On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:57:16 -0600, insane for boys! <go boy power
go!> wrote:
>On 2009-11-14 15:24:00 -0600, NP-f31 said:
>
>> The day after I found out my wife was expecting our first child I went
>> out at lunch to a book store and bought a copy of 'Where the Wild
>> Things Are' by Maurice Sendak. While I was in the store I noticed that
>> they had stuffed versions of some of characters from the book. I got a
>> stuffed Max and a stuffed Bison Wild Thing for what turned out to be
>> my oldest son. I read that book to each of my children and used a
>> scary voice when the Wild Things 'roared their terrible roars'. It was
>> alternately frightening and reassuring to them. When the movie came
>> out, my oldest son said, 'Dad, we've got to go see that movie
>> together'. And so this afternoon, my two oldest kids accompanied me to
>> see the movie 'Where the Wild Things Are' directed by Spike Jonze. It
>> was a wonderful film and an amazing adaptation of a book I thought
>> could never be made into a proper film. The Wild Things were perfect,
>> a blend of puppetry, CGI and voice characterizations that brought them
>> to life. Big Bird and Elmo never made me tear up, but these Wild
>> Things did.
>>
>> What held the film together was Max Records, the ten year old who
>> played Max. He was a delight to behold and well directed. Every frame
>> of the film that he graced exuded an exuberant boyishness. Max showed
>> us why we love boys. He is fearless and vulnerable at the same time.
>> He can go from happy to the verge of tears in an instant. We watched
>> him work through the dissolution of his family by watching the coming
>> together and breakup of his Wild Thing family. In the end, it is love
>> that saves the day.
>>
>> It's funny, my youngest son thought the film would be too babyfied for
>> his too-cool-for-school, he was wrong of course, but his opinion is
>> typical for his age. My oldest son viewed the film as a link to his
>> childhood and his future. He recited some of the lines from memory and
>> told me that when he has kids he's going to read that book to them
>> just like I did to him. I'm not surprised. He's pretty sentimental, he
>> was the boy who cried when Christopher Robin went off to school at the
>> end of 'House at Pooh Corner'.
>>
>> If you have an opportunity to see the film, I recommend it. You'll
>> certainly enjoy gazing at Max if you enjoy nothing else.
>>
>> Doc
>> NP-f31
>
>Glad you and your children enjoyed the movie! If you don't mind my
>asking, how old are your children?
23(m), 20(f) and 13(m).
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