Where the Emo Things Are

[daddytodd]

So, we saw "Where the Wild Things Are" yesterday afternoon. I can't ever remember seeing a movie that had more big, heavy sighs in it.

Or a worse load of shoegazing weepy emo folk-rock soundtrack.

It was well shot, the "Things" were great to look at, the acting was good -- the kid playing Max was really good. But I feel like the actors and filmmakers were let down by a bad script. Somebody get the screenwriters a prescription for Prozac!

I pretty much hated it, when I really, really wanted to like it.

Comments

[fogbear.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear...well, we're seeing it in IMAX on Wednesday....

[daddytodd.livejournal.com]

It's possible you might like it better than I did. I'm kind of a tough audience, expecting films to have a plot and suchlike...

[maxauburn.livejournal.com]

I loved the book when it was first published in 1963.

I was 6 years old then.

Maurice Sandek's illustrations were fun!

I have yet to see the movie, but will do so sometime.

BTW, did you know that Sandek is 80 years old, gay, and lived with a man for about 50 years?

His longtime companion died just a few years ago.

I didn't know all that until I looked him up just last week, due to all the publicity the movie is getting.