Hah... I just watched it on TV for the first time..
I actually felt it was pretty good...
I don't know what it is but there's something odd about it that just makes you really feel the emotions of the characters.
I couldn't help but notice I'd sit there and subconsciously smile when things were fun and nice.. XD then be truly sad when things weren't so good.. Lol!
I know it seems childish and dumb but it's really moving..
At the end when Max was leaving I would have cried.. XDD but parents were there so I had to play it off and rub at the tear ready to drop from the edge of my eye..
No one's allowed to see me cry if I can help it, dammit. After it was over I even went to look back at the book... XD I still have it.. and I know I used to read it when I was little. In my childhood I also used to wear my 101 dalmatians pajamas which was basically like a dog suit, and chase around my dog or act like one... XD ;; ahh.. yes.. ;; Don't look at me like that.
But yeah..that was a special movie. Quite good for what they had to add to make it a movie and even what they changed. The book was vague enough to get creative with and not put people off I think. It's a child's book for crying out loud.
I <3 all the monsters. I like how they made them look in the movie.