I was aghast to see this film all but ignored by the Academy Awards this year. Spike Jones has plucked the magic from an enduring childrens classic and created a timeless cinematic fable. In an age where the term kids movie is synonymous with explosions, poop humor and freakish hyperactivity Where The Wild Things Are takes its own sweet time establishing an environment and group of characters that reverberate with wild rumpus energy one moment and revel in a quiet sunset the next. It's other worldly and utterly of the heart.
The extras included here are almost as geared towards producing some extra whimsy as they are in giving us a peek into the nuts and bolts of the films history and production although the HBO First Look Episode offering a more condenseversion of the solid amount of detail in in the other shorts What's really missing is a commentary with Sendak and Jonze but even as I write the words it sounds like I'm complaining there isn't enough lobster next to the prime rib. My favorite extra is an adaptation of Sendaks famous story Higglety Pigletty Pop which is offered up as a puppet piece utilizing the voices of Forest Whitaker and Meryl Streep and it is the perfect companion piece here.
And they're on DVD too!
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