I hope you have all read the original source material of Where The Wild Things Are, or at least had it read to you. If you have you will probably understand the problem that Spike Jonze faced with making this film. The book is, at most, 10 minutes long, even with time spent roaring and looking at the wonderful pictures, the film is 100 minutes long. How do you keep the heart of the book, and maintain interest, for that length of time.
There was also the issue of not turning this into a Fantastic Mr. Fox. That is to say making an adult film out of kid’s material, and still marketing it to kids. There have been allegations of this aimed at Where The Wild Things Are, some stemming from Jonze himself saying he wanted to make a film about childhood, more than a film for children, and the PG rating awarded to the film, but I don’t buy it.
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