Where the wild things are - the movie

I want to begin with the conclusion here. WTWTA is a good movie.

Many doubted the possibility of adapting a 100-words-book into a full length feature film, and the (earlier?) draft of the script received a hard criticism from its reader, but the end result is stunning.

I think the problem of most people with the movie was the lack of action, or, perhaps, the lack of conflict. Also in the book, the kid just closes his eyes and solves his anger in his dream. And in the dream when he misses home he simply returns. But, and this is a very important issue here, this film isn't about big conflicts in the outer world. Like the book, Max has some problems at home, but the main conflict of him is how does he make sense of it, how does he deal with his problems, and not how he solves them. To deal with it means to understand it, and all Max needs to do is to better understand his life, perhaps to get some more control over it.

So we go with Max to where the wild things are, and it's a fantastic hypnotic story, that works on the mind the same ways the book does. Little words, loads of feel.

Way to go, brave brave Spike Jonze.