Childhood Mecosystem and Trauma in "Where the Wild Things Are"

[Damon Smith]

Hello
everyone.  I recently had a deep and powerful expereince watching and then
processing the film "Where the Wild Things Are."

I went into this movie with the
assumption I would find a pleasant fantasy adventure.  My defenses were
down as I expected no more than a superficial family friendly film which would
avoid serious and important topics.  This is not what I ended up
seeing.  I instead I meet a creative, passionate, resourceful young boy
who has been the victim of so much abuse.

I highly reccomend the film if
you are interested in the topics of the Mecosystem, Parent Child Relationships,
Morality, Education, and Empathy. I was so moved, I resurected my blog to
pour out a deeply powerful and personal delve into this raw
adventure drama which pulls almost no punches.

I invite you to read through my
blog post.  I am very interested in bringing up some of the topics
scratched at with Dayna Martin this weekend.

Thanks,

Damon

 

Where the Wild Things Are... Indeed

 

[Maxime Pare]

this movie is one oft my favorite movies, i'm glad you bring it up here my experience was similar. The struggle with anger and grief is amazingly portrayed.

[Guest NateC]

Great blog post. I want to watch it, but sounds like the ending will just make me angry. 

[Rick Horton]

If you like this movie, you should check out Terry Gilliam's movie called Tideland. It is the best Mecosystem movie available. It is mindblowing and beautiful. And disturbingly insightful.

[Damon Smith]

I think the most powerful thing for me is how the director did not hold back at all in portraying the brutal violence of the traumatized child's inner mind. The monster characters of his subconscious hold nothing back in their un empathetic, brutally physical "play". This honest portrayal of the child's numbed attitude towards the empathy of the other was on point and chillingly familiar. 

[Maxime Pare]

also, one theme that follows the movie is 'how to make those monsters united' a theme common in most of the psychodynamics theories. The surreal feeling of the fights and of that epic twigs and branches dome show the grandeur of the fansasmal inner world without censorship

 

[MysterionMuffles]

I watched this a couple weeks ago. To me it felt pretty statist but logical for the kid to be a bit of an authoritarian when he is given reign to govern over those strange creatures. It was a pretty boring film to me, but I can see how the parallels are to abuse. He was pretty neglected after a while and got bullied by his sister's friends. I didn't like how it ended. No real resolution with his mother or sister.

I appreciate your blog post though for the deeper look at the film.