More on Where The Wild Things Are
We’re going to see it tonight - at the IMAX. Tix already pre-ordered. I’m really looking forward to it.
But, I just read this article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/12/where-the-wild-things-are_0_n_317908.html
“The idea that I came up with is if the wild things are wild emotions. As a kid, one of the things that can feel scary or out of control is wild emotions, out-of-control emotions, either in yourself or the people around you,” Jonze said. “Having a tantrum, that’s scary as a kid, because you just see red. … Trying to make a movie that feels like what it feels to be 9 years old at times, that was the idea.”
And the idea that it’s making you think about what it feels like to be 9 years old - is what sounds scary *to me*.
As a parent, I want to think that I can make it easy for the kids - that everything’s fine. It’s frightening to look directly at reality (or potential reality) sometimes.
