Into the Wild, The Movie
I finished watching this last night and I enjoyed it quite a lot. The cinematography was spectacular and I thought it was a great story regardless if you agree with its accuracy or not. I thought Emile did a fine job and it is too bad he got cast in Speed Racer.
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wife rented it, but i refused to watch it after i found out who wrote it.
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http://www.amazon.com/Into-Wild-Jon-...4423939&sr=1-1 |
oh and the sound track which was done by either Pearl Jam or just Eddie Vedder was very well done and fit the movie very well.
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It's a good piece of movie making - well written with great cinematography. A fine film.
But the story behind it is suspect, as CM alludes. Even if you overlook Krakauer's generosity on McCandless’ cause of death, he was a shitty outdoorsman. And when viewed in the light of how much time he spent preparing to go to Alaska - he is a complete and total failure. Quote:
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The movie was alright. I think this book and movie though go along with Landpoke's thread and the discussion of "creative non-fiction." I remember after viewing it with the wife we had a discussion. She thought that it was cool that he would just do that and live this minimalist life. I thought he was an idiot. I still do.
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67lb, in a sleeping bag, in an abandoned bus.
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He starved to death in just 4 months. He must have eaten very little. Imagine what he would have done come winter. He couldn't survive in the most fecund time of the year.
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I'd never read anything by Krackhead again, not after Into Thin Air, and Under the Banner of Heaven. |
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But the scenery and music were cool. |
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