10-19-2009, 02:38 PM
imax was beautiful. i find that i'm much more critical of a movie when i don't take my kid. if i'm with the boy and he has a great experience it sometimes skews my critique (see transformers 2).
i thought it was such a cool looking movie and that it really captured, stretched out and in a tiny way modernized the original story. all of the wild things were somehow parts of max's imagination or psychological reflections of the sliver of his real life we see before he sets sail. apart from all the cool, fantasy based things going on i found myself trying to pick apart different themes that were going on and trying to figure out where they tied in to his real life. the dynamics between the wild things themselves, the environment of the island (especially the "fort" they built), the dialogue for the most part and the score were all really cool i thought. again, my 7 year old loved it so there's that. not to say he doesn't also love some silly little kid shit that i can look at as just that, but i'm glad he saw this movie.
a few genuine laughs, some heartfelt messages and unique visuals. some of the desert and "ocean" shots are pretty awesome on the imax screen as well. i think this one really depends on what the viewer has in mind coming in. because of that i'll be flaky and say - seeing it w/out kids 2.5-3 out of 5 stars and with kids who are really in to it 3-3.5 out of 5 stars
i thought it was such a cool looking movie and that it really captured, stretched out and in a tiny way modernized the original story. all of the wild things were somehow parts of max's imagination or psychological reflections of the sliver of his real life we see before he sets sail. apart from all the cool, fantasy based things going on i found myself trying to pick apart different themes that were going on and trying to figure out where they tied in to his real life. the dynamics between the wild things themselves, the environment of the island (especially the "fort" they built), the dialogue for the most part and the score were all really cool i thought. again, my 7 year old loved it so there's that. not to say he doesn't also love some silly little kid shit that i can look at as just that, but i'm glad he saw this movie.
a few genuine laughs, some heartfelt messages and unique visuals. some of the desert and "ocean" shots are pretty awesome on the imax screen as well. i think this one really depends on what the viewer has in mind coming in. because of that i'll be flaky and say - seeing it w/out kids 2.5-3 out of 5 stars and with kids who are really in to it 3-3.5 out of 5 stars
Life is a bitch, but she's totally doable.