A wonderful post over at io9 sheds some light on the Where the Wild Things Are adaption.
One major, significant change from the original book is the way Max enters the world of the Wild Things. In the book, his bedroom transforms into a lush forest. (“That very night in Max’s room a forest grew, and grew — and grew until his ceiling hung with vines and the walls became the world all around.”) But in the movie, Max runs away from home, running down city streets and past dark parking lots, until he finds a waterfront with a boat, and then he sails to the world of the Wild Things.
