for not following the herd on this one. I’d save my money and see something else, I’m glad I got in for free.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:52:00 +0000

You might be interested in this story, about Warner Bros.’ marketing for the film and how it’s trying to determine who the audience is for WTWTA:
http://www.thewrap.com/article/where-wild-things-audience-is-8673

By: Julie Halvorsen Janisch

Julie Halvorsen Janisch — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:09:00 +0000

One of our all-time favorite books! I can’t wait to see the movie with my kids on friday!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:06:00 +0000

I’m gonna

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:51:00 +0000

I wanna go and see this movie Soooo bad
i think that it looks really good! :)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:46:00 +0000

depends on what age of KID, I think kids understand more than we give them credit for. Maybe a 3 year old might not understand…but then again maybe….what do they see at home, news, etc….it’s a movie with understanding, beginning to end. DO they really put that much meaning into things that we do. I remember watching the birds on tv as a kid. PETRIFIED after that. How about the Wizard of Oz or Gargoyles, I could not walk under a tree alone at night for many years after that, and I was 12. Ha.

By: giggidy

giggidy — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:39:13 +0000

jeez, whine much? ignore it and enjoy the movie

By: Chester Sellars

Chester Sellars — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:31:00 +0000

To me, the movie wasn’t made for kids. It was made for those of us who enjoyed the book when we were kids. But, hey, if the tikes wanna enjoy it too, more power to them. I think this is one of those moments when you feel like you’re a kid again. We’ll walk out of the theater crying and these kids are going to wonder what’s wrong. <3 WtWTA. :)

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:18:00 +0000

It looks like an interesting movie.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:48:00 +0000

Wonderful. I too was skeptical as the release date moved closer, but I held on to a fair bit of hope that it was going to be a successful film, and after reading this, I know I have absolutely nothing to worry about when I go to see it. Everyone loved the book growing up, myself included, and it’s so wonderful to hear that out of all the books-turned-movies out there, this one was a success. Thanks for this article; I’ll definitely be encouraging my family to see it next weekend when I go home for a visit. :]