Into The Wild

[otnemem]

I saw the movie. It was good, but it was a bit heavy-handed (I'll attribute that to Sean Penn having too much creative control), and twenty minutes too long. I think it did a decent job of portraying McCandless as an idealist and a selfish [censored] bag.

[nyc999]

I have not seen it, but hope to soon.

I really like Eddie Vedder's soundtrack - songs can be heard on the movie's MySpace.

[popeye18]

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popeye,

The first preview I saw had me skeptical but it was the shorter preview and it was more of a portrayal of a celebration of life and freedom which is only half of what went on. Then last night I saw In the Valley of Elah and there was a long preview and near the end it showed what looked like a withered Hirsch balled up, rocking back in forth or something and also showed some close up shots of panic on his face. Maybe Charlie can tell a little more.

Yea, Desert Solitaire is a must read.

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Hmmm i might have to watch this. Im usually just really hesitant to watch movies based on books i enjoy.

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I think it did a decent job of portraying McCandless as an idealist and a selfish [censored] bag.

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This was the impression i got sometimes from the book. I wanted to like the guy but he did alot of things i just didnt respect.

[tdarko]

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I think it did a decent job of portraying McCandless as an idealist and a selfish [censored] bag.

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This is good then, I mean he had some great qualities about him but in the end he really didn't know as much as he thought he did.