Where the Wild Things Are

Hmmm...
Errr...
Argh...
SIGH.

Yeah, I dunno.  I think I had a real problem with this movie.  I don't recall ever having read the children's book (it IS a children's book right?), but I kinda wish I had had a clue before I saw it with my kids last night...  I'm guessing (and hoping) it didn't sink into them quite the way it did me.

I wonder what others thought of this movie?  It started out sort of fun, quirky, odd... in an offbeat kind of way.  Which I like.  Honestly, the movie (in my opinion anyway) was really well done.  It's just... Well, I'm not even sure how to explain it.  There was just an element of darkness.  Something "off" about it.  Maybe even untrue.  This pervasive feeling of... loneliness, disconnection, rejection... I am alone and no one will/can ever understand me...  It really bothered me.  Maybe some people wouldn't pick up on it.  Maybe it's because I have thoughts that I have to fight off like that a lot myself.  I wasn't so sure how I felt about it directly after watching it, but I actually wish I hadn't seen it now.

So there you have it.  My review and un-recommendation.  Watch at risk to your own psyche.