I thought "Into the Wild" sucked

pdalowsky · January 2008

great movie

Mrs.Vedder78 · January 2008

smokeabud wrote:

no comment

LOL! I just realized this thread is like 3 months old...

Why would you bring it back to not make any comments on your take on it?
And you live in Alaska?

It would be interesting to read what your point of view if regarding his journey... I've read blogs by people that live in Alaska and many don't have any sympathy for him at all or the story for that matter.....

I think ima read the book again

smokeabud · January 2008

Mrs_Vedder78 wrote:

LOL! I just realized this thread is like 3 months old...

Why would you bring it back to not make any comments on your take on it?
And you live in Alaska?

It would be interesting to read what your point of view if regarding his journey... I've read blogs by people that live in Alaska and many don't have any sympathy for him at all or the story for that matter.....

I think ima read the book again

um, actually i didn't bring this thread up, it was here & after spending 1/2hr readding all the posts , i had a Shag load of thoughts. YES i have opinions on the matter. but i chose No Comment, instead of chastizing the poor guy & making Alaskians seem cold & indifferent..

& for the record, i was born & raised on the South Side of Chicago. moved up here 4yrs ago with my wife. & yes we planned on this for a couple of yrs prior.

megatron · July 2012

i liked speed racer

High Fidelity 2000 · July 2012

megatron wrote:

i liked speed racer

Well played.

Gmoney · July 2012

vedderelf wrote:

I was really, really excited for this movie but I was extremely disappointed. I'm curious as to what others thought about the actual movie, soundtrack excluded.

I don't think this is Sean Penn's directorial debut but it looks like something someone out of film school would do. The opening letter to Wayne at the beginning was cheesey, and by the time Wayne comes along, you've already forgotten about that opening part.

The movie was waaaaay too long (started at 7:45 and got out at 10:20) and the sister's narration not withstanding, it didn't give any insight at all into Chris' state of mind. What exactly was it that he was getting out of the experience? And at the end, when it flashes to the people he met along the way, what sort of connection did Chris feel to them? Because the way it came off to me, it was more like Chris was like self-centered narcisist who didn't really care about the people he was leaving behind.

I should have read the book first because the movie soured me on the whole story. It could have been this epic adventure and instead, it got muddled in what I thought was a horrible job by Penn. I mean, there's 3 different parts where Chris looks right into the camera! It was distracting and unnecessary.

I just really, really, really wanted to like this movie and I was pretty disappointed. The only things it had going for it was the basic plot itself, the beautiful vistas, the fact that the lead actor looked a little like River Phoenix and of course the soundtrack.

Just wondering what others thought, especially those who spend a lot of time in the outdoors and lead a version of this lifestyle portrayed. Also, those parents were pretty brave to cooperate with a movie that made them look like some pretty horrible people.

100% agree with you. after he looked into the camera while eating the apple i couldnt take the movie seriously. i think eddie captured the mystique of the book and chris in his music, but penn and hirsch did not.