Have you ever wondered how it's like to be a kid again? Have you totally lost that kid in you and somehow you want it back so bad that people around you are starting to think you're acting childish? "Where The Wild Things Are", a movie directed by Spike Jonze is definitely a movie you should never miss.
This movie was adapted from a children's book by Maurice Sendak. It is about a bratty 9-year old boy named Max who, if analyzed, is someone who longs for attention. A boy who seems to be looking for a playmate but he is a weird kid and nobody wants to be friends with him. He usually puts on his wolf suit, grab a fork and wrestle his dog. He plays snowball fights with his teenage neighbors and he would end up under a pile of snow that used to be his makeshift igloo. Until one day, he saw his mom having a romantic casual talk with a guy, who I presume is her new boyfriend. He became uncontrollably mad, bit his mother on the shoulder when she was trying to stop him, and finally managed to run away from home.
He sailed away to an island where big and hairy creatures live. He made up stories to make them believe he used to be a king and eventually convinced them by his witty innocence. He then found new friends from these wild creature. Soon enough, Alexander, one of the wild creatures realized that the child is just a regular creature and not a powerful one, like what he used to claim he was. Carol, the closest friend that the Max had among the wild creatures became enraged and tried to kill the him. Luckily, he was saved by another big hairy creature named KW. Max thought of what his mother was going through and decided to leave the island.
Things were made clear that a child would never understand how adults are like. Adults, however, know that their behavior is beyond a child's comprehension. We know better than they do and we should take into consideration how they think and feel when things go wrong. We need to help them understand even if they don't because eventually they would. These kids also have a say and we must learn how to listen.
Therefore, there would always be that "kid" in all of us and we'd soon realize that things may be complex but if we try to simplify all those then they won't be that complicated anymore. It's like saying that when things get tough, we tend to think too hard, trying to find logic in everything we do and soon we'd find ourselves drowned in depression. We need to try to think simply. Life may not be a playground full of fun, but we have a choice to make it like one. Indeed, it's a roller coaster ride but we just have to enjoy the ride.
