As I mentioned in a previous blog, I was not overly impressed with the movie Where The Wild Things Are, that is until very recently when my eleven year old son explained it to me.
You see, as an adult, the gist of the story was lost on me. Last night while driving with my son we passed the theatre where we saw the movie and my son commented that he really liked it and asked if I liked it too. Well I could have said yes it was great and left it at that but I was honest with him and told him I really didn't like it. He of course asked "why?" and so I went on to explain that I didn't think the story made any sense at all and that I couldn't see the point of the "Wild Things".
My brilliant son explained that the "Wild Things" represented people in his life, and that Carole the main "Wild Thing" that had anger issues was Max, Judith and Ira were Max's mom and her boyfriend, KW was his sister. When he started making these comparisons, the whole point of the movie fell into place for me, and with this new take on it, I was wrong, it's not the absolute worst movie I have ever seen. If my eleven year old was able to make these connections and understand the moral or lesson of the movie than Spike Jones did his job and did it well.
I had mentioned that maybe as an adult I just didn't get it as it was directed towards kids, well that assumption was correct. Thank you so much my abstract thinking boy, you opened my eyes to a whole new perception towards a movie I was more than willing to write off. There are times when he can be so wise beyond his years yet so naive that I worry incessantly that he will be left behind. This revelation has calmed some of those worries.
With much love, light and open eyes,
Tammy.
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