I swear this movie gave little 8 year old me more PTSD than I should've had to deal with

I like how the bird reacted like someone spilled his cereal

I like how he's so calm even if his arm was ripped off

I think I would have broken Usain Bolt's speed record if I saw that thing coming.

"You're out of control!" "I'm not out of control!" YOU RIPPED HIS FUCKING ARM OFF

I saw this when I was younger, didn't remember a whole lot, but that scene fucked with me, now I see the movie for how good it is

Yeah the quote was funny, but I think that only added to the fear and discomfort. The movie never compromised its childlike perspective or sense of imagination, the world remained consistently dreamlike and innocent through all the frustration and confusion and anger. It was like listening to your parents scream at each other in the other room and trying to drown it out.

this movie is goddamn terrifying even as an adult. The huge uncanny faces on the wild things, the sound design and music, Carol's crazy mood swings and violence... just a whole fever dream of a film.

Max: *to Carol* "YOUR OUT OF CONTROL!!!" That's exactly what his mother yelled at him at the beginning of the movie

"He's just a boy pretending to be a wolf pretending to be a king"

I loved this movie as a kid and now I can't unhear Tony Soprano

I wonder why it's his favorite arm

RIP Maurice Sendak (1928 - 2012) and James Gandolfini (1961 - 2013) There's a wild thing in all of us

"HE WAS A MADE GUY!"

I think this is the moment where Max's emotional journey into his psyche is at its deepest. We establish early on in the story that his father isn't in Max's life anymore and his mother and sister are busy with other people.....but if you really LISTEN to what Carol is saying right at the beginning....I don't think he's talking about Max being King. "YOU were supposed to keep us safe. YOU were supposed to take care of us....we were all supposed to be together". I think this is Max's deepest emotions bursting to the surface.....its not really Carol talking to Max, it is Max talking to his father.....and his mother and sister as well and coming to terms with that pain that he didn't know how to express before. Because if you notice, shortly after this moment is when Max chooses to return home. Now that he has come to terms with that pain, he can go home again.

I'm not gonna lie, I came here for "That was my favorite arm".

I really respect the studio for allowing Jonze to carry on his vision for the movie, they could have easily chosen a director that would make a generic movie for kids and generate more money, but instead we get to have this underrated masterpiece

i remember watching this as a kid and being so fricken confused. then now I totally understand and totally relate to max.

This is legit one of the scariest movies ever. As a kid I always thought the wild things were horrifying. Now that I'm a 22 year old adult I can safely say that holds up.

So, apparently parrot monsters have sand for blood.

"That was MY FAVIORITE ARM!!!" Creepy and sort of funny scene

this movie's freaking weird.

Carol! That’s was my favorite arm! Carol: well- I- I was just holding on to it, you’re the one who pulled away😂

I always liked James as a actor and I always loved this movie. What's messed up is I didn't knew James played Carlo. I didnt even knew he was in the movie, he was my favorite. :(

when i was a kid this movie scared the shit out of me

tony felt so much betrayal in this scene he took it personally. he is usually calm and collected but when you cross him, things go south.

I never knew James Gandolfini played Carol until this scene haha i could tell it was him

This was literally the most scariest thing I saw when I was 5

Man, James Gandolfini was a great voice actor, besides great actor in general.

This scene scarred me, and I still feel nervous watching it as a 23 year old 😂

This movie isn't scary but this scene was pretty creepy I'll give u that :(

am I the only one that when I was younger and watched it it made me feel happy and not at one moment discomfort I just could really relate with Max and the wild things

I felt so bad for Carol even though he did lose control "You were supposed to take care of us, you promised!" Poor thing

RIP James Gandolfini

As a kid watching his arm get ripped off was absolutely horrifying but now the "Carol! ... that was my favorite arm!" Is just too funny to me- 😭

Tony Soprano showing rage to a kid lol 😂 😂

When me and two of my friends watched this movie we made this theory that the monsters all represented certain people and Incidents in max's life at the beginning of the movie. Like look at Carol for a sec, sure both him and Max are different people, but they're similar in a way, they both want to have fun, and both felt left out by everyone else because they didn't want to do what Max and Carol wanted to do. K.W. Represents Max's older sister because she always leaves the group to spend time with her friends, just like Max's sister when she left to be with those guys who attacked max with the snowballs. Judith and Ira represent Max's mum and her boyfriend. It's pretty obvious with this one since they're always together as a couple. And the scene when Judith argued with Max about apologising and eating him is like Max arguing with his mum. And when Ira was clingy to Judith he pretty much was the mum's boyfriend in that scenario when he flirted with her before Max ran away. Alex now, I think he also represents Max in a way, because during the rock war, when Alex got strucked on the back of his head and his arm, he got annoyed and didn't want to play anymore. That also seemed familiar when one of the teenagers Max played with in the snowball fight, broke his igloo he made. Max was so upset and when his sister left, he went to his sister's room to cause a mess out of his anger. Next is Douglas, Carol's best friend. To me, he also represents Max's mum, because out of Carol and Douglas, Douglas is the more mature who keeps and eye and help Carol, plus this scene in the video, obviously represents when Max and his mum argued she tried to send him to his room only as a result, he bit her shoulder, both Max and Carol got called out for being out of control and also as reply during their arguments, they both yelled that they would eat them up. And finally the bull monster, now I don't have much to say about this character, but I think he most likely represents Max's dad. Since the bull was silent during the movie till Max was leaving, I can't exactly remember what he said but I think it was he asked Max if he could tell people about them or if he will still remember them while he's away. Whatever he said, I believe that was a way of when Max's dad was leaving and he was asking his dad if he'll still remember him. This is just me my friends beliefs about this movie. If anyone has any other theory's share them! ^^

There's not a lot of drama films for kids, but this one is perfect and very meaningful. This film defined my older childhood and early teenage years.

R.I.P. James Gandolfini. You were great in this.

I cant unsee The Sopranos everytime James Gandolfini talks in this one. Feel like hes gonna kill me with an onion ring. For those who know... you know lmao..

As a kid when I watched this, it fucked me up. I used to put the CD on the bottom of the stack because I was scared of it. Now that I watch it, it’s still unsettling but the message of this movie is just so amazing to me.

James Gandolfini was taken way too soon, his acting is phenomenal

I love Douglas’s “that was my favorite arm,” so casually said 😂

That feathered monster was my favorite character.

“I TRIED TO DO THE RIGHT THING BY YOU, YOU TRIED TO HAVE ME WHACKED?!”

Tony Soprano's fever dream 😂

TONY SOPRANO!!

The poor kid getting chased scared the crap out of me when I was younger.😂

This movie scared me when I watched it years ago, still pretty freaking scary.

RIP James Gandolfini

I just realized this is James Gandolfini as Carol. The producers literally inserted Tony Soprano into my childhood. Awesome!

Where The Sopranos Things Are

Just got finished watching it. Very unsettling movie, RATED G... No....

RIP James Gandolfini 1961-2013

YOU WERE SUPPOSE TO TAKE CARE OF IT! NOW THE FEDS ARE ON TO US! SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL CREATURE!

00:36 and my nine year old self thought he was going to sleep that following night

I'm still scared shitless of this scene. I never knew James Galdofini was in this movie until now.

Carol is literally Tony Soprano😭

What do you know? This is one of those situations where lying to a bunch of monsters is a bad idea 0:53 RUN!!!!

This movie scared my 10 year old self to tears. Especially when the bird guy’s arm got ripped off.

None of this movie scared me, because I've had my own wild things..

Ok just because someone lied to you and promised they would take care of you that doesn't mean you have permission doesn't mean you eat them

I love how Douglas isn't even in pain; he's just frustrated that he lost his favorite arm. :P

This scene never terrified me, it made me feel sad that Carol lost control and yelled at Max "you were supposed to take care of us, you promised!"

"Carol...Carol!"- "What?!" - "That was my favorite arm!" XD love that part

Tony Soprano when the boss is not real 💀

Tony Soprano's fursona

0:35-0:37, 0:50 Mort: "He's going savage." 0:53 King Julien: "Run for your lives!"

"Carol, that was my favorite arm!" Poor Douglas.

This movie was too dark to even come CLOSE to being my well beloved childhood story...

The actor kid who played Max has the same exact birthday as mine, only he's one year older than me. I'm 13. This was a pretty scary part of the movie, but I still love it.

This helped me just process some heavy news. I’ve always connected with this story when I was a kid and the first 30 seconds of this relayed deep with my situation currently. I’m the boy, my over confidence(my humerus) is Carol and Life is the Owl. Thank you for this clip.

I’m suprised that JAMES GANDOLFINI played carol

R.I.P James Gandolfini, he is a legend

Jim...you were a wonderful actor with many talents. some people only saw you as "Tony", but I saw you as a truely gifted actor with many talents and gifts. may you Rest in Heaven and be with God & Christ in Purity in Heaven. We will miss you and say some prayers for your family and your Soul. God Bless You Jim.

Even in such cartoon-ish movie, the characteristic nose breathing of Mr. Gandolfini is impossible to not recognize it

and then in the end he just had Silvio clip him

I can so feel it carol wants an answer and he refuses to see the signs in front of him he lashes out becuase he wants to be happy

"Carol" *"WHAT?!"* _"THAT. Was my favorite arm. >:v"_

scarier than shrek

I remember watching the scene where Carol chases Max when I was a kid... That was terrifying.

Oh god i remember watching this when i was a kid it was 5AM and this movie give me nightmare

Douglas was just lije: Oh come on man, that was my fav arm

James gandolfini always had that Tony soprano mentality in every role he did lol

I literally watched this a few times as a kid but have no memory of anything that happened

Rewatching this movie on Netflix healed my inner child

0:41 when losing your arm is a mildly angering problem

The childrens book that became a horror movie

"Carol, that was my favorite arm!"

Who else can feel like Carol at really hard times?

I never realized the true meaning of that movie, I was just blinded and amazed by all those... uhh.. those... THOSE MEGACOOL MONSTERS!!!! OML (8 year old me flipping out)

Most people say that this movie was too terrifying for them at a young age, but I’m glad they pulled no punches with it. Movies today don’t have the balls they had back in the day.

I love how Douglas is not in pain

carol had the makings of a varsity athlete

The way Carol denies what Douglas is saying and goes as far as to rip his arm off in retaliation for suggesting that, only to immediately say he didn't do it and immediately questions if Max did lie is another ingredient to how out of control Carol clearly is.

The moment when you realize Carol was Tony Soprano this whole time...

Didn't they think ripping arms off in a kids movie is a little graphic no wonder a bunch of people had nightmares about this movie when they were younger but i must say im still curious to watch it even though i know im gonna give myself anxiety because ive never watched it before even though ive seen pictures of the characters but got scared as soon as i looked at them

**gets arm ripped off** ‘aw fuck, I can’t believe you’ve done this.’

The whole "That was my favorite arm" thing makes it scarier in a way. With the way it was shot, it makes it all seem so Sureal. In a don't hug me I'm scared sense.

He wanted chicken wings