Book to Film: Where the Wild Things Are

       I believed that the film adaptation of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are was successful in the fact that it conveyed the moral of the story well. That being said, I think that there was room for improvement on the special effects and the adaptations of the monsters.
      Spike Jonze did a wonderful job in emphasizing the importance of imagination: an escape. Jonze emphasized the importance of family, honesty, and being yourself. In that case, Jonze did a great job in adapting this into a children's film.
     On the other hand, the physical adaptation of the monsters in the film could have been better. I was surprised that they spoke English, first of all, which, now that I think about it, was probably a positive. I personally think that the film would have looked better animated because the monsters are so difficult to make realistic.