CC BOX OFFICE: Where the Wild Things Are & Whip It!

Woman, Whip It!

Ever since I've seen the trailer for Where the Wild Things Are, I have been excited. My sister was too, and she only gets excited for great movies. To top it all off, it reminded her of our childhood in Australia; back in grade 1 or 2, one of her teachers had read her the book, and it was an awesome book. So, suffice to say, we were both very excited. And then a few nights ago, we watched it.. and man, what a complete downer.

I don't get it. I just don't get it. My sister and I had guesses throughout the movie as to what the movie was about, and yeah, we came close, but I still don't get it. It was boring, hardly even cutesy. And what's up with the girl wild things? They were horrifying! It's really hard for me to believe that this was a movie for children, because my gosh, I swear no kid will like it. So yeah, fail.

Now on the other hand, we have Whip It which I watched last night. And I loved it, I loved it, I loved it!

Ellen Page was very likeable in this movie. I liked her so much better here than when she was playing Juno. The story was simple, yes, but I loved the execution. It was very fun and made me laugh numerous times. I daresay, I even enjoyed this better than I did Sherlock Holmes (which was, for me, mediocre). The cinema was almost empty though, because this movie is so under the radar here in Indonesia. But this is me putting Whip It in your radar people. Go watch it. It's really good.