like many moms all over the world, i was excited when i heard this classic children’s book would be turned into a movie. i like it when they take things like that and make it real. i’m a huge fan of Harry Potter, despite having a serious dislike for the acting talents in the earlier films. i just think it’s really cool to see magic come to life on the big screen. sorry to sound to cliche, but it’s true.
i admit, i don’t remember much about the book Where the Wild Things Are. i just know it’s a kids book; easy to read and probably teaches some sort of moral lesson in the end. we have it at home… i’da read it by now, if it wasn’t packed away in a box, awaiting signed papers and a U-Haul truck.
what i didn’t realize, was just how awful it would be on the big screen.
i rented this movie from Redbox the other day just to pass some time while the hubs was away, and i only made it about 15 minutes into the movie before i turned my nose into a book, and ignored the screen.
the kid was horrific. even my son was appalled at his behavior. i debated turning it off, despite the kid-friendly rating and lack of physical violence. the fits the main character threw were, in a way, more violent than what i feel is decent for a kids movie.
i don’t mean he was just a brat…
he was the kind of kid that needs serious therapy and anger management classes stat, or he’ll end up in jail before he’s reached legal age. he couldn’t cope with his own feelings, and it really disturbed me (and my kids) to see that in such a convincing violent manner.
i was utterly appalled at the tantrums this kid threw.
maybe because i’m a mom and scenes like that hit a stronger chord in me than they used to, but i hated the movie.
i hated the way they turned this spoiled rotten lying little brat into a kid having a grand adventure. i was disgusted by his dirty clothes and his snot-nosed face. i didn’t like that my own children might look at that movie, and get ideas.
the moral lessons sound much better in writing.
they should have kept it that way.
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ugh — i’m glad I did not rent this one. Sounds annoying, and that it was simply made to exploit the popularity of a good kid’s book. I hate when Hollywood does that crap.
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