Where The Wild Things Are

To start, and I still feel this way. James Gandolfini's character, as with all his characters post-Sopranos make me imagine they are all Tony Soprano in a different form. And in this movie, he was the monster version of Tony Soprano. Just weird. I can't get that whole idea out of my head.

Getting past that, Spike Jonze did an excellent job in translating this movie from a book to the big screen. I think it is incredibly hard to do, given the length of the book. However, little boy Max runs away from home as he is frustrated and ends up arriving at an island inhabited by giant monsters. He lives with them as their king, and eventually realizes he must return home.

There were a ton of voices in this movie, James Gandolfini, Paul Dano, Forest Whitaker, and Chris Cooper to name a few. The movie had very nice effects. The plot was actually managable.

There was a problem, for some in this part. It was and wasn't for kids. The movie goes from kid friendly to scary and back. It is much deeper than the book was ever meant to be. It was gravely realistic in thought and kind of dark. So this inconsistency, I think, weighed down the movie.

If you enjoyed the book, and want to see an interesting movie, but don't expect too much. Give it a watch as a matinée movie.

I rate this movie 7.3 out of 10.