WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

[vegascub]

I've read some parents' comments about it being pretty dark, and that it should probably be rated PG-13. But I'm going to take my 7-year old this week anyway. I'm trying to decide if we should do a fun double-feature evening at the drive-in, or if I should take advantage of the supposed amazing visuals at an iMax or even regular theater. The drive-in screen can look pretty crappy.

[liner]

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

[veryzer]

<!--quoteo(post=66687:date=Oct 19 2009, 01:38 PM:name=liner)-->QUOTE (liner @ Oct 19 2009, 01:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->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<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


do the wild things get it on at all? i mean, do we get a good look at their genitalia?

[PcB]

<!--quoteo(post=66692:date=Oct 19 2009, 02:54 PM:name=veryzer)-->QUOTE (veryzer @ Oct 19 2009, 02:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=66687:date=Oct 19 2009, 01:38 PM:name=liner)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (liner @ Oct 19 2009, 01:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->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<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


do the wild things get it on at all? i mean, do we get a good look at their genitalia?
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I think you're looking for this.

[rok]

<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Softpaw Magazine, an erotic "cub" fan magazine<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
What's stopping Ace from taking this publication over and merging it into the rest of his media empire?

[veryzer]

man, i gotta get my yiff on.

[cherp]

<!--quoteo(post=66749:date=Oct 20 2009, 10:40 AM:name=veryzer)-->QUOTE (veryzer @ Oct 20 2009, 10:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->man, i gotta get my yiff on.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


Time to poke out my mind's eye. :-)

[jstraw]

Saw it tonight. A couple of parts of the film could have been trimmed by a few minutes but otherwise, it was fucking great.

[vegascub]

I saw it tonight as well. Can't say I loved it. But I certainly didn't hate it. My son thought it was sad and kind of scary. I didn't think it was scary, but I can see why a kid might find it a bit strange. I just say odd, yet kind of interesting. The kid in it annoyed me a little bit. I'd give it 3 out of 5 stars.

[jstraw]

Maybe it was my own childhood...but I understood completely what Max and every Wild Thing was feeling...and why they were behaving as they were, every second.

I hope James Gandolfini wins an Oscar. And I don't give a fuck about Oscars but he deserves the good things that come from winning one.

I can see why it was scary for a kid.

[Dirk]

I saw it and it was ok. Amazing visuals, cool soundtrack but beyond that, not much to suck you in. I'd say 2.5 stars out of 4.

[Butcher]

I watched this on Saturday night and really liked it. Then I watched it again the next day with my kids (I FF'd through the beginning where Max goes apeshit and bites his mom) and liked it even more. My daughter started crying near the end when Carol sees the heart Max made for him and then started howling as he left on the boat...which, of course, seeing my daughter cry made me cry.

4/5 stars. 4.5/5 if you watch it with your kids.

[funkster]

<!--quoteo(post=88433:date=Apr 12 2010, 05:02 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Apr 12 2010, 05:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I watched this on Saturday night and really liked it. Then I watched it again the next day with my kids (I FF'd through the beginning where Max goes apeshit and bites his mom) and liked it even more. My daughter started crying near the end when Carol sees the heart Max made for him and then started howling as he left on the boat...which, of course, seeing my daughter cry made me cry.

4/5 stars. 4.5/5 if you watch it with your kids.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Pussy man

[Butcher]

<!--quoteo(post=88435:date=Apr 12 2010, 05:17 PM:name=funkster)-->QUOTE (funkster @ Apr 12 2010, 05:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=88433:date=Apr 12 2010, 05:02 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Apr 12 2010, 05:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I watched this on Saturday night and really liked it. Then I watched it again the next day with my kids (I FF'd through the beginning where Max goes apeshit and bites his mom) and liked it even more. My daughter started crying near the end when Carol sees the heart Max made for him and then started howling as he left on the boat...which, of course, seeing my daughter cry made me cry.

4/5 stars. 4.5/5 if you watch it with your kids.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Pussy man
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I've turned into a giant pussy ever since I became a father. I cry way more often than I'd like to -- even in movies that aren't all that sad.

My heart has gotten tender.

[funkster]

"Excuse me guys....I think...I may have something in my eye"