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* The "Did you know the sun's gonna die?" scene. It's basically two children trying their best to cope with the concept of death. The scene is especially heartbreaking for people who went through this sort of realization in their childhood: that everything is going to end one day, and there's nothing you can do about it.
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--->''Both moments are crude and hard. Not because of what happens to Max physically, but because they pack the sting of a childhood memory seared into your mind.''\\

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--->''Both moments are crude and hard. Not because of what happens to Max physically, but because they pack the sting of a white-hot childhood memory seared into your mind.''\\
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* The opening incident that pushes Max to leave - namely, [[spoiler: his older sister's friends destroying his igloo while he's inside]]. When he emerges, he's [[InelegantBlubbering a blubbering mess]], looking first at his sister's boyfriend who'd done it, then his sister... and neither one apologizes, or even approaches him to reassure the young boy, despite both looking remorseful while leaving.

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* The opening incident that pushes Max to leave - namely, [[spoiler: his older sister's friends destroying his igloo while he's inside]]. When he emerges, he's [[InelegantBlubbering a blubbering mess]], looking first at his sister's boyfriend who'd done it, then his sister... and neither one apologizes, or even approaches him to reassure the young boy, [[HeelRealization despite both looking remorseful while leaving.leaving]].

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--->''Both moments are crude and hard. Not because of what happens to Max physically, but because they pack the sting of a childhood memory seared into your mind. A place in your psyche where you are'' forever ''that distressed child. Because we all lived it, one way or another.''

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--->''Both moments are crude and hard. Not because of what happens to Max physically, but because they pack the sting of a childhood memory seared into your mind. A ''\\
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place in your psyche where you are'' forever ''that distressed child. Because we all lived it, one way or another.''

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* Even the trailer for Spike Jonze's ''Film/WhereTheWildThingsAre''. Curse you, Arcade Fire, and your ridiculously moving music!
* The opening incident that pushes Max to leave - namely, [[spoiler: his older sister's friends destroying his igloo while he played inside]]. When he emerges, he's [[InelegantBlubbering a blubbering mess]], looking first at his sister's boyfriend who'd done it, then his sister... and neither one apologizes, or even approaches him to reassure the young boy, despite both looking remorseful while leaving.

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* Even the trailer for Spike Jonze's ''Film/WhereTheWildThingsAre''.The ''trailer''. Curse you, Arcade Fire, and your ridiculously moving music!
* The opening incident that pushes Max to leave - namely, [[spoiler: his older sister's friends destroying his igloo while he played he's inside]]. When he emerges, he's [[InelegantBlubbering a blubbering mess]], looking first at his sister's boyfriend who'd done it, then his sister... and neither one apologizes, or even approaches him to reassure the young boy, despite both looking remorseful while leaving.



* Alexander's line when everyone is arguing. "Does anybody ever hear me?" [[NotNowKiddo And no one responds or even acknowledges him]]. They just keep arguing.
** Alexander in general. He gets largely ignored by everyone for most of the film (Max doesn't even remember his name after spending a fair amount of time on the island, and having learned everyone else's), and even when they ''do'' notice him, he tends to get treated less than decently. Even Douglas, who is pretty much the ChewToy, gets in on picking on him a bit. [[FridgeBrilliance It also gives]] [[FridgeHorror some insight]] as to why he makes snide remarks to Max over the course of the story; Max's arrival means that everyone else will be even ''less'' likely to pay any attention to him, so now he has to try even ''harder'' to get them to. And it still doesn't work! It's not until he legitimately gets injured in the process and just ''gives up'' that someone (Max, ironically) reaches out to him, and even then, his dialogue implies that he still harbors misgivings about it.
* The situation of Bernard, the bull, is really kinda sad if you think about it. He just lumbers around for the entire movie, watching the plot happen and everyone else interact, and no one ever even makes an effort to ''talk'' to him. During the Dirt Clod fight, he gets immediately allocated to the "Bad Guy"s team without anyone ever asking if he wanted to, and later on, we see him get hit continuously by dirt clods. His only response is to give a melancholic grumble and sit down. And when we ''finally'' hear him speak just before Max leaves the island, Michael Berry Jr.'s contribution of VocalDissonance is jarring; we would expect a low, gruff, guttural voice, but instead we get a soft, timid, surprisingly high-pitched one. Just ''try'' and say you didn't react to that.



** The lead in to this with [[spoiler:Max finding that Carol destroyed his own beautiful model forest, then Carol leaving indifferently when Max announces that he's going home. Carol goes to the remains of his model to cry, and he finds a heart ([[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments with a 'C' for Carol in it]]) that Max left for him. Carol then snaps out of it and runs to see Max as he sails off, arriving too late for a hug, but just in time to howl at him, and Max howls back]].
** This movie is EVIL. Why couldn't the movie let [[spoiler:Carol hug Max]]? Was that just too happy for you, movie? People would've cried if that had happened, too. Just different tears.
* [[spoiler:"I'll eat you up, I love you so."]]

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** The lead in to this with [[spoiler:Max finding that Carol destroyed his own beautiful model forest, then Carol leaving indifferently when Max announces that he's going home. Carol goes to the remains of his model to cry, and he finds a heart ([[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments with a 'C' for Carol in it]]) that Max left for him. Carol then snaps out of it and runs to see Max as he sails off, arriving too late for a hug, but just in time to howl at him, and Max howls back]].
back. The look of [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone guilt and regret]] on his face is ''crushing'']].
** This movie is EVIL. Why couldn't the movie let [[spoiler:Carol hug Max]]? Was that just too happy for you, movie? People would've cried if that had happened, too. Just different tears.
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[[spoiler:"I'll eat you up, I love you so."]]



* Alexander's line when everyone is arguing. "Does anybody ever hear me?" [[NotNowKiddo And no one responds or even acknowledges him]]. They just keep arguing.
** Alexander in general. He gets largely ignored by everyone for most of the film (Max doesn't even remember his name after spending a fair amount of time on the island, and having learned everyone else's), and even when they ''do'' notice him, he tends to get treated less than decently. Even Douglas, who is pretty much the ChewToy, gets in on picking on him a bit. [[FridgeBrilliance It also gives]] [[FridgeHorror some insight]] as to why he makes snide remarks to Max over the course of the story; Max's arrival means that everyone else will be even ''less'' likely to pay any attention to him, so now he has to try even ''harder'' to get them to. And it still doesn't work! It's not until he legitimately gets injured in the process and just ''gives up'' that someone (Max, ironically) reaches out to him, and even then, his dialogue implies that he still harbors misgivings about it.
* The situation of Bernard, the bull, is really kinda sad if you think about it. He just lumbers around for the entire movie, watching the plot happen and everyone else interact, and no one ever even makes an effort to ''talk'' to him. During the Dirt Clod fight, he gets immediately allocated to the "Bad Guy"s team without anyone ever asking if he wanted to, and later on, we see him get hit continuously by dirt clods. His only response is to give a melancholic grumble and sit down. And when we ''finally'' hear him speak just before Max leaves the island, Michael Berry Jr.'s contribution of VocalDissonance is jarring; we would expect a low, gruff, guttural voice, but instead we get a soft, timid, surprisingly high-pitched one. Just ''try'' and say you didn't react to that.

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* Alexander's line when everyone is arguing. "Does anybody ever hear me?" [[NotNowKiddo And no one responds or even acknowledges him]]. They just keep arguing.
** Alexander in general. He gets largely ignored by everyone for most of
[[spoiler:Max's reunion with his mom at the film (Max doesn't even remember his name after spending a fair amount of time on the island, end]] is equal parts heartwarming and having learned everyone else's), and even when they ''do'' notice him, he tends to get treated less than decently. Even Douglas, who is pretty much the ChewToy, gets this, in on picking on him a bit. [[FridgeBrilliance It also gives]] [[FridgeHorror some insight]] as to why he makes snide remarks to Max over the course of the story; Max's arrival means TearsOfJoy sense that everyone else will be even ''less'' likely to pay any attention to him, so now he has to try even ''harder'' to get them to. And it still doesn't work! It's not until he legitimately gets injured in the process and just ''gives up'' that someone (Max, ironically) reaches out to him, and even then, his dialogue implies that he still harbors misgivings about it.
* The situation of Bernard, the bull, is really kinda sad if you think about it. He just lumbers around for the entire movie, watching the plot happen and everyone else interact, and no one ever even makes an effort to ''talk'' to him. During the Dirt Clod fight, he gets immediately allocated to the "Bad Guy"s team without anyone ever asking if he wanted to, and later on, we see him get hit continuously by dirt clods. His only response is to give a melancholic grumble and sit down. And when we ''finally'' hear him speak just before Max leaves the island, Michael Berry Jr.'s contribution of VocalDissonance is jarring; we would expect a low, gruff, guttural voice, but instead we get a soft, timid, surprisingly high-pitched one. Just ''try'' and say you didn't react to that.
practically every parental figure can relate to.
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** The lead in to this with [[spoiler:Max finding that Carol destroyed his own beautiful model forest, then Carol leaving indifferently when Max announces that he's going home. Carol goes to the remains of his model to cry, and he finds a heart ([[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming with a 'C' for Carol in it]]) that Max left for him. Carol then snaps out of it and runs to see Max as he sails off, arriving too late for a hug, but just in time to howl at him, and Max howls back]].

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** The lead in to this with [[spoiler:Max finding that Carol destroyed his own beautiful model forest, then Carol leaving indifferently when Max announces that he's going home. Carol goes to the remains of his model to cry, and he finds a heart ([[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming ([[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments with a 'C' for Carol in it]]) that Max left for him. Carol then snaps out of it and runs to see Max as he sails off, arriving too late for a hug, but just in time to howl at him, and Max howls back]].
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* The opening incident that pushes Max to leave - namely, [[spoiler: his older sister's friends destroying his igloo while he played inside]]. When he emerges, he's [[InelegantBlubbering a blubbering mess]], looking first at his sister's boyfriend who'd done it, then his sister... and neither one apologizes, or even approaches him to reassure the young boy, despite both looking remorseful while doing so.

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* The opening incident that pushes Max to leave - namely, [[spoiler: his older sister's friends destroying his igloo while he played inside]]. When he emerges, he's [[InelegantBlubbering a blubbering mess]], looking first at his sister's boyfriend who'd done it, then his sister... and neither one apologizes, or even approaches him to reassure the young boy, despite both looking remorseful while doing so.leaving.
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* Alexander's line when everyone is arguing. "[[NotNowKiddo Does anybody ever hear me]]?" And no one responds or even acknowledges him. They just keep arguing.

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* Alexander's line when everyone is arguing. "[[NotNowKiddo Does "Does anybody ever hear me]]?" me?" [[NotNowKiddo And no one responds or even acknowledges him.him]]. They just keep arguing.
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* The opening incident that pushes Max to leave - namely, [[spoiler: his older sister's friends destroying his igloo while he played inside]]. When he emerges, he's [[InelegantBlubbering a blubbering mess]], looking first at one of those that participated, then his sister... and neither one apologizes, or even approaches him to reassure the young boy.

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* The opening incident that pushes Max to leave - namely, [[spoiler: his older sister's friends destroying his igloo while he played inside]]. When he emerges, he's [[InelegantBlubbering a blubbering mess]], looking first at one of those that participated, his sister's boyfriend who'd done it, then his sister... and neither one apologizes, or even approaches him to reassure the young boy.boy, despite both looking remorseful while doing so.
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--->''Both moments are crude, and hard. Not because of what happens to Max physically, but because they pack the sting of a childhood memory seared into your mind. A place in your psyche where you are'' forever ''that distressed child. Because we all lived it, one way or another.''

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--->''Both moments are crude, crude and hard. Not because of what happens to Max physically, but because they pack the sting of a childhood memory seared into your mind. A place in your psyche where you are'' forever ''that distressed child. Because we all lived it, one way or another.''

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** This then leads to Max [[spoiler: destroying a gift he'd made for his sister]] in a fit of rage, wanting to exact ''some'' form of revenge for her emotional abandonment of him.

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** This then leads to Max [[spoiler: destroying a gift he'd made for his sister]] in a fit of rage, wanting to exact ''some'' form of revenge for her emotional abandonment of him. As [[https://youtu.be/TXZBN40j6EE Cinefix puts it]]:
--->''Both moments are crude, and hard. Not because of what happens to Max physically, but because they pack the sting of a childhood memory seared into your mind. A place in your psyche where you are'' forever ''that distressed child. Because we all lived it, one way or another.''
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** This then leads to Max [[spoiler: destroying a gift he'd given to his sister]] in a fit of rage, wanting to exact ''some'' form of revenge for her emotional abandonment of him.

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** This then leads to Max [[spoiler: destroying a gift he'd given to made for his sister]] in a fit of rage, wanting to exact ''some'' form of revenge for her emotional abandonment of him.
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* The opening incident that pushes Max to leave - namely, [[spoiler: his older sister's friends destroying his igloo while he played inside]]. When he emerges, he's [[InelegantBlubbering a blubbering mess]], looking first at one of those that participated, then his sister... and neither one apologizes, or even approaches him to reassure the young boy.
** This then leads to Max [[spoiler: destroying a gift he'd given to his sister]] in a fit of rage, wanting to exact ''some'' form of revenge for her emotional abandonment of him.
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* Alexander's line when everyone is arguing. "Does anybody ever hear me?" And no one responds or even acknowledges him. They just keep arguing.

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* Alexander's line when everyone is arguing. "Does "[[NotNowKiddo Does anybody ever hear me?" me]]?" And no one responds or even acknowledges him. They just keep arguing.
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** The situation of Bernard, the bull, is really kinda sad if you think about it. He just lumbers around for the entire movie, watching the plot happen and everyone else interact, and no one ever even makes an effort to ''talk'' to him. During the Dirt Clod fight, he gets immediately allocated to the "Bad Guy"s team without anyone ever asking if he wanted to, and later on, we see him get hit continuously by dirt clods. His only response is give a melancholic grumble and sit down. And when we ''finally'' hear him speak just before Max leaves the island, Michael Berry Jr.'s contribution of VocalDissonance is jarring; we would expect a low, gruff, guttural voice, but instead we get a soft, timid, surprisingly high-pitched one. Just ''try'' and say you didn't react to that.

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** * The situation of Bernard, the bull, is really kinda sad if you think about it. He just lumbers around for the entire movie, watching the plot happen and everyone else interact, and no one ever even makes an effort to ''talk'' to him. During the Dirt Clod fight, he gets immediately allocated to the "Bad Guy"s team without anyone ever asking if he wanted to, and later on, we see him get hit continuously by dirt clods. His only response is to give a melancholic grumble and sit down. And when we ''finally'' hear him speak just before Max leaves the island, Michael Berry Jr.'s contribution of VocalDissonance is jarring; we would expect a low, gruff, guttural voice, but instead we get a soft, timid, surprisingly high-pitched one. Just ''try'' and say you didn't react to that.
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* Alexander's line when everyone is arguing. "Does anybody ever hear me?" And no one responds or even acknowledges him. They just keep arguing.

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* Alexander's line when everyone is arguing. "Does anybody ever hear me?" And no one responds or even acknowledges him. They just keep arguing.arguing.
** Alexander in general. He gets largely ignored by everyone for most of the film (Max doesn't even remember his name after spending a fair amount of time on the island, and having learned everyone else's), and even when they ''do'' notice him, he tends to get treated less than decently. Even Douglas, who is pretty much the ChewToy, gets in on picking on him a bit. [[FridgeBrilliance It also gives]] [[FridgeHorror some insight]] as to why he makes snide remarks to Max over the course of the story; Max's arrival means that everyone else will be even ''less'' likely to pay any attention to him, so now he has to try even ''harder'' to get them to. And it still doesn't work! It's not until he legitimately gets injured in the process and just ''gives up'' that someone (Max, ironically) reaches out to him, and even then, his dialogue implies that he still harbors misgivings about it.
** The situation of Bernard, the bull, is really kinda sad if you think about it. He just lumbers around for the entire movie, watching the plot happen and everyone else interact, and no one ever even makes an effort to ''talk'' to him. During the Dirt Clod fight, he gets immediately allocated to the "Bad Guy"s team without anyone ever asking if he wanted to, and later on, we see him get hit continuously by dirt clods. His only response is give a melancholic grumble and sit down. And when we ''finally'' hear him speak just before Max leaves the island, Michael Berry Jr.'s contribution of VocalDissonance is jarring; we would expect a low, gruff, guttural voice, but instead we get a soft, timid, surprisingly high-pitched one. Just ''try'' and say you didn't react to that.
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* Even the trailer for Spike Jonze's ''WhereTheWildThingsAre''. Curse you, Arcade Fire, and your ridiculously moving music!

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* Even the trailer for Spike Jonze's ''WhereTheWildThingsAre''.''Film/WhereTheWildThingsAre''. Curse you, Arcade Fire, and your ridiculously moving music!
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* Hell, even the trailer for Spike Jonze's ''WhereTheWildThingsAre'' had me crying. Curse you, Arcade Fire, and your ridiculously moving music!

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* Hell, even Even the trailer for Spike Jonze's ''WhereTheWildThingsAre'' had me crying.''WhereTheWildThingsAre''. Curse you, Arcade Fire, and your ridiculously moving music!



** This movie is EVIL. Why couldn't the movie let [[spoiler:Carol hug Max]]? Was that just too damn happy for you, movie? I'm sure people would've cried if that had happened, too. Just different tears.

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** This movie is EVIL. Why couldn't the movie let [[spoiler:Carol hug Max]]? Was that just too damn happy for you, movie? I'm sure people People would've cried if that had happened, too. Just different tears.



* Without the trailer, I wouldn't have noticed this, but [[spoiler: Max's adventures with the Wild Things are sensationalized versions of the stuff he does for attention, except in happier contexts.]]

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* Without the trailer, I wouldn't have noticed this, but [[spoiler: Max's adventures with the Wild Things are sensationalized versions of the stuff he does for attention, except in happier contexts.]]
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* Without the trailer, I wouldn't have noticed this, but [[spoiler: Max's adventures with the Wild Things are sensationalized versions of the stuff he does for attention, except in happier contexts.]]

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* Without the trailer, I wouldn't have noticed this, but [[spoiler: Max's adventures with the Wild Things are sensationalized versions of the stuff he does for attention, except in happier contexts.]]]]
*Alexander's line when everyone is arguing. "Does anybody ever hear me?" And no one responds or even acknowledges him. They just keep arguing.

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