My thoughts on "Where The Wild Things Are"

Or rather lack of thoughts, since I haven't give this movie much thought after I left the cinema.

It was such an emotionally complex movie that I can't even begin to describe how I feel about it. Mostly because I lack writing prose and confidence but I'll give it a shot.

The movie is about a young boy called Max, he has an overactive imagination and is somewhat of a loner.After an incident with his mother, he runs away to an isolated island where he stumbles upon these giant animals that can talk. It then turns into an emotional drama with happy or funny spots littered in between the serious scenes.

That's my personal overview of the movie, I hope it suffices.

As for how I felt about the movie as a whole, I enjoyed it. I thought it was time well spent, although the movie doesn't really seem like it was meant for kids. It had some deep messages that are extremely subtle and really require you to think about it, even after you've left the building. It was also quite a depressing film, some scenes really felt quite morbid and bleak.

On a side note, the way the animals look are fantastic, I heard it's a mix of puppetry and CG elements. However they did it, they did it well.  

If I had to give this film an arbitrary rating, I'd give it a 7.8/10

I hope I didn't waffle on for too long, it's hard organizing one's thoughts into coherent sentences. It is for me at least.