Into the Wild-months later

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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    _Crazy_Mary_ wrote:
    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'm pretty sure he starved to death because of the poisonous plant he accidently ate, not because he went insane.
  • ajedigecko
    ajedigecko \m/deplorable af \m/ Posts: 2,431
    mca47 wrote:
    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!
    i would love it too.

    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.
    live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.
  • Hinny
    Hinny Posts: 1,610
    Chris would've wanted more Wayne, no weird made up Danish backpackers and none of the LA segue.
    Binary solo..000000100000111100001110
  • _Crazy_Mary_
    _Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    I'm pretty sure he starved to death because of the poisonous plant he accidently ate, not because he went insane.

    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 really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
  • CityMouse
    CityMouse Posts: 1,010
    I read the book and saw the movie but never thought it was anything amazing. I liked the way the movie was *done*- I like the cinematography and especially the soundtrack.
  • alexers
    alexers Posts: 492
    I felt the same way. A guidance counselor at my high school was Chris McCandless' high school track coach. He told me a lot of stories and gave me an article that he was interviewed for. I could PM it to you if you'd like. :)
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    mca47 wrote:
    It was a great movie, but it did nothing to change my life.

    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.
    My whole life
    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
  • dg1979us
    dg1979us Posts: 568
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    I'm pretty sure he starved to death because of the poisonous plant he accidently ate, not because he went insane.

    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.
  • jackrabbit slim
    jackrabbit slim Posts: 565
    Vedderfan10 wrote:
    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!

    That's exactly the way i felt about this movie. Thank you.
  • Open
    Open Posts: 792
    radiohead33 wrote:
    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.

    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.
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,915
    Just saw it for the first time over the weekend. I thought it was a pretty solid movie. I don't think it will be changing my life or anything like that. I might need to watch it again to fully appreciate it...
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Vedderfan10 wrote:
    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.


    That is the one thing that really bothered me about the story... Leaving his family like he did was so utterly selfish, that he basically became part of what he despised about them.
    My whole life
    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
  • _Crazy_Mary_
    _Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    blackredyellow wrote:
    That is the one thing that really bothered me about the story... Leaving his family like he did was so underly selfish, that he basically became part of what he despised about them.


    good point. Very selfish.
    I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    Why is it selfish to leave people that you feel completely misunderstood by, and don't feel loved by? Being genetically related isn't everything.
    R.i.p. Rigoberto Alpizar.
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  • jasonw
    jasonw Posts: 435
    pearljam766 wrote:
    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.

    really?? 30 mins??? did the ushers have to kick you out or what?........weirdo....
  • samick
    samick Posts: 373
    blackredyellow wrote:
    That is the one thing that really bothered me about the story... Leaving his family like he did was so utterly selfish, that he basically became part of what he despised about them.


    maybe he intended to return........taking back what he learned and experienced and incorporating that into his life.......


    I actually have not seen it in like 2 months so i may go ahead and put it in while i'm in bed trying to fall asleep................
  • mensane
    mensane Posts: 912
    i left the theater feeling bad for his family. his parents loved him, even if they didnt totally understand him. i am so completely different from most of the people in my family...doesnt mean i want to disappear and cut them out of my life.
    and he seemed somewhat close to his sister. it broke my heart to see her suffer. she didnt deserve that.

    he was very selfish and immature.

    GREAT cinematography though. and hal holbrook made the whole thing acting-wise.

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