I loved the book as much as everyone else and I was thrilled when I found out it was coming to the big screen. My daughter would stare intently at the screen when the commercial would pass on tv. She would dance and giggle.
I have not read her the book yet but plan to do so this week when we go to the bookstore. I’m sure she will love it though. But this post isn’t about me reading the book to my toddler. I’m going to tell you why I regret taking my daughter to go see it.
I didn’t expect the movie to be like this. Of course I expected monsters (duh, she likes stuff like that so don’t be judgmental) but monsters don’t scare her. I watched my daughter intently as she watched Max bite his mom. She looked confused. I guess she remembered those vampire movies mommy likes to watch and the phase where she would roar and bite me then me telling her kids don’t bite. She understood and never did it again. But I guess her watching it on the big screen made her think why Max was biting his mom. Another part that she was paying attention was the part where one of max’s sister’s friends jumped on Max’s igloo when he was inside. She gasped and went uh-oh.
There’s also tender and emotional moments moments in the movie like when there’s hugging and the ending. Natalie would go ‘aww cute’ so I know she understands all these emotions. I just don’t want a movie to make her feel confused. I think we are going to stick to Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline, Tinkerbell, And snow white from now on and no trips to the movies till she’s older and she can tell me what she’s feeling during (or after) the movie.
She didn’t sit throughout all the movie. She was howling along and dancing along to the movie. She loved the music but from now on I will be watching movies from now on by myself (or with the husband). I, on the other hand, really did love the movie and totally made me cry.
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