Has anyone seen this? what a great, introspective movie this is! it really gets you thinking about life. I watched this as a pay per view movie from my cable provider. It is out on DVD now. I would suggest EVERYONE watch this movie. I will not give any details. If your interested, google the name.

Btw, I read the WHOLE book(same title) the next day after watching the movie. Very, very, moving story. Intersting to hear some other's perspectives on this movie/book.

Sounds good! I havent seen any movies lately so I think this I'm gonna try this one. I know it dont mean anything but usually movies rated higher than 8 on IMDB are a sure bet anyway.

Great movie. AMAZING book! I live here in Alaska so when the film came out there was A LOT of controversy! Was this guy a Walden-Esq hero to be deified or an idiot rich boy with an invincibility complex?

My hope is that this book/movie inspires as well as WARNS. There's a lot to be said for unchaining yourself from a restricted, superficial, safe life-even if for just awhile-in favor of more courageous, unbound living. Just do it the smart way. Educate and prepare yourself properly -equipment, experience, knowledge- if your going to take on the wild.

Ya know the letter that Chris wrote to his old man friend? I had that hung up on my wall for years.

I've heard about it and it sounds very interesting. I might haul myself over to the video store and rent it.

It's on my Top 5 movies of all time list.

Good film based on the amazing book by Jon Krakauer. It's the sense of solitude and searching, self ownership and wonder that sold me on Chris McCandless' story. Both he and Dick Proenneke are heroes of sorts to me. Richard Proenneke was the subject of another Alaskan adventure, "One Man's Wilderness." Two very different personalities, both tested themselves to extremes.

This has nothing to do with testing one's self, and all to do with removing harmful memes and viruses from one's body and mind.

This has nothing to do with testing one's self, and all to do with removing harmful memes and viruses from one's body and mind.

Well so much for my opinion then.

This has nothing to do with testing one's self, and all to do with removing harmful memes and viruses from one's body and mind.

Which is quite the test if you think about it :).

Damn straight my friend!

Chris Mcandless was very different from the "norm" in society--that is for sure! I couldn't believe he was bascially roaming around the country without really a place to call "home", and without hardly any money, pretty amazing stuff. A real unique individual.

Interesting.

You all have some very legitimate perspectives about the movie, and book.

I haven't read the book, and only seen the movie once.

There was personal testing & loosening of societal shackles, but what I took from it was that once he had finally done these things, he realized what he was missing, and inevitably ran from, was family and friends.

What's a life worth if it is never shared?

I found it to be a thought provoking movie.

There are two views you can probably have of the movie:

Either he was a brave and courageous idealist on the pursuit of eternal truths in a mapped out-world...

or

He was a selfish, deluded rebel who searched for wisdom over showing kindness... and also - neglected to stay in contact with his family.

I guess it depends on your perspective of the movie..;)

I read the book a couple years ago. If I recall, the hero of the book was greatly influenced by Jack London’s stories and life. London was one of those old school tough guy authors.
I would guess there are plenty of impressionable kids who have tried their hands at fishing off the Florida Keys and boxing thanks to Hemingway. To a lesser degree he was impressed upon by the writings of Tolstoy and Thoreau. If you’ve ever read Walden, you can see the parallels there. My favorite parts of the book were really the authors own tales of wilderness adventure when he was the same age. Anyway, haven’t seen the movie, it’s in my infinite Netflix list though.

I saw the movie when it came out in theaters. I won't lie, the movie really makes me angry. The kid throws away a great intellectual ability because he thinks his parents are basically 'blinded' by money, etc. What he doesn't realize is that all parents are like that. He just thought his were unique and had a certain problem. It just really angered me how he ignored a lot of the advice he was given by the people he met (you can read something on wikipedia about the guy who gave him the ride to the camp site in Alaska telling him it wasn't a good idea). It was a great movie, but it really just puts me in a bad mood. It just feels like it was a 'pity' me cry because his parents worked. It's tragic to know that an action like that will drive his father to commit suicide.

Read the book a few summers ago and liked it. Saw the movie and it was pretty true to the book. I am left confused by whether Chris McCandless was A) mentally ill or B) unbelievably foolish. Anyone who goes into the Alaskan wilderness with not much other than a 10 lb. bag of rice must be one of the two. This guy did have a pretty good lot in life. He was not happy with it and he was brave for walking away. He did his own thing and that is cool. Walking off into the woods totally unprepared was not cool. It was stupid. A lot of people say he got what he deserved. I don't know if that is true. I certainly don't think he got what he was looking for though.

If you haven't seen or read it, do so. Read the book first if you can. It's a pretty quick read. Maybe 3 or 4 days at a good pace.

Has anyone seen this? what a great, introspective movie this is! it really gets you thinking about life. I watched this as a pay per view movie from my cable provider. It is out on DVD now. I would suggest EVERYONE watch this movie. I will not give any details. If your interested, google the name.

Btw, I read the WHOLE book(same title) the next day after watching the movie. Very, very, moving story. Intersting to hear some other's perspectives on this movie/book.


Yes, I saw the movie a few weeks back - maybe more than a month ago and I was looking forward to buying it on DVD only I'm broke right now.

A very good friend of mine from Al-Anon actually thought of ME when he read what the movie was about, so he invited me to accompany him to see it.

I agree with you. It was very introspective.

I wondered to myself whether that young man had ADHD or ADD. Wanderlust. Saw thru the hypocrisy of "the system" we live in. He was a true BIG PICTURE THINKER in my opinion.

EXCELLENT SHOW.

I loved the movie. Might have to read the book if you guys are saying it's better (as book usually are)

I watched the movie with my parents and recommend it as good parent/child material ;)

My mum and dad did a slightly similar thing when they were about 25 and went to Europe with hardly any money or plans. No one heard from them for so long my grandma thought they both got murdered or something. They both say it was the best experience of their lives and encouraged me to do the same thing. Which is pretty cool I guess :) . They both have 9-5 jobs and are good little robots now like the rest of us now (jokes, kind of)

His dad committed suicide?