Analysis Of The Movie 'Where The Wild Things Are'
THOMAS J. HOUSTON
Dr. Sagerson
ENGL 1302
October 21, 2013
Analysis of: Where the Wild Things Are
“Forget every sugary kid-stuff cliché Hollywood shoves at you. The defiantly untamed Where the Wild Things Are is a raw and exuberant mind-meld between Maurice Sendak, the Caldecott Medal winner who wrote and illustrated the classic 1963 book, and Spike Jonze, the Oscar-nominated director (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation) who honors the explosive feelings of childhood by creating a visual and emotional tour de force. The movie barrels out at you like a nine-year-old boy filled to bursting with joys, fears and furies he can't articulate.” (Travers, Peter)
At the beginning of the film Max the main character is trying to get the attention of his sister who is on the phone with …show more content…
After some time Max sees his sister again this time outside in the snow, Max immediately goes into his igloo he has built and rolls up a couple snow balls. Max then gets into a snowball fight with her and her friends; he is soon out-numbered so he decides to take shelter inside his igloo. While inside Max is safe for a little bit, but one of his sister’s friends jumps on top of his igloo caving it in on top of Max. Jonze uses a close up angle during this scene to show what it would have been like inside the caved in igloo. Max soon emerges very upset, soon after he goes into his sister’s room and makes a mess inside. Later Max makes a fort up in his room and wants his mother to come inside and join him but she is busy with her boyfriend. Being ignored doesn’t sit well with Max so he goes down to the kitchen and
Dr. Sagerson
ENGL 1302
October 21, 2013
Analysis of: Where the Wild Things Are
“Forget every sugary kid-stuff cliché Hollywood shoves at you. The defiantly untamed Where the Wild Things Are is a raw and exuberant mind-meld between Maurice Sendak, the Caldecott Medal winner who wrote and illustrated the classic 1963 book, and Spike Jonze, the Oscar-nominated director (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation) who honors the explosive feelings of childhood by creating a visual and emotional tour de force. The movie barrels out at you like a nine-year-old boy filled to bursting with joys, fears and furies he can't articulate.” (Travers, Peter)
At the beginning of the film Max the main character is trying to get the attention of his sister who is on the phone with …show more content…
After some time Max sees his sister again this time outside in the snow, Max immediately goes into his igloo he has built and rolls up a couple snow balls. Max then gets into a snowball fight with her and her friends; he is soon out-numbered so he decides to take shelter inside his igloo. While inside Max is safe for a little bit, but one of his sister’s friends jumps on top of his igloo caving it in on top of Max. Jonze uses a close up angle during this scene to show what it would have been like inside the caved in igloo. Max soon emerges very upset, soon after he goes into his sister’s room and makes a mess inside. Later Max makes a fort up in his room and wants his mother to come inside and join him but she is busy with her boyfriend. Being ignored doesn’t sit well with Max so he goes down to the kitchen and