Where The Wild Things Are - 4/5

The story is based on the children's book published in 1963. Plot:

"The book tells the story of Max, who one evening plays around his home making "mischief" in a wolf costume. As punishment, his mother sends him to bed without supper. In his room, a mysterious, wild forest and sea grows out of his imagination, and Max sails to the land of the Wild Things. The Wild Things are fearsome-looking monsters, but Max conquers them by "staring into all their yellow eyes without blinking once", and he is made "the king of all wild things", dancing with the monsters in a "wild rumpus". However, he soon finds himself lonely and homesick and he returns home to his bedroom where he finds his supper waiting for him still hot."

An interesting touch about this movie is that it confuses audience whether Max is on his real adventure or it's just his imagination. When not getting used to it, i used to be a bit annoyed about this feature, but now i find it quite interesting as not only the imagination of the characters but ours also soar. One compliment goes to Max Records for playing the role excellently. The movie passed the line for children's movie, making it an adult's movie in the shape of a kid's tale. I think the reason why they did that was because in the whole, the movie was placed in a not very bright and colorful display and not as easy to watch as Disney's creations. I was really shocked when Carol ripped the arm out of Douglas and nearly burst out crying when it came to the scene when Douglas placed a stick where his arm used to be.

Although having said that it was not a very colorful movie, there were some rather photogenic scenes that you would wish to capture. And those scenes made the movie special. I really love the friendship between Carol and Max, that they loved each other by heart despite being different in every way. After all, it's the love that connects people.

Don't watch it when you're sleepy, you might get bored of it, which is such a shame because this is a really worth watching movie.