you also probably treat the people around you badly, but instead of feeling bad about it, try to ignore it by living in the moment - refusing to think about or dwell on anything that makes you feel bad about yourself
denial won't make you feel better either, once you're signed off and in bed with only your mind to keep you company
if you gave this movie a 1-star rating, you're a total a-hole
says UnaDahmer666
shareI love how fans of this movie act like anyone who is less than reverential for this movie is unintelligent and uncreative and bitter and cynical.
shareLOL fans of this movie are all very weird. Am I the only one who notices this? This movie was barely good.
shareYes, I hate this movie. No, I don’t hate it because I hate kids. I hate it because it takes a good children’s book and made it depressing.
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Don't forget to bring a towel.
You must have been one of those kids who grew up with everything. You had friends and so you did not need a imagination nor a creative mind. It's people like you who grew up spoiled and spoon fed. To those of us like myself, we get the movie and how it relates to us growing up. Dont hate on this movie because your mind cannot understand it. Calling people very weird for liking this movie just shows your lack of understanding.
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Riiight so we: hate kids, are spoiled brats who were spoon fed, never had a care or trouble in the world, have no imagination or creativity. And WE show a lack of understanding.
And if people go too far and start calling people weird maybe it's because they get sick of post after post about how anyone giving it less than a 10 is some kid hating dunce incapable of human emotion or connecting to anything deeper than Transformers.
I hate this movie
but I don't hate kids in general, instead I hate north american kids
specifically, I hate kids who exercise the concept of a "tantrum"
I hate kids that treat the people around them badly, but instead of feeling bad about it, try to ignore it by living in the moment - refusing to think about or dwell on anything that makes them feel bad about themselves.
come to think of it, I hate kids that are just like the main character of this movie, which I hate.
so, is my reason for hating this movie not clear enough?
on that note, I also hate these kid's "parents"
North Americans will be all over my ass for saying this, but I think for their own goods, beat your kids, teach them the lesson that needs learned. Otherwise they'll turn into spoiled little brats just like Max
Pyramid head: "behind this 'mask' is an idea, and ideas are bulletproof!"
Not all unbeaten kids are brats. And not all brats are unbeaten. Or North American, for that matter.
I'm sickened by the self-righteous venom and arrogance that so often passes for "thinking."
You must have been so afraid, Cassie... Then you saw a cop.
that's why i retract my earlier sentence of just north american kids
you will notice that I have a specific hatred against kids who throw tantrums.
the concept is very American...Ok, retract that, i meant Western.
you'll notice that this concept is much more rare in Asia, where I came from.
you grow up understanding if you don't control yourself, you get beaten (or, any other form of punishment). lesson learned, you stop going crazy in an animal suit, dance on the table, or bite your mother.
But I guess there's a message here, an ancient and very wise message:
there are no bad children, only bad parents.
treat your children with neglect, they become brats
lack of proper discipline, they become brats
chase your child out the door, they run away to visit a far away magical land and come home slightly better behaved, in return receive cake.
...ok this last one is false and completely ridiculous...
...or is it? fans of this movie apparently think it's not...
i think that classifies as "venom and arrogance that so often passes for thinking"
Pyramid head: "behind this 'mask' is an idea, and ideas are bulletproof!"
Well, that was a much less venomous and dismissively arrogant post, so in the spirit of fair play, I retract my previous slam.
chase your child out the door, they run away to visit a far away magical land and come home slightly better behaved, in return receive cake.I'd say that this movie doesn't attempt to show parents how they ought to raise their kids. Rather, it shows one troubled child struggling to come to terms with his own inner demons. And while he doesn't entirely succeed, he seems to make a bit of progress.
...ok this last one is false and completely ridiculous...
...or is it? fans of this movie apparently think it's not...
In an America where the divorce rate is over 50%, older sisters are out with their friends doing god knows what, with the parents bringing home work and ignoring their kids, even worse, bringing hom first dates....
Kids are a product of their environment most of the time.
You are an abuser because you have no sympathy for Max. A kid who has had his dad leave him at 3 years old, who's sister is not providing him with any attention, and who's mom is ignoring him for some ignorant jerk. If you think this kid needs mental help, then it is abuse, because it suggests you would do the same to your child.
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Aroooooo! -Max, Where The Wild Things Are.
I'll bet you're a jerk like the kid from the movie. The theme of the movie merely justifies the fact that the kid is a jerk. Next time somebody is a jerk to me I'll just pat him on the head and say, I'll bet you had a tough childhood.
sharewho's? yeah?
shareOr maybe people who were dissapointed wanted something that was a little more failthfull to the source material. The book is not about divorce and this is a movie about a child dealing with the emotional termoil of divorce. The book is about a child learning to understand how to controll himself and taking the first steps to undrestanding and having compassion for his own parents. It's not supposed to be a journey to accepting that your mother can have feelings for a new boyfriend while still loving you. I see how they took the story of undrestnding the point of view of the parents and modernized it by adding in a divorce and the feelings of anger and jelousy. I just wanted the simple story and not the direction they decided to take it.
shareJust for the record, I do hate kids, and I do hate this movie.
shareObviously you were never a kid though. Some of us had to actually be born as babies and grow through childhood, puberty and adolescence. Don't blame us just because you materialized one day as a full blown adult.
share'Not all unbeaten kids are brats. And not all brats are unbeaten. Or North American, for that matter.'
Conedust, that was absolutely hilarious.
So much passion and unwarranted righteousness in this thread.
I thought the movie was good. Some people didn't. That's it. Let people have their opinions for *beep*'s sake.
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I love kids, and I hated this movie.
Would you happen to have any... Ovaltine?
I love kids, never read the book, (though zillions of others) thought the movie was beautiful to look at and intensely depressing. I was weary with sadness at the end and think it would be a rather dark movie to show kids.
The bit about the sun dying was REALLY scary for little kids, much more than Tony Soprano in a monster suit. (I know he wasn't really in the suit)
I didn't care for the movie. I believe that we raised children for eons with corporal punishment and somehow avoided having them all turn into violent damaged adults...till Dr. Spock. Now we have children we can't control, that drive others crazy in public and make me think "go cut me a switch," was a statement of love and not abuse. (and I had a horrible horrible childhood, so I know the difference between a well applied "board of knowledge to the seat of learning" and a beating)
The chocolate cake looked delicious.
"I jumped off a roof for you"
so almost everyone in this post that said they didn't like the movie said so because "waaaa, it's too depressing"
get over it pu$$ies, life is hard
turning and looking the other way and only watching stuff that is "happy" is living in even more of a fantasy world than this movie does!
I hate kids and treat the people around me quite badly. Quite enjoyed the movie though.
shareGuilty!
shareThe title of this thread is delightfully funny! I'm not sure if the original poster was serious. I doubt they were. I love kids and never met a kid that didn't like me (I'm an artist and kid at heart so kids always take a liking to me.) But me and my 8yrs old niece tried to watch this and it was too depressing and too boring to keep interest. We both fell asleep. She told me that her teacher had shown it in school, second grade. And that she didn't really like it much and didn't understand why people were so mean to Max and why Max was so mean and lied to people. She's had the book read to her and I would say the book though small, is very different. The monsters conversations are just strange and better could have been written.
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you have a link to your music a site called GrimmWebsite.com
i'm assuming your band is called Grimm?
and the movie is "too depressing" for you, huh?
maybe you should change the name of the band to "Really Sensitive"