Where the Wild Things Are
I generally like the kinds of films that critics like, but I have no idea why this film only has a 67% on Rottentomatoes.
I've heard a lot of criticism like "emotionally lacking" and "without much imaginative power." One critic said that "somehow, in all the embellishments, the moral was lost." Perhaps they were expecting a little kids film with "follow your heart" and "live your dreams" messages plastered throughout, colorful, wacky CGI, and exaggerated animation. Is that really what passes for imaginative today?
It's not a kids movie. Most of the kids in the theater were bored half-way through. It's a movie for adults about kids, about what it's like to be a kid. It couldn't have been made any other way. A beautiful piece of art - I only wished I could have watched it alone instead of in a theater full of kids expecting to see another average Hollywood flick.
- Leo