wild thing

so, when it comes down to writing, i feel like i wouldn't remember all the reason i liked where the wild things are, but here goes.

1. the sets: how awesome was that fort? and the sea and desert? even the suburban neighborhood felt right to me.

2. catherine keener: i loved that she was a good mom. that when she asked max to tell her a story, she was paying attention and typing it up. i thought she was working, but she was listening.

3. that kid: max (real and character name) is just so great to look at. and he's brave in a way i'm not, which is nice.

4. recurring topics: i loved that the wild things would talk about things in max's life. like when one of them talked about teeth and max had told that story about teeth. and how judith yelled at him about yelling at her when he's king and she should be able to do anything and he should just agree and let her do anything she wanted. it was a little crazy when max's mom yelled at him, but also understandable.

5. camera angles: like when max would go into tunnels and how the night and day looked. it was just thought out and perfect.

5.6: that the soundtrack was all crazy songs that i don't know. the preview had this great arcade fire song, but i felt good that the soundtrack was all new and almost not words. sometimes hearing a song i love takes me out of the movie. liz pointed out that the wild things live in a world not our own and it was nice that it wasn't music in our world.

6. i guess mostly i loved that the monsters are all part of each of us. and how you can't only listen to just one and you can't make all of them happy. i've felt better after fucking up my friendship with hannah and it made me think about how sometimes it's nice to explode. it's nice to lash out and hurt someone, even though i didn't do it on purpose. and, to me, that was the theme of the movie. that lashing out and acting crazy is a part of all of us and it can't be ignored all the time, but you also can't act that way all the time.

i don't really know the book, but that's what i got from the movie. i feel like the characters developed because i know them all already. but also that it's true that being a part of a family is hard sometimes, but it's worth it.