Where the Wild Things Are

I went to see this today with Olivia. I think they captured the unease of the book quite well; the perilous sense of danger in the monsters and the loneliness and rage in Max. It's a wonderful film. That being said this is not a child's movie.  The recurring themes are loneliness, anguish at why things have to change and out and out anger. These are all things children feel but not things children like to see necessarily. At the end Olivia said the monsters were Max's story just told in a different way. She said it made her feel uncomfortable (in a bad way). I concur.(but in a good way). Our favorite read aloud books were always funny anyway, George and Martha, Ernest and Celestine and Bread and Jam for Frances got us every time. No disquiet there and doubtless they will never be made into motion pictures for adults. But Liv and I would go see them happily.