![]() ![]() ![]() What could be better than a boss who lets you have fun all the time?Įventually, Max grows tired and homesick. … then, after becoming their king, rewarding them with the grace of a Benevolent Ruler. Here, Max tames them by teaching them to fear him… “Wild Things” is the gentle dismantling of one child’s angry outburst.īecause, as you know, Max stews in his room until his imagination lets him sail away from home - sail, sail, sail to a faraway land with other untamed beasts just like himself. Sendak is the time-honored master of recognizing the breadth of kids’ emotions and unwrapping them in the safety of his creamy, dreamy art. All kids find themselves, at some point or another, all kinds of worked up, wild and bristly, angry at the world over everything, and why-won’t-you-listen-to-me and no-I-won’t-do-it and you-can’t-make-me. Spock would have to classify this child as a little &%$.” Of course, all children are, sometimes. ![]() The source material, a 1963 picture book by Maurice Sendak, is itself a pretty angry piece of prose: A misbehaving boy is sent to his room without supper - and let’s be clear, Sendak’s scowling, wild-eyed Max has plainly been a spiteful little snot to his off-panel mother.Įven Dr. Which is a pretty odd sort of way to feel about a children’s film, yeah?īut that’s what’s so remarkable and fantastic to me about this movie. Finally watched the Spike Jonze/Dave Eggers emo-epic “Where the Wild Things Are,” and I have to say, the final package was exactly as advertised: beautiful, touching and full to the brim with that sepia-toned, lonely-in-a-crowd feeling. ![]()
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