Watched "Where The Wild Things Are" last night. I enjoyed it. It wasn't a great movie, but Max Records did a great job I think. Except for the "rushed" ending, I felt it was a well-written script. The Wild Things' conversations seemed a little too disconnected from Max -- I mean, some of the things they were talking about made me like, "What the fuck is in this kid's head?!" The Wild Things were imaginary, part of his psyche, but that kid definitely had some issues. The whole movie reminded me of a "kiddied" Donnie Darko. I do wanna watch it again, paying closer attention to all the dialogues. Like I said, everything that takes place in the land of the Wild Things was supposed to all be in Max's head and they end up discussing some complicated issues when you think about it. Judith, the one with a horn on her nose, straight up had some of the most disturbing conversations in the whole movie, more so than Carol and K.W.'s conversations. Her little fight with Max when he tries to dominate her by laughing in her face was such an unsettling scene to watch unfold. Also K.W.'s character was so much deeper than she appeared on the surface; while Max was angry with his sister, K.W. was essentially his mind's attempt to reconcile his relationship with his sister and K.W.'s attitude throughout the movie illustrated Max's fraternal affection for her. K.W.'s friends, the owls, were basically representative of his sister's friends and not being able to understand the owls would have been a reference to not understanding his sister's friends.
And then there was Max's little vampire story at the beginning. What the hell was up with that? When I saw that scene, I knew right then and there the movie was going to go Donnie Darko on me. It didn't take me long to wonder if the vampire story was about him or his dad. WHERE WAS MAX'S FATHER? Did he die? Are Max's parents divorced? How old was Max when his father left him? What was his parents' relationship like? All these thoughts were running through my mind while I was trying to watch the movie. I have this nagging suspicion that some of the details surrounding his father's absence crop up in Max's story and some of the dialogue of the Wild Things.