So let's talk about something interesting, likeeee the polarizing effect of Spike Jonze and his latest film "Where the Wild Things Are". Upfront, I didn't care for it that much. I won't say it was a terrible movie, because surely worse have been made (http://fvsf.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/roadhouse.jpg) and worse will be made (any movie involving Brittany Murphy). Of course, this is all a matter of opinion so feel free to disagree, but what I'm getting at is that I don't think Spike and company should be blamed for people not liking the movie.
Sure it felt like a gutless plea to the nostalgia of 20 something hipsters at times, but I also saw something really beautiful at the midnight showing.
What I saw was a room full of strangers bonding over a brief, shared moment in everyone's childhood. That was great, my favorite part of the whole experience. It may have been obnoxious at times (howls and all), but it felt genuine, and real. I don't think moments like that can be faked, and that alone was worth the money.
To All The Haters
It's a bummer that my joke of saying "I liked the book better" didn't catch on....mostly because there were people saying that seriously. I'm not gonna saying something condescending like "it's a movie, get over it" but I might say there are more productive things to get fired up over in this life, like why I'm not friends with this guy:
Ah, now I'm going to study for my rapidly approaching french test (2 hours away),!
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