Max IS King!

Ron has wanted to see Couples Retreat since it opened a couple weeks ago. I was told that that it wasn’t all that, and I’m tired of going to movies where the funniest scenes have already been given away in the trailers. I just didn’t want to see it. So, when he asked me if I wanted to go to the movies yesterday, I asked him if I was going to have to see Where the Wild Things Are by myself. And here is an example of just one of the reasons I love my husband so dearly. With as much enthusiasm as he could muster he said, “No, I’ll see that with you. It does look interesting.” Fifteen minutes into the movie, I heard the deep, even breathing pattern of a man falling asleep…To be fair, Ron never read the book. He’s more a fan of Dr. Seuss, Mercer Mayer and Stan and Jan Berenstein. So, he didn’t ‘get’ Max. Ron wasn’t a Wild Thing of a boy….as a man, well, that’s another story…

Back to the movie – Max was played by the very sweet-looking-but-with-a-mischievous sparkle-in-his-eye young actor, Max Records. He is a beautiful boy and did a lovely job of being wild, but thoughtful as well. The Wild Things were FANTASTIC – a combination fabulous costumes and cg animation – the expressions on the faces of the ‘things’ were so REAL. I do think that this movie isn’t so much for young children – Baby Hurricane is truly a Wild Thing, but I wouldn’t take him to see this, because he’s only 3. It was a bit dark and sometimes sad, but I think that’s exactly the way Maurice Sendak meant it to be and isn’t that the way life is too?

Bottom line - I really think that if you read and loved the book, you will love the movie too.