Post #559033 by woofmutt on Mon, Oct 11, 2010 7:09 AM

Love and hate...

I finally saw Where the Wild Things Are last night. I was surprised because the reviews I'd read had been mediocre and I really liked the film a lot. It was great looking and well shot (I've always liked Spike Jonze work whether commercials, video, or film), well written (surprised me as Dave Eggers more or less 80% bugs me), great acting, and I loved the music.

However...

It felt wrong that the movie was called Where the Wild Things Are when all they took from the book was the main character's name, the look of the characters, and some incidental elements.

It would be difficult to make a movie that was like the book Where the Wild Things Are, and a movie that was like the film Where the Wild Things Are but had a different look to the creatures would still probably seem based on element from the book. But this movie could have had a a different title. I wish it had been called The World All Around, or In and Out of Weeks or even Max and the Wild Things. Then I wouldn't feel that the book got seriously abused during the wild rumpus.