Into the Wild

[eyeagainsteye]

I have heard the critics pretty much rip this movie up, but I still liked it a lot..I have been on the road a few times in my life and the freedom feeling is unbelievable with no ties to anything..

anybody else seen it?
what did you think?

I would like to take a trip out to the "magic bus".

ps. I even liked the soundtrack by Eddie Vedder..who I have never really liked at all..

here is the trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LAuzT_x8Ek

[BBAD]

I loved it...and no..I couldn't do that myself...and I loved the soundtrack...espescially this song that the girl sang in the bar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M4Kw9BMOJc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhe3vb0z7mY&feature=related

[eyeagainsteye]

yeah, that is a great song to..I live pretty close to the slab city..I have thought about driving out there some time..

[eyeagainsteye]

oh yeah and I could totally live that way for a year or two and I am sure I would not starve to death like he did..but you never know what could happen..I would like to think of myself as a survivor, mostly with all of the training and personal study that I have had over my lifetime..I am so amazed with nature, I could die like that and be very content.

[eyeagainsteye]

I looked it up and slab city is 134 miles from my house..I wanna go, maybe next weekendhttp://www.math.mcmaster.ca/~bprotas/Roam/slab.jpg

[hippiehillbilly]

anybody else seen it?
what did you think?



as one who has spent my entire life living in the wilds or on the borders of them harmoniously i found the movie a study in stupidity.

how anyone can walk away from that movie inspired is beyond me. although i have not read the book,i can say that the way the movie portrayed the events that led up to his demise, it is evident the guy was a complete moron who was unprepared and obviously did not focus on his survival as he should have.

was it a entertaining movie? yes.

do i have any admiration or get any inspiration from the story?? lol.. NO WAY!! dude was a fucking idiot who got what was coming to him..

[odon]

I'd like to watch this film. I've read a little about the chap. He doesn't appear to have been stupid, he merely seems to have been unfortunate. He managed to "survive" for nearly 200 day and then encountered bad luck.

It seems a little bit of a cliche but I read:
"McCandless's desire for "being the first to explore a blank spot on the map." Krakauer continues that there remain extremely few areas on the world map that would be called 'blank'. Because of this, and in order to satisfy this desire, "he made the world a blank spot for himself, by throwing away the map."..."

What a great way to think of his little adventures.
If only I had the opportunity to make the world a blank spot for myself.

Death of an Innocent (http://outside.away.com/outside/features/1993/1993_into_the_wild_1.html)

[hippiehillbilly]

the idiot didnt even have enough common sense,or knowledge to dig into the perma frost to store his meat. im sorry that is a complete unprepared/lack of knowledge and or common sense moron.

i wont even go into how the movie portrayed his demeanor towards preparing for the coming winter,his waiting too long before he decided to go back to civilization or his obvious lack of knowledge of wild edibles there and his lack of common sense in eating something he had not positively identified,ultimately leading to his death.

this goes back to the same thing i tell people over and over and over on here.

you can read all the books you want,you can have all the desire in the world,but until you have lived it and survived,you dont know shit..

a study in stupidity is all this movie was. a lesson in what not to do. hardly inspiring..

[odon]

his obvious lack of knowledge of wild edibles there and his lack of common sense in eating something he had not positively identified,ultimately leading to his death.


I've read too many conflicting theories on how and why he died...so I won't say he was an idiot for eating something which ultimately killed him.

It is not really his survival skills that would inspire me anyway...it's his outlook on life and what he did with it. I find that cool.

He may have been too innocent, naive or even an idiot for not doing everything you would...but if I did what he did I wouldn't be following his survival skills, or lack of them, as the case might be.

Why focus on his death rather than his life?

Don't you think what he did with is life is inspiring?

[hippiehillbilly]

Don't you think what he did with is life is inspiring?

no..

i dont aspire to throw everything ive worked for away and drop out of society completely.

been there,done that,got the T shirt. it aint all its cracked up to be,no matter how its portrayed in written word or the movies.obviously he felt the same way as he was going to leave,OH BUT WAIT,his lack of planning and knowledge of his surroundings prevented him from doing so.

study in stupidity,acting on emotions at the spur of the moment is not inspiring to me..

[odon]

Fair enough.

[DazedGypsy]

This is one of my favorite movies. I found it extremely inspiring. The heart and passion in him is what I found so moving... And they chose the right cast for the film. He was so believable. I had tears in my eyes when I saw the joy on his face.. he wanted to be free so badly and that passion he felt is something I share.

You're only touching the surface if you go on and on about how in real life he wasn't intelligent about the way he went on his journey. There is so much more to his story and his reality than that.

[DazedGypsy]

no..

i dont aspire to throw everything ive worked for away and drop out of society completely.

been there,done that,got the T shirt. it aint all its cracked up to be,no matter how its portrayed in written word or the movies.obviously he felt the same way as he was going to leave,OH BUT WAIT,his lack of planning and knowledge of his surroundings prevented him from doing so.

study in stupidity,acting on emotions at the spur of the moment is not inspiring to me..


Hmm.. ever think some people don't share YOUR values, man?

[hippiehillbilly]

the thread asked what i thought of the movie,i stated what i thought of the movie.

i could give a flip flying fuck whether others share my opinion or not.

"ever thought of that,man"??:rolleyes:

[DazedGypsy]

the thread asked what i thought of the movie,i stated what i thought of the movie.

i could give a flip flying fuck whether others share my opinion or not.

"ever thought of that,man"??:rolleyes:

I was commenting on your attitude towards dropping out of society. your "been there, done that, I know it all" bullshit.

[hippiehillbilly]

dude,we live farther out of main stream society than most ever will. we live it and love it. and yes at a time in my life i dropped totally out for years. as i said,it aint all its cracked up to be..

so i gotta ask,have you ever said fuck it all and went off into the middle of nowhere and lived with no outside influences?? or are you just picturing in your head what it must be like?
if you dream of it do it.. its one of the simplest things in the world to just drop everything and go. until you think about the implications of what your doing of course.

once again i dont claim to know it all,i was asked a question and i gave a answer.

just because you dont like what i say doesnt make it untrue,and until youve lived it you aint got no business buckin up against me, cause your goin on whats in your head,not what you have lived.
i on the other hand gave my answer to how i feel about it based on what i personally have experienced in my life.

you dont have to agree with me,you dont even have to like what i have to say,but dont go buckin up against me cause you disagree,it will not end well.. ;)

[DazedGypsy]

hey man, I just think it's pretty inspiring to see someone follow their dream to be free. even if that means going completely unprepared and lacking judgment and skills. To discount his entire story and experience and call it a lesson in stupidity, nothing more, is just silly to me. it's your opinion and that's cool, but hey, there's definitely something deeper and inspiring about going on a journey.


your experience is not everyone else's.

[hippiehillbilly]

yeah well, your opinion of the movie is just silly to me as well.

i cant help my point of view is different than yours.

i have spent the last 17 years opening my home to folks who have read lotsa books and had big aspirations of living off the land. i dont know of a single one who in the end stuck with it and are doing it.

as i said,its one thing to aspire,is another to live it. all the reading of books,watching documentaries and movies in the world will not give you the knowledge nor the skills to succeed. only experience can do that.

he didnt take the time to seek out a mentor and learn hands on before he went into the wild,he read a few books and listned to what a few people told him and went out half cocked with no hands on training. a stupid mistake one of many that ultimatly that cost him his life.

im glad it inspires you.
as for me,someone who has been at this pretty much my whole life,as i said,i cant look at it any other way but a study in stupidity,a guide to what not to do.

i guess we will just have to agree to disagree since we both see each others opinions as "silly"..

[DazedGypsy]

i guess we will just have to agree to disagree since we both see each others opinions as "silly"..


I can do that. :) I respect your view.
I'm guessing that it's rare for people to stick to living off-grid because of the conditions of society we've been born into.

[hippiehillbilly]

not even off grid,just sustainably.

i dont think folks realize how hard it is,how much you must respect mother earth and plan everything as if plan A,B, and C are going to fail..that when its time to get things done they must get done no matter the hour or weather..

i guess to your average person its just too labor intensive with no monetary reward.

even in my younger days i could not imagine thinking i could succeed doing what he did.even now,i couldnt imagine going into the wilds of alaska with nothing but the supplies he took with him.. he was doomed before he started.