Monster Mash

After all my self created hype over the movie "Where the wild things are" I wanted to let everyone know it was the worse kids movie I've ever seen! You can go on to different movie reviews and read other's opinions (there are many mind you) but for this mini-van driving momma of three..."Don't see it!" To sum it up: it should have been sponsored by Prozac for an intro. to psychology class; it was a great showcase of the split family lifestyle that many children deal with but that I don't particularly want my children to see first hand on the big screen; it dealt with very real and hard core emotions that a young boy was wrestling with b/c of a single parent working household - a scream for attention and dysfunctionality (did I just make up that word?) My eight year old said he was scared during the movie and my six year cried at the end because it was so sad. At one point I told the mommas beside me "if that monster tries to eat the little boy we are grabbing our kids and running" and yes, the monster tried to eat the little boy and it terrified everyone but we made it through the scene without jumping up. Best quote of the night from another eight year old "mom, if I had run away after biting you I wouldn't have gotten chocolate cake when I came back home!" NO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE BUT YOU WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A BIG OLD SPANKING! hee hee

But we did have a fun monster mash party at our house afterwards with costumes, a few games and hot dogs...I hope enough to wash away any memories the movie may have left!