Comments on: Where The Wild Things Are: After The Rumpus http://www.martynpedler.com/2009/11/where-the-wild-things-are-after-the-rumpus/ "All I want is the answer to one simple question before I run screaming back to the bughouse. Is this real or isn't it?" Cliff Steele, DOOM PATROL #21. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Thirst: jmag review | Martyn Pedler http://www.martynpedler.com/2009/11/where-the-wild-things-are-after-the-rumpus/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Thirst: jmag review | Martyn Pedler Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:47:41 +0000 http://www.martynpedler.com/?p=1022#comment-104 [...] The Rest « Where The Wild Things Are: After The Rumpus [...] [...] The Rest « Where The Wild Things Are: After The Rumpus [...]

]]> By: Martyn http://www.martynpedler.com/2009/11/where-the-wild-things-are-after-the-rumpus/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Martyn Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:22:17 +0000 http://www.martynpedler.com/?p=1022#comment-103 I think I would have come away happy even if it'd just been monsters romping around the forest - they certainly looked amazing - but I was happy it was so much more daring than that. And while I can see why some won't like it, I wasn't expecting some of the awful reviews flying around. Some seem only inches was from busting out the classic internet complaint: Spike Jonze "raped my childhood". I think I would have come away happy even if it’d just been monsters romping around the forest – they certainly looked amazing – but I was happy it was so much more daring than that.

And while I can see why some won’t like it, I wasn’t expecting some of the awful reviews flying around. Some seem only inches was from busting out the classic internet complaint: Spike Jonze “raped my childhood”.

]]> By: Matt http://www.martynpedler.com/2009/11/where-the-wild-things-are-after-the-rumpus/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Matt Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:09:47 +0000 http://www.martynpedler.com/?p=1022#comment-102 Personally I'm glad this film was made for adults, it encompassed everything I thought it could and much more. It was most definately about childhood and even more so about realising that you can't be a child forever. I felt it also explored the fact that adults can be more selfish and irrational than children. I was looking forward to see how Spike Jonze tranlated it, how the 'wild things' looked and acted in the film and that was it. But this totally exceeded my expectations, sadness was totally unavoidable. Personally I’m glad this film was made for adults, it encompassed everything I thought it could and much more.

It was most definately about childhood and even more so about realising that you can’t be a child forever. I felt it also explored the fact that adults can be more selfish and irrational than children.

I was looking forward to see how Spike Jonze tranlated it, how the ‘wild things’ looked and acted in the film and that was it. But this totally exceeded my expectations, sadness was totally unavoidable.

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