Into the Wild-months later
musicismylife78
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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.
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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It is the most influential movie I have seen thus far in my life.
shows:
7/18/06 SF
Bridge School night 2 2006
12/9/06 Hawaii
E.V. solo show in Santa Cruz
Won't let the darkness swallow me.
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.
8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
10/10 - Brad in B'more
See These Bones
LOL!!!
Well, actually yeah! Since that movie (and some other things) I've been wanting to explore and appreciate nature more than I do now.
Definitely not the most "Inspirational" movie ever, the acting was decent and the cinematography was fantastic. Music is good too.
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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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.
R.i.p. My Dad - May 28, 2007
R.i.p. Black Tail (cat) - Sept. 20, 2008
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.
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!
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.
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!
i visit southern utah each summer for a few weeks.....so many national parks and state parks. "if the state parks of utah were in another state, they would be classifed as national parks." i forget where i read the quote. it is true.
lol, of course not! I meant that he was not dealing with issues w/ his family and ran off like a snotty little brat instead of talking to someone about it. This, in turn, caused him to get trapped in the wild and starve to death....
I agree...
Kind of sad how he died though, such a waste and an easily avoidable death at that... what an incredible story he could have told and it makes you wonder what would become of him.
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
The poisonous plant was a big leap from Krakauer. They did a lab analysis on his remains and found nothing that indicated he was poisoned. Krakauer came to that whole theory based on one line out of McCandless' journal. There is a documentary out, that I havent seen, but supposedly indicates that it was much more likely he was injured and couldnt hunt or gather food sufficiently.
That's exactly the way i felt about this movie. Thank you.
Totally agree, i still have the bug to leave it all behind. For me it would be the baja not Alaska. Anyone who wants to take a year off and head to baja let me know.