Monday, March 15, 2010

Where The Wild Things Are

Now available from Warner Brothers Home Video on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and for Download: Where The Wild Things Are - An adaptation of Maurice Sendak's legendary children's story in which Max, a disobedient little boy, is sent to bed by his mother without any supper. Feeling hurt and unloved, he channels his anger, and instead of continuing his mischievous antics in his room, he creates his own imaginary world which includes a forest, a massive ocean and a small boat, which he uses to sail away to a land inhabited by monsters - Wild Things - who crown him king.

The Where the Wild Things Are Blu-ray Combo Pack contains more than one hour of Special Features, including:
  • Higgelty Piggelty Pop! An all-new short featuring the voices of Meryl Streep and Forest Whitaker
  • HBO First Look
  • 8 Webisodes: The Absurd Difficulty of Filming a Dog Running and Barking at the Same Time, Vampire Attack, The Kids Take Over the Picture, Maurice and Spike, Max and Spike, The Records Family, and Carter Burwell
The Where the Wild Things Are DVD contains the following special features:
  • 4 Webisodes:  The Absurd Difficulty of Filming a Dog Running and Barking at the Same Time, The Big Prank, Vampire Attack, and The Kids Take Over the Picture
My children loved this movie!  The opening scene in the story is much like many stories at my house.  Brother gets mad at sister.  Sister is mean to brother, starts off as innocent fun but someone gets their feelings hurt, retaliation sets in.  This sort of thing happens at our house all of the time!  I felt quite sorry for little Max as his igloo was crushed right along with his feelings.  But, the little boy is quite a character with an imagination as large as any imagination can be!  When you watch this movie, you're catapulted into this wonderful imagination right along with Max.  It's a great movie.  Turn it on and watch it with the kids.  You'll be glad you did!

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2 comments, add yours here:

Tammy said...

I just watched it this weekend and loved it. My kid wouldn't sit and watch it, though.

Shana Putnam said...

This was one of my favorite books as a child and i can't wait to see the movie.