Boooooring!

Nope!

There were moments which lagged, I thought. To that end, this film was not perfect. However, what this film did well, I thought, it did really well, and to that end I think this was a very good picture.

Here's a brief reaction:

http://mymusingsonfilm.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/where-the-wild-things- are/

Boring as hell. Basically ADHD brat of kid, movie of his imagination.

I just finished watching it now and... I realized I took a nap and I've lost 20 minutes of the film. But I'll watch again tomorrow.

Yes, this is the fundamental flaw of the film. And I had high hopes for this, given that Jonze's previous three films all landed in my top 65 (including the #1 overall spot, for Her). This one ended up at 833 out of 1122, far lower than I ever would have guessed (though the Netflix algorithm, to its credit, saw this coming).

There were some critics I respect, like David Edelstein, who liked this a lot, too. I fail to comprehend how they fought off the boredom.

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My top 250: http://www.flickchart.com/Charts.aspx?user=SlackerInc&perpage=250