tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499873501621499934.post7005608040592079845..comments2023-03-17T05:20:21.930-05:00Comments on MOVIES, SHOWS AND SOUNDS AT GMAN'S LOUNGE: MOVIE REVIEW - Where the Wild Things AreGMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683451256629992054noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499873501621499934.post-17188176694113861862010-01-23T02:56:25.084-06:002010-01-23T02:56:25.084-06:00Hey Geej. I've never really stumbled upon your...Hey Geej. I've never really stumbled upon your blog until now. I think Mary told me about it once upon a time, but I just never came upon reading your reviews and whatnot. I'll most definitely visit more. <br /><br />I loved this movie. Of course, I would. I saw Adaptation last year and it rendered me a huge appreciation for Jonze. So walking into W.T.W.T.A., I was expecting something pretty similarly mind-trip-esque. I know what you mean, when you say "a movie should be more than just straight-up nostalgia." But that is what the book is...in a way. Jonze actually added a lot more to the "at home with my mommy" sequences to the story line that Maurice Sendak sorta left up to a kid's imagination. I'm glad you liked it, nonetheless. A lot of people thought there was nothing going on the whole movie, that there were just animals throwing rocks at trees...and I just thought that shows a lack of sight in a lot of the audience. Do people not see the deep human emotion that is prevalent in even the straight-up action sequences? I know you saw that, but I'm speaking to the mass here. I felt like there was some really sad things going.<br /><br />I guess I would say the movie is a study of internal character struggles, where the story lies heavily on being told through a dream. I thought all of this worked really well.<br /><br />I want to say that I would've done the movie differently. I kept thinking that while watching it, but after some time, I thought to myself...this is exactly how a kid thinks...that is when I really appreciated Jonze's vision in the film.wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041068993442344459noreply@blogger.com