Continuity mistake: After Max runs away from home, just before he jumps onto the boat, he slides through the dirt and even a big bunch of dirt can be settled on his right shoulder. When he jumps on the boat, less than a second afterwards, the pajama is spotless.
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
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Directed by: Spike Jonze
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Catherine O'Hara, Max Records, Pepita Emmerichs
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Carol: I didn't want to wake you up, but I really wanted to show you something.
Question: Can some one explain a couple things about this movie for me? I was confused to if the events really happen or are they just in the kids mind? Also, how long is he gone for because it seems it should be days because of what happens, but when he gets home it seems only hours have passed.
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Chosen answer: In the book it was just his imagination; he was gone for years in his mind but only a an hour or so in real life. It is presumably the same basic idea in the movie.
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