Where the Wild Things Are

We also saw this movie this last weekend. We were so disapointed by this movie. By the end of the movie we were all just stairing at the screen in devastation. I have included the Plot below, which should definatly be read before you see the movie because if you just watch it you will be confused. The movie had more to do with the costumes looking more like  the book then anything else. Anyone who has read the book will not like the movie but they may get a few more parts of the movie. By itself the movie does not make sence, points the director was trying to get across get left in the displacment of it all.

Max (Max Records) is a lonely boy with an active fantasy life. When his sister Claire's (Pepita Emmerichs) friends carelessly crush his snow fort in a snowball fight, and she doesn't do anything about it, he goes into a rage and makes a mess of her bedroom. When his mother Connie (Catherine Keener) invites her boyfriend (Mark Ruffalo) to dinner, Max throws a tantrum in which he bites her, and runs out of the house, still in the wolf costume he likes to wear. At the nearby seashore, he finds an abandoned sailboat, and sets out in it.
He eventually reaches an island, where he finds several large talking wild things, vaguely humanoid in shape with features resembling those of various animals:
Carol (voiced by James Gandolfini) - the most outspoken of the wild things

Ira and Judith (voiced by Forest Whitaker and Catherine O'Hara) - a couple

Alexander (voiced by Paul Dano) - a smaller goat-like thing who craves attention

Douglas (voiced by Chris Cooper) - Carol's birdlike sidekick

The Bull (voiced by Michael Berry, Jr.) - a quiet and intimidating beast who mostly keeps to himself

Carol is in the middle of a tantrum over the departure of K.W. (Lauren Ambrose) to be with other friends. Not understanding what's going on, Max tries to join in on the mayhem, but soon finds himself facing the suspicious anger of the entire tribe. Bluffing his way out, he convinces them that he is a great king with magical powers capable of bringing harmony to the group. They promptly crown him as their new king. K.W. returns, and Max declares a "wild rumpus", in which the wild things smash trees and tackle each other, ending with them all piling on one another, then going to sleep, with Max at the center of the pile.
Carol takes Max on a tour of his new kingdom, ending at a model Carol has built, of what he wishes the island looked like. Inspired by this, Max orders the construction of an enormous and fanastical fort, with Carol in charge of the construction. However, when K.W. brings her owl friends Bob and Terry to the fort, another argument arises, as Carol doesn't like them. Max's answer is to divide the tribe into "good guys" and "bad guys" for a dirt-clod fight as a distraction. But this only serves to increase tension between the wild things, and Alexander is physically hurt; K.W. leaves the group again.
Eventually, Max admits to Alexander that he is neither a king nor does he have magical powers. Alexander had suspected it all along, and warns Max to never let Carol know. But Max's secret is exposed to the whole group, and Carol goes wild, accidentally ripping Douglas' arm off, then chasing Max into the forest. Max is saved by K.W., who hides him from Carol in her stomach, then explains to him that their lives are already difficult, with Carol's tantrums only making it worse. Hearing this, Max finally understands what his mother is going through, and decides that it is time to leave the island. He looks for Carol, but only finds the model island, which Carol has destroyed, so Max leaves a token of affection for the wild thing to find. The other wild things escort Max to his boat, and he sets off for home. Carol arrives just in time to join his friends on the shore, and they all share one last group howl.
Max returns home, apparently just a short time after he left. He is embraced by his distraught mother, who happily watches and smiles as he hungrily eats dinner, before she falls fast asleep.