Into the Wild...

[SaladFork]

What a sad movie...

 

[redsamurai]

what's it about?

 

[PICK3]

thought this thread was about muff diving

 

[SaladFork]

what's it about?

One of the deepest movies I have seen in quite awhile...

Based on a true story. After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters who shape his life.

A young man leaves his middle class existence in pursuit of freedom from relationships and obligation. Giving up his home, family, all possessions but the few he carried on his back and donating all his savings to charity Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch) embarks on a journey throughout America. His eventual aim is to travel into Alaska, into the wild, to spend time with nature, with 'real' existence, away from the trappings of the modern world. In the 20 months leading up to his Great Alaskan Adventure his travels lead him on a path of self-discovery, to examine and appreciate the world around him and to reflect on and heal from his troubled childhood and parents' sordid and abusive relationship. When he reaches Alaska he finds he has been insufficiently prepared for the hardships to come. Despite making it through the winter his plan is ill-judged and prepares to return home in spring, only to find the stream he crossed in the snow has become an impassable raging torrent and that he is trapped. With no means of sustaining himself adequately he eventually starves to death in his so sought after isolation. Throughout his epic journey the people he meets both influence and are influenced by the person he is and bring him to the eventual and tragic realisation that "Happiness is only real when shared".

 

[GUARDIAN]

is it new? who are the lead actors?

 

[SaladFork]

is it new? who are the lead actors?

Been out awhile... just came out on DVD.

http://www.intothewild.com/

 

[Megalomaniac]

Sean Penn's movie about Jon Krakauer's 1996 book. The book is a better read than the movie of course but Penn did an alright job imho. A little known fact is that Megalomaniac sold everything he had and hitchhiked for 6 months in 1999. He ended up in Alaska for the last 2 but didn't die in Denali.

 

[SaladFork]

Sean Penn's movie about Jon Krakauer's 1996 book. The book is a better read than the movie of course but Penn did an alright job imho. A little known fact is that Megalomaniac sold everything he had and hitchhiked for 6 months in 1999. He ended up in Alaska for the last 2 but didn't die in Denali.

I didn't read the book, how close was the movie?

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

Good movie. That picture of the real dude at the end is pretty chilling.

 

[redsamurai]

I'll have to catch this one. Stupid kid though to go up there without training. Growing up in the U.S of A mean you soft when it comes to living off the land. I'd do that only if I could spend a year with a real grown ass man who knows what it takes to survive on your own. It's not a camping trip. But I understand the kids sentiments. This is an ever increasingly "soft" world.

 

[silverstar1025]

I am going to have to rent this one. Thanks for the review.

 

[Megalomaniac]

I didn't read the book, how close was the movie?

Ya it was pretty close, I mean there wasn't much room for Penn to stray. I really don't think that the movie was equal time to his venture. It focused on certain "more entertaining" time periods but that is probably necessary on film.
I mean the Alaska piece has more draw then the farming piece naturally.

I think it is Krakauer's best read, if you like his style and have extra time it is worth it. Just don't sell all your shit and pack up like I did afterwards!

 

[SaladFork]

Ya it was pretty close, I mean there wasn't much room for Penn to stray. I really don't think that the movie was equal time to his venture. It focused on certain "more entertaining" time periods but that is probably necessary on film.
I mean the Alaska piece has more draw then the farming piece naturally.

I think it is Krakauer's best read, if you like his style and have extra time it is worth it. Just don't sell all your shit and pack up like I did afterwards!

I will have to get the book...

It sounds tempting to want to live off the land, but as a child I grew up in the sticks spending summers living in the woods. I spent most of my life trying to get the fuck out of the wild lol. Not to mention would be hard for me to keep a 4500+ K diet eating grub worrms and tree bark lol.

 

[Megalomaniac]

I will have to get the book...

It sounds tempting to want to live off the land, but as a child I grew up in the sticks spending summers living in the woods. I spent most of my life trying to get the fuck out of the wild lol. Not to mention would be hard for me to keep a 4500+ K diet eating grub worrms and tree bark lol.

I don't think he was an elite fitness type of guy, on the other hand he seemed very lost in life like a lot of EF folks. LOL. I grew up in Wyoming and had 4 years of Army life before my adventure, damn training probably saved me when that wasn't what I was wanting to happen. I learned a lot in those days though.

Check out the book and let me know what you think. I think you should support your local library and read it from there.

 

[billfred]

I didn't read the book, how close was the movie?

The book is a good quick read. Krakauer did a great job doing a compare and contrast of the boys life to his own during his more adventerous days. That is the stuff you can't capture in the movie.

Krakauer is one of my favorite authors. "Under the Banner of Heaven" is his best.

 

[Spartacus]

I think you should support your local library and read it from there.

good idea