"You're the first king we haven't eaten" That explains the skeletons from earlier in the movie

This movie feels so much like a dream it makes me feel so emotional to

Something about the bull monster being all alone and not getting a hug has me feeling some type of way..

The island he’s leaving is innocence of childhood.

This made me cry so hard as a kid and still has the same affect on me today

Everybody gangster until Daniel the bull speaks for the first time at the end.

Looking back at your childhood knowing you can never go back.

The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws but Max stepped into his private boat and waved good-bye and sailed back over a year and in and out of weeks and through a day and into the night of his very own room where he found his supper waiting for him and it was still hot.

People weren't ready for this movie at the time. But I think if this came out today, it would've found it's audience. Even if it came out 10 years from now. It's a classic in my eyes,

It's crazy rewatching this scene, and realizing the song Breezeblocks is about this story. I've never actually realized it until she said "Don't go. I'll eat you up, I love you so."

I repressed the memory of this movie. I almost thought it was a dream, then I found the book the other day. I'm happy I found it again. It sort of helps me get a reference point to the root of how I feel about things nowadays. This was one of the landmark movies that eased me into real world perspectives when I was just a kid. I can tell from the timestamps of these comments that everyone else seems to be lost in deep thought too XD Whoever makes it here, yall are some real ones and I appreciate your nostalgia.

It’s the most depressing movie ever and I cant stop relating it with stuff in my life like when Carol was running to go say goodbye and it was to late it was like me not being able to say bye to my grandma when she died

"Don't go....I'll eat you up I love you so.😢"

For a movie in 2009. They sure did a good job at making the beasts look so real

Im a grown ass man my eyes shouldn't be wet right now

my dad and i used to watch this movie together, he died march 1st.

I feel like Max trying to have everyone together represents that we always want things to go our way but we'll eventually have to grow up and realize that doesn't always happen. Like, I can remember just how much I wanted all my friends from middle school to go to the same high school as me. Now I'm going into senior year and I'm friends with less than half of them.

Can you believe the expressions on their faces are better than the lions in Lion King remake?

What's so cool is that you can look at this movie in many different ways: You could say this whole movie was a symbol of leaving childhood if you wanted to You could say the monsters were real and the island was real if you wanted too You could say this was Max's imagination and it wasn't a symbol if you wanted too

RIP Maurice Sendak and James Gandolfini There's a wild thing in all of us

hearing James Gandolfini made me emotional like missing an old friend, I felt like this is sadly one of the ways he says bye in real life being cut short.

This movie made me terrified of these fucking things. Scary as shit. But now as I look back.. I have to say... not a damn thing has change. Still scary asf

I really relate to Carol in this movie, which makes Max's departure that much more sad for me 😥 Carol can be so sweet and playful but also very destructive when he's angry. When he comes running to the boat, he knows he acted out and wants to make up for it but its too late. Its time for Max to go home 😥

I feel bad for Carol. If I were max I would just turn back around and give him a hug and told him that I forgive him

I remember this was my favorite movie when I was little. It made me feel loved but lonely at the same time. At the age of six, I didn’t know why the ending scene always got to me until I got older. People underestimate how lonely it can be to be a kid.. I did have a lot of friends and family as a child, but being physically alone is different from feeling alone and at several times, I felt like the loneliest kid in the world. At the age of six I couldn’t form it into words, but now I can say that this movie captures the pure essence of childhood sorrow and everlasting love perfectly. Im not lonely anymore by the way. I have people who truly love me and I love them back with all my heart and soul, and when I’m with them, I never ever feel alone. Yet with this pandemic, I haven’t seen my boyfriend or any of my friends in over 5 months. I know that I’ll see them again soon, and I’m happy that we still talk like 24/7, but I miss seeing them in person. I haven’t felt that sense of loneliness in a very long time. Coming back to this ending scene is one of the greatest loves and greatest sorrows that cinema has to offer me.

RIP James Gandolfini (September 18, 1961 - June 19, 2013), age 51 You will be remembered as a legend.

I miss the late 2000s

This movie disturbed me in such a comforting way.

This movie gave me nightmares when I was a kid.

This was the first movie to make me bawl my eyes out as a kid. It has a very special place I’m my heart.

This movie is still so clear in my head after all these years, the way it so violently made 12 years old me confront the fact my parents were real people with their own feelings that I could hurt too.

"Max became a great king is what he did! He ruled responsibly and in this house, he's a hero, END OF STORY!!" -Carol

The movie is great but that shit scary

Loved the book growing up as a kid, repressed this movie coming out for some reason. It came out at such a strange time in life, this is some the best cgi ever put out too.

I have read the book when i was about 4 or 5 years old...I am 47 now and i have read it to my son who is 18 now...Good memories!

Still makes me cry.

I’m almost 40 years old and I still cry like a little baby on this movie

Incredible movie, ingenuously constructed. The emotional connection it creates is so powerful and makes you, at the same time, to feel like a child but to understand as an adult. I saw it twice, with 2 of my children, 6 years ago and now and it gets me every time

The way KW says "Don't go, we'll eat you up, I love you so." Just brings a tear to my eye.😥

The Bull has a surprisingly sweet voice

I grew up with the book as a kid and was excited when they finally made a movie. I think they did an amazing job.

When I was a kid I used to watch movies in the theatres multiple times. I watched this and Tron in theatres about 6 times for each movie. They both have amazing soundtracks

the ending always made me cry

I miss my childhood. :’ ((

those creatures are so creepy and wholesome looking at the same time

This movie is a cinematic masterpiece and massively underrated.

I remember seeing this movie as a kid when it came out and I loved it, but was still crushed, and when I rewatched it years later on my 18th birthday, and it still crushed me, this is one of the most beautiful movies in my opinion, it truly emphasizes the meaning of love, and what it does to us, be it positive or negative, we all still love each other no matter what.. Plus RIP Mr. Gandolfini, your performance still breaks me, and I love it, you're a true inspiration to me as an actor, I hope you're well on the other side good sir.

This movie was too short. Just rewatched it after 12 years and cried throughout the whole thing. Like a dream of a time before. This goodbye really got me because this movie was so short and unsuccessful that it’s the only one in its class. So this goodbye is really goodbye forever.

I remember watching this movie late at night with my cat the day before he was euthanized due to medical issues. I started crying at this part and even though he didn't have the strength to climb or run anymore, he inched his way towards me and rested his head on my leg and started purring. I miss you everyday Solaire. Don't go, I'll eat you up I love you so.

Was watching this in my Moloch costume and I still cried when Carol started howling. Saddest howling I ever heard.

This film genuinely made me feel like a child again, it felt like one of those vivid dreams you have, amazing film

I have a sadness shield that keeps out all the sadness, and it's big enough for all of us.

“I’ll eat you up, I love you so” 😭😭😭

I cannot believe that the man who plays tony Soprano in the Sopranos voice carol in this movie. I can't believe im just now finding out about this

Did not expect this to be the origin of the soundtrack used in The Good Place, but the composer certainly did a great job creating a song so bittersweet that it almost brings me to tears every time I hear it. "The song for goodbyes" is what I'll remember it as, whatever the meaning. because it just _fits_ . I really just love this :)

This movie is an underrated jewel, no wonder so few remember it... there are almost no children's movies out there that symbolize life issues with the ferocity of this one, and I'm not happy about it this wasn't scary at all for me, it was scary the feeling of emptiness that the saddest scenes left me when I was little. And now I that understand it more than ever the thing gets worse :'(

My favourite film of all time and this scene is just beautiful.

I just watch this just now and I'm crying lol

I loved the movie as a kid still love it now

I love how cute but also utterly terrifying the monsters are in this movie.

I have a friend that looks like the bird who loved this movie, he also was missing and arm. He was in a small movie about homeless veterans "My roof the Sky".

This movie makes me cry from start to finish. I’m so sad he didn’t hug the bull.

Max records used to be my cabin leader at outdoorschool in oregon. Crazy when he revealed himself at the end cuz the whole nickname thing they had.

this was the first film I had watched which didn't have the happiest of endings, it made me realise not everything is okay all of the time, and some problems won't resolve, and it's okay to feel sad about them

The part when judith hugs Alex melts my heart and she's like his mom

He was too late to say goodbye to him

This makes me cry when Carol didn't make it time to give him one last hug

I like that the Wild Things in this movie are parts of Max's personality and the people he knew.

Tony fucking Soprano is in this movie can we appreciate that?

I just rewatched this today in the middle of the afternoon…. I am not okay

I love Judith! She is my spirit animal! Catherine O’Hara portrayed her perfectly. I also love how she is like a mother figure/big sister to alexander

1:47 Is anyone going to talk about Judith comforting Alexander?

Still crying over thisss😭😭this movie is fascinating beautiful and sad😭💖✨

“Where the wild things are” AKA the first book I ever read through from the beginning to the end.

Watched this movie 3 times in theaters and many times at home. I love the soundtrack as well. Omg, this scene makes me so emotional.

This movie reminds me so much that this give me a good childhood where the wild things are 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

Who just looked this movie up cuz they remember it? | | | \/

This was trippy to watch as a kid and it’s still trippy

I remember watching this in the movie theater when I was little, with my dad and my little brother, I remember in this part it made me start to cry, but when it's over I cried all the way to my old house and my mom comfort me, and I never forget that goodbye scene, I still like that movie though.

At the start of the movie, when the soundtrack "igloo" starts playing, man it sends shivers through my body, but the warm, fuzzy, good kind. I've always felt like I had a special connection to that song and this movie. And after all these years, *that still hasn't changed.*

This movie is criminally underrated

When max leaves it made me sad he had to go home and wanted to be where someone loved his best of all . But I’ll always appreciate the movie and book . I’ll remember my mom reading the book to me and my sis when we were little toddlers . I’ll eat you up I love you so 🥲

That Movie was a childhood Fever Dream. This scene still haunts me 12 years later and everytime i get so sad.

When I watched this as a kid for the first time ever, I was honestly super scared of Carol, especially when he got angry and tried to eat Max. At the end I literally was panicking and thought Carol was gonna make it to Max’s boat and eat him. But re-watched it a million times, I cried hard when Carol started to howl, I wish he got a hug from Max, as I would’ve hugged him. God I love this movie and I love watching it with my babies so much. Ugh.

i miss james gandolfini..... so much.

I remember so much but so little from this movie.

This is so underrated

Omg. I love this movie so much. It feels like a dream. Filled with emotions. To whoever didn't watch this movie yet. I would suggest putting it on your to-do list. This movie is just too good for you not to.

damn i almost thought I dreamt this movie the nostalgia

I hope theres a 2022 movie of this

Their eyes send shivers down my spine.

Cried when it released, and i were 7… im 19… still crying over this

Can we talk about how tearjerking the background music is? 😢

This movie scared me so much as a kid. I still have goosebumps

this movie makes me so happy yet so sad

If you hated this movie you have no humor or creativity

such a beautiful movie. Incredibly moving and sad. This scene is heartbreaking.

this part & the ending is really sad how Much time he spent with them & got along with them & had a really strong bond with them 🥺😭

I fell in love with all those characters and the ending is so so beautiful when he went into his mum’s embrace and she gazing at him longingly lovingly while he eats until she falls asleep 😭❤️❤️❤️❤️‍🩹🙏🫂 Life is so precious souls are so precious

I read the book as a kid, so much I'd wish I could live the Wild Things. Love this movie. Cause as we grow up, we sometimes turn into monsters ourselves and forget the love ov what it is to be a child again. HOWL...