Into the Wild-months later

musicismylife78
musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited July 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
I saw the film months and months ago. Had to have been in October, or November.

Anyways, have only seen it once, but I remember how I felt, how I felt like I identified with EVERYTHING on screen, and how transfixed I was with the music and the movie itself. The acting was unreal.

I will admit, I had thoughts in the months after viewing it, of taking off ala Chris Mccandless, but as I said it was October or November and it just seemed not feasible.

This movie haunted me. and haunts me. I left the theater sad, but at the same time I felt like I floated out of the theater.

Easily the most inspirational film ever.

For me, the point of the film was that Chris wanted to, and one would assume Sean and Eddie want us to live our lives, take risks, to live life to the fullest.

This movie without a doubt changed my life.
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  • pearljam766
    pearljam766 Posts: 84
    Couldn't have said it better myself. I sat in the theater for 30 mins. after it was over, and left changed. People don't understand when I tell them that this movie seriously can alter the way you look at things. It has brought me closer to my family, and I hang around a different crowd now.

    It is the most influential movie I have seen thus far in my life.
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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Meh,.. it depressed the hell out of me, but to each their own.. Good acting and cinematography though.
  • finnannie
    finnannie Posts: 1,186
    can't be said enough; brilliant story, and a beautiful film. Lifechanging. :)
    Won't let the light escape from me.
    Won't let the darkness swallow me.
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    It was a great movie, but it did nothing to change my life.
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    mca47 wrote:
    It was a great movie, but it did nothing to change my life.
    It hasn't inspired you to camp more? ;)
  • iluvcats
    iluvcats Posts: 5,153
    I just got my copy of it in the mail last week. I began watching it this weekend.
    I was already crying in the beginning when his mom had a dream and thought she heard his voice. I turned it off when he was talking to himself in the bus.
    Ed sounded good though! I guess I'll watch it with my husband sometime, I was trying to watch it while I worked out.
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  • itsevobaby
    itsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    it inspired me & two of my close friends to go on a 5 day kayaking trip down one of our country's largest rivers, totally into the wild, one of the best times of our lives. beautiful scenery, calm & relaxing in places, exhillirating in others! i'm going to remember nearly dying on those rapids for the rest of my life! :D
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    It hasn't inspired you to camp more? ;)



    LOL!!!
    :D
    Well, actually yeah! Since that movie (and some other things) I've been wanting to explore and appreciate nature more than I do now.
  • ajedigecko
    ajedigecko \m/deplorable af \m/ Posts: 2,431
    mca47 wrote:
    LOL!!!
    :D
    Well, actually yeah! Since that movie (and some other things) I've been wanting to explore and appreciate nature more than I do now.
    i would like to live where you live..........that is if you live in scottsdale.
    live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    iluvcats wrote:
    I was trying to watch it while I worked out.

    :confused:
  • down_ski
    down_ski Posts: 328
    I really enjoyed the movie. It IS depressing and all, but McCandless was unprepared and had no idea what he was getting himself into. That part bothers me.

    Definitely not the most "Inspirational" movie ever, the acting was decent and the cinematography was fantastic. Music is good too.
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    brilliant move for gaining a true perspective on life.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Survivorman...excellent btw

    http://www.survivorman.ca/
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    down_ski wrote:
    I really enjoyed the movie. It IS depressing and all, but McCandless was unprepared and had no idea what he was getting himself into. That part bothers me.

    I did not think he was completely unprepared and had no idea what he was getting into. He did make some mistakes, which ultimately proved fatal, but he also did a lot of things right. There are 3 mistakes, and one other that was not completely his, which come to mind:
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    1) He did not realize how big the river would get
    2) He ate the wrong plant that poisoned him so he could not absorb nutrition from the food he ate
    3) Did not carry enough rice.
    4) (arguably) The smoking of the meat was mishandled, but that was based on misinformation given to him by other people. (If I remember correctly - I've forgotten some about this part)

    It seems like if he had not made these errors, he might have made it.


    But the inspiration still stands.
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  • musicismylife78
    musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    how could you say the acting was just "so so"?

    This was the perfect storm of a film. You have Sean penn directing, Eddie Vedder on the soundtrack, and Jena Malone, Kirsten Stewart, Catherine Keener, William Hurt, Marcia Gay Harden and of course Emile Hirsh.

    This wasnt a film made on some hollywood soundstage. It was filmed on location in Alaska. Emile Hirsch really went down those rapids. He also did some camping and hiking. Sean would tell him to hike up some big hill and only then would they film a scene. He lost 41 pounds. He rivals Deniro in his commitment to this film.
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    ajedigecko wrote:
    i would like to live where you live..........that is if you live in scottsdale.

    I do live in Scottsdale.

    It's perfect for someone who loves the outdoors. Two hours away from Flagstaff (amazing country). Parts of the season you can ski during the day and come back and hang out at the pool at night. 3 hours and you can hang out on the beach at Rocky Pt. Mexico.

    Love it!
  • _Crazy_Mary_
    _Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    hmmm, he wasn't unprepared? He died for crying out loud! If that's not unprepared, I don't know what is!
    The movie didn't change my life. It made me feel sad. It also made me think that maybe before starving oneself to death, one should get some psychiatric help first.
    I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
  • StateOfLoveBoatCptn.
    StateOfLoveBoatCptn. Posts: 904
    funny...I just watched this movie for the second time with some friends who hadn't seen it yet. not sure if the movie 'did' anything for me, but i do admire the desire and preparation he had to do something important to him. I thought the movie was great. Too often I think we get 'stuck' in our routines, myself included. He made a decision to do what he felt was right for him and you could see his hapiness through it all. Of course when things got bad, it was a reality check for him, but just those moments of hapiness for him....priceless. Something very few ever experience
  • vedderfan10
    vedderfan10 Posts: 2,497
    He also didn't have a map....

    And anyone who doesn't understand that the snow melts in the spring/summer causing rivers to rise, that's beyond unprepared - that's just plain stupidity. Sorry. That's pretty basic knowledge....uhhhmmm and if he had a map, he would have known there was a hand trolley thing about a mile down the river from where he tried to cross (plainly noted on local maps) and he would have been able to leave the bus...

    Anyway, like I've said before, I now know of two cases in my immediate area where young men have suddenly left home for no apparent reason never to be heard from again...and what they leave behind, ain't pretty. And if you want to leave like that to teach your family a lesson about the real you and "I'll show them!", then your quest isn't true. That would be very passive-aggressive and wouldn't be about the adventure at all. It would be purely about pissing off your family, and that's what Chris McCandless seemed to do. He did it for the wrong and very misguided reasons...at least, that how I see it from what I've seen and what I've read.

    None of this makes the movie bad at all (I even bought the DVD)...and I kinda think it needs to been seen as a lesson, not motivation to just up and leave. Freedom is fantastic and elating, not arguing with that...

    Did some snowshoeing with Into the Wild soundtrack playing on the Ipod - and WOW! Talk about the right music for the right sport! May even have had a spiritual moment! Very liberating!
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  • StateOfLoveBoatCptn.
    StateOfLoveBoatCptn. Posts: 904
    I guess what I meant by preparation was that he knew he was going to do this. He prepared to the best of HIS knowledge. I mean he was a city kid..not an outdoorsmen. He failed in a lot of areas, but he did what he wanted to do as far as his Alaska trip went, but unfotunately his lack of knowledge proved to be fatal. Sad story, yes, but still I'm sure there's people out there who live a hell of a lot longer and dont feel the freedom/happiness that Chris did, for even that short period of time. And that is sad as well

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